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Mentor Teachers' Perceptions Of Effective Mentoring Strategies, Paula Tomlinson
Mentor Teachers' Perceptions Of Effective Mentoring Strategies, Paula Tomlinson
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Educators at a public high school in Southeastern United States depend on mentor teachers to minimize the attrition rate among beginning teachers, yet the strategies implemented by mentors lack definition and clarity. The purpose of this study was to explore mentor teachers' perceptions of effective mentoring strategies and their needs when mentoring new teachers. Maslow's humanistic learning theory guided this bounded basic qualitative study. The research questions focused on the mentoring strategies mentor teachers perceived as effective and the needs of the mentors. Ten high school mentor teachers, who currently mentor new teachers, were purposefully selected to participate in individual …
Mentor Perspectives On Effective Mentoring For Beginning Elementary School Teachers, Betsy Holley Gross
Mentor Perspectives On Effective Mentoring For Beginning Elementary School Teachers, Betsy Holley Gross
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The attrition of beginning teachers is an ongoing problem for public schools as it impacts campus moral, results in economic losses, and maintains the number of newly-hired teachers. Although induction programs for beginning teachers have been found effective in reducing novice teacher attrition, funding for many induction programs have been eliminated due to budget constraints, leaving local school systems with limited support of the mentors and no consistency as to expectations or outcomes. Compounding this problem is that little research has examined what is most successful and supportive for mentors to be able to function most effectively. Guided by Knowles' …