Mentoring Music Teachers in the Secondary School

Mentoring Music Teachers in the Secondary School helps mentors of trainee and newly qualified music teachers in both developing their own mentoring skills and providing the essential guidance their beginning teachers need as they navigate the roller-coaster of the first years of teaching. Offering tried and tested strategies based on research and evidence, this book covers the knowledge, skills, understanding, and practical tools every mentor needs.

This book is a vital source of support and inspiration for mentors involved in developing the next generation of outstanding music education teachers. Key topics explained include:

• What is meant by mentoring
• What a mentor does
• Supporting specific aspects of beginning music teachers’ knowledge, skills and understanding
• Moving beginning music teachers on in their professional practice

Filled with key tools for the mentor’s individual development, this essential text offers an accessible guide to mentoring early career music education teachers with ready-to-use strategies that support and inspire both mentors and beginning teachers alike.