For educators, students, administrators, mentors, coaches, and professional developers, Nash, a former teacher, instructional coordinator, and organizational development specialist who now works with teachers in the area of brain-compatible learning, explains how to build mentoring programs to help new teachers anticipate, understand, and overcome obstacles in the classroom. He identifies nine qualities of effective teachers, ways to create more support for new teachers to keep them from leaving the profession, the role of the teacher mentor, ways to build a relationship, and how mentors can help with planning, instruction, and continuous improvement. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)