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June 10, 2004

C O N T E N T S

1) Videos make the most of your year-end budget
2) PD Corner: The value of teacher mentoring
3) Rethinking Schools
4) I Teach 1st national conference: July 7-10
5) Great ideas for summer learning

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1) Videos make the most of your year-end budget
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Use those year-end dollars for something that will benefit your 
staff for years to come. With four new titles this spring, 
Stenhouse professional development videos address key topics such 
as mentoring, reading comprehension, writing, nonfiction, 
spelling, parent involvement, and more.

**** Delivery by June 30 ****
If we receive your order by Wednesday, June 16, we will guarantee 
delivery anywhere in the continental U.S. by June 30!

Start on the following page to access our entire selection of 
videos, and a printable order form to use with purchase orders:

http://www.stenhouse.com/videos.asp

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2) PD Corner: The value of teacher mentoring
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*June Quote of the Month*

"Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in 
the right direction."
--John Crosby, director of the Uncommon Individual Foundation

The end of the school year brings the start of the most intense 
phase of the hiring season. As schools select new teachers for 
next year, one of the most important challenges they face will be 
to ensure these teachers get the support they need to thrive. In 
"The Benefits of Mentoring" (Educational Leadership), John 
Holloway summarizes compelling research about the value of 
mentoring programs:
 
The Benefits of Mentoring

If you are developing your year-long plan for mentoring new 
teachers, you might want to check out the new "Read Share Teach" 
guide on Mentoring. This free resource outlines a month-by-month 
plan for mentor and novice teacher groups, including suggested 
readings, videos, workshop activities, and discussion topics:
 
http://www.stenhouse.com/rst.asp
(Look for the Mentoring link near the bottom of the page.)

Finally, for all things mentoring, including famous mentoring 
pairs and a mentor survey, check out the Mentor Directory from 
Peer Resources Consulting Group:

http://www.peer.ca/mentor.html
(Click on the "Learn" link to get to the famous mentor pairings, 
and the "Take" link for the survey.)

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3) Rethinking Schools
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Through their quarterly magazine, books, and Web site, Rethinking 
Schools promotes social justice and equality in the classroom. 
Balancing educational practice and theory, it is an "activist 
publication" committed to public education, with a special focus 
on urban schools and issues of race.

Rethinking Schools examines harmful education policies and offers 
alternatives that are backed by research and the experience of 
teacher-editors who work in real classrooms every day.

Their Web site includes the complete text of back issues of the 
magazine, and special article collections on topics such as 
teacher unions, vouchers, teaching about war, and more:

http://www.rethinkingschools.org

**** Special for Newslinks subscribers ****
Get 33% off the regular subscription rates for the Rethinking 
Schools magazine by using the discount code 13STEN when ordering 
on their Web site:

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/orderform/order.shtml

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4) I Teach 1st national conference: July 7-10
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Stenhouse is the proud sponsor of the fifth annual I Teach 1st 
conference in Arlington Heights, Illinois. This unique four-day 
conference features professional development sessions by leading 
educators and children's authors, and the opportunity for first 
grade teachers to meet hundreds of colleagues from across the 
country:

http://www.iteach1st.com

Stenhouse will have a display in the exhibit hall, and senior 
editor Brenda Power and literacy specialist Jennifer Allen will 
present "Organizing Effective Study Groups for Professional 
Development" on Wednesday July 7. You can access their 
presentation handout here:

http://www.stenhouse.com/pdfs/rstfocus.pdf

Kindergarten educators should check out the I Teach K national 
conference, which is being held July 12-15 at the same location:

http://www.iteachk.com

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5) Great ideas for summer learning
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The Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University offers 
the following list of everyday activities that parents can do 
with their children to practice critical skills in literacy, 
math, science, and social studies:

http://www.jhu.edu/teachbaltimore/activities/index.html

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