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Teachers' Sense Of Professional Practices As A Result Of Mentoring, Leadriane L. Roby
Teachers' Sense Of Professional Practices As A Result Of Mentoring, Leadriane L. Roby
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Formal mentoring programs focus on the probationary period of new teachers. Providing teachers with mentoring support during the initial years of teaching requires significant commitment and investment from school districts, mentors, and new teachers. Numerous studies argue the merits of mentoring programs, yet the research has been less clear about what happens once mentoring support has ended. The purpose of this study was to explore how mentored teachers, those beyond the formal mentoring experience, created sense and meaning of their teaching roles and developed professional practices after participation in a mentoring program.
There is an assumption that there is a …