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She was the teacher in charge of the year one and two teachers and she was one of those fantastic women that you could trip up in a
corridor and she would give you immediate advice, how to rectify a behaviour problem or how to, you know, get that done in the most
efficient way, and she was great, like she was always available. (Secondary teacher, quoted in Cameron et al., p. 38)
Other researchers have identified lists of attributes that mentors should ideally possess. Bartell (2005, p. 76) quotes a list of mentor
characteristics originally provided by Odell and Huling, 2000. Mentors should:
Fletcher and Barrett (2003, pp 4—5) have identified further skills for effective mentoring:
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