Mentoring with Meaning

Dr Carlos R. McCray is the Division Chair and Associate Professor for the Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy Division. He is the co-author of the books, Cultural Collision and Collusion: Reflections on Hip-Hop Culture, Values, and Schools and School Leadership in a Diverse Society: Helping Schools Prepare All Students for Success. Professor McCray has worked with school leaders and educators in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, New York City and London, UK.Bruce S. Cooper, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at Fordham University, Grad. School of Education, with a focus on research including: (1) politics and policy in education with books, Better Policies, Better Schools, and Handbook of Education Politics and Policy; (2) in private school religious education, with his book, Blurring the Lines, and, "Finding a Golden Mean in Education Policy: Centering Religious and Public Schools”, in the Peabody Journal of Education; (3) fixing school problems, with books, Fixing Truancy Now with Jon Shute; and Truancy Revised with Rita Brause.

In Mentoring with Meaning: How Educators Can Be More Professional and Effective, Drs. McCray and Cooper have deepened our conceptualization of an often-discussed topic that remains misunderstood. Mentoring is not advising or supervision, but is instead a relationship between a mentor and a protégé based on mutual commitment to each other’s success. This edited volume embraces, documents and explores many facets of mentoring and will be of interest and use to educators working in many contexts.

• Preface: Bruce S. Cooper & Jan P. HammondChapter 1: Mentoring with Meaning: What Does It Mean?Heather Wynne, Kenneth Cuthbert, & Carlos R. McCray Chapter 2: Mentoring in a Global Society: Academic Mentoring of International Students Kathleen P. King, Julie Leos, & Lu Norstrand Chapter 3: How Leaders Mentor Others to Be Leaders: Or Don’t Michael Mascellino Chapter 4: Catholic School Mentoring for Mission and Ministry Sister Mary Ann Jacobs, ssc Chapter 5: Mentoring with Meaning through Communications, Relationships and Caring Floyd D. BeachumChapter 6: Peer Mentoring, Coaching, and Collaboration: New Strategies for School Reform Karen Andronico Chapter 7: Leadership Practices in Mentoring Richard Savior Chapter 8: Instant Mentoring: The Promises and Perils of e-mentoring as New Technologies Rhonda Bondie Chapter 9: Preparing Women to Lead: Relating Mentoring to Success Deirdre CallahanIndex