A volume in Perspectives on MentoringSeries Editor: Frances K. Kochan, Auburn UniversityMentoring in educational contexts has become a rapidly growing field of study, both in the United States andinternationally (Fletcher & Mullen, 2012). The prevalence of mentoring has resulted in the mindset that'everyone thinks they know what mentoring is, and there is an intuitive belief that mentoring works'(Eby, Rhodes, & Allen, 2010, p. 7). How do we know that mentoring works? In this age of accountability, the timeis ripe for substantiating evidence through empirical research, what mentoring processes, forms, and strategieslead to more effective teachers and administrators within P‐12 contexts.This book is the sixth in the Mentoring Perspectives Series, edited by Dr. Frances Kochan former Dean of the College of Education at AuburnUniversity. This latest book in the series, co‐edited by Linda J. Searby and Susan K. Brondyk, brings together reports of recent research on mentoringin K‐12 settings for new teachers and new principals.
