Using the subjects of language arts and English in the secondary school setting, this practical volume features
-- An alternative to the "professional development school"
-- Descriptions of actual guidelines, activities, assignments, and professional problem-solving methods
-- Honest discussions of the relationships between mentors and student/beginning teachers and between public school teachers and university faculty
-- Discussion of the subcultures and realities of public high schools across rural, suburban, and urban districts
-- Attention to the special concerns of beginning teachers
-- and much, much more