obbie Torney remembers the rainy mornings in California during his first year
teaching when he wondered how he could possibly fulfill his dream of being, as he
calls it, “a forever teacher.”
When things at his school or in his classroom became hard to manage, Torney
says, “the single thing that kept me in the classroom that year was definitely my
mentor.”
By Jaclyn Zubrzycki
Finding the right partnership can change your career
Jaclyn Zubrzycki
(jaclyn.zubrzycki@gmail.
com) is a freelance writer
specializing in education.
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November/December 2015 | LITERACY TODAY