Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships. Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman. Mira Via, CT, USA.

This mentoring guide has been used effectively to support mentoring skills and development in many programs throughout British Columbia. It is an excellent resource for introducing and working with the skills of a learning-focused relationship. It has an informative section on defining the mentor’s role through consulting, collaborating, and coaching, and provides in depth scaffolds for development of learning –focused verbal tools to create emotional safety and produce complex thinking. This guide is cognitively focused and articulates the developmental differences between beginning and ‘expert’ teachers.