Introduction : new visions for mentoring new teachers / Betty Achinstein and Steven Z. Athanases
1. Mentor's knowledge of formative assessment : guiding new teachers to look closely at individaul students / Steven Z. Athanases and Betty Achinstein
2. Mentors' knowledge of equity and diversity : maintaining a bifocal perspective on new teachers and their students / Betty Achinstein and Steven Z. Athanases
3. Making equity explicit : a professional development model for new teacher mentors / Enid Lee
4. What's in a conversation? : mentoring stances in coaching conferences and how they matter / Lori Helman
5. Adopt, adapt, invent : induction leaders designing mentor curriculum / Steven Z. Athanases, Jennifer Abrams, Gordon Jack, Virginia Johnson, Susan Kwock, Judy McCurdy, Suzi Riley and Susan Totaro
6. exploratorium leadership program in science education : inquiry into discipline-specific teacher induction / Linda Shore and Laura Stokes
7. Curriculum to support mentor development : lessons from field-tested practices / Barbara Davis
8. Confronting the challenging working conditions of new teachers : what mentors and induction programs can do / Wendy Baron
9. Mentors' organizational and political literacy in negotiating induction contexts / Betty Achinstein
10. Mentors as induction leaders : solving organizational challenges to develop effective mentor programs / Steven Z. Athanases, Lyn Nichols, Lisa Metzinger and Ruth Beauchamp
11. Designing mentoring programs to transform school cultures / Janet Gless
Conclusion : toward effective mentoring : future directions for theory and practice / Betty Achinstein and Steven Z. Athanases.