Alternative Mentoring Types

Abstract

Reaching beyond traditional mentoring models in education, this essay describes eight expanded and transformative forms that diversify, enrich, and improve relationships, environments, and systems.

Key words::

• alternative mentoring
• traditional mentoring
• types of mentoring

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Carol A. Mullen

Carol A. Mullen is Professor of Educational Leadership at Virginia Tech and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar. Her books include The SAGE Handbook of Mentoring and Coaching in Education (Sage, 2012) and, with coeditor Christopher Tienken, Education Policy Perils (Routledge & Kappa Delta Pi, 2016). Email: [email protected]