A Mentoring Process to Support Teachers’ Growth and Retention

Authors

David Bell
Earl Thomas

DOI

10.58809/LOVY7125

Abstract

As educational consultants one of the pressing needs that we find administrators often recognize is the need for mentoring new and veteran teachers. Despite their concerns mentoring is often not part of the school system or it is executed in a haphazard manner. For example, when principals are asked to describe the current teacher mentoring system they often report that they just assign new teachers with veteran teachers who are willing to take on an additional responsibility. This suggests there is a lack of attention given to the importance of the quality relationship that must be established between mentor teacher and new teacher protégé. Most importantly, there appears to be a lack of attention given to the process for supporting and mentoring new teachers.

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Bell, David and Thomas, Earl (2007) "A Mentoring Process to Support Teachers’ Growth and Retention," Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012): Vol. 5: Iss. 3, Article 3.
DOI: 10.58809/LOVY7125
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/alj/vol5/iss3/3