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    Program Director, Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project, New Teacher Center

    Emily Davis, PhD, is Program Director of the Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project at New Teacher Center. An ASCD Emerging Leader, Davis is the author of Making Mentoring Work, a Rowman and Littlefield guide for school leaders building or improving mentoring programs for new teachers. At the time of this 2015 edCircuit interview, Davis discussed teacher preparation and new-teacher support.

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  • ASCD: Importance of Teacher Education Prep Programs

    by Emily Davis
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    Emily Davis, ASCD Emerging Leader, is the New Teacher Center Program Director, Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project. Davis is also the author of Making Mentoring Work. Davis stalks about her work and the topics currently driving education. Summary of Making Mentoring Work (published by Rowman and Littlefield): Making Mentoring Work is a practical guide for school leaders interested in beginning or enhancing their mentoring programs for new teachers. Readers can use the mentoring program rubric to pre-assess their program and then choose the chapters that correspond to areas of growth. Each chapter provides background research as well as practical steps and tools to make mentoring work in a school environment. At the end of each section, readers will find discussion guides that support program leaders in making the next steps; organizing conversations with stakeholders that will transform and streamline new teacher support programs; and increase new teacher retention and practice.

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