PART I: DEVELOPING AND DESIGNING MENTORING AND INDUCTION PROGRAMS 1.Learning From the Past---Building for the Future 2.Developing a District's Mentoring Plan: From Vision to Reality 3.New Teacher Induction: The Foundation for Comprehensive, Coherent, and Sustained Professional Development 4.Launching the Next Generation of Teachers: The New Teacher Center's Model for Quality Induction and Mentoring 5.Embedding Induction and Mentoring Into the School's Culture PART II: MENTORING CONSTRUCTS AND BEST PRACTICES 6.The Stages of Mentor Development 7.Mentor Teachers as Instructional Coaches 8.Mentoring: A Matter of Time and Timing 9.Cultivating Learning-Focused Relationships Between Mentors and Their Proteges PART III: CONNECTING MENTORING AND INDUCTION TO BROADER ISSUES 10.Mentoring Promotes Teacher Leadership 11.Promoting Quality Programs Through State-School Relationships 12.Applying Ideas From Other Countries