Preface.

Acknowledgments.

The Sponsor.

The Editors.

The Contributors.

Introduction: Mentoring Practitioners Toward Standards of Excellence (Mistilina Sato).

PART ONE: THE ROLE OF THE MENTOR.

1. The Conflicting Roles of a Support Provider.

2. Facilitating from the Sidelines: Balancing Group Collaboration and Facilitator Expertise.

PART TWO: VISION OF ACCOMPLISHED TEACHING.

3. What to Do About Jake.

4. Getting a Small Group on Board with the Standards.

PART THREE: COMPLEXITIES OF EFFECTIVE MENTORING.

5. What Do You Do When Bias Sneaks In?

6. The Facilitator, the Candidate, and the Mushy Brains: Working with Biases of a National Board Candidate.

7. Facilitating the Writing Process.

PART FOUR: STRUCTURING GROUP PROCESS.

8. National Board Readiness: Is There a Right Time?

9. Why Are All the Black Teachers Sitting Together?

PART FIVE: SETTING BOUNDARIES.

10. Managing the Mentoring Relationship.

11. Mission Impossible: The Exasperating Mentee.

PART SIX: MENTORING ONE’ S COLLEAGUES.

12. A Circle of National Board Certification Friends.

13 Can We Really Teach Like This?

14. Conclusion: Making the Most of Case Discussions.

APPENDIX. Working with Case Writers: A Methodological Note.

Selected Annotated Bibliography.

Index.