article, “Mentoring in Action: The Interplay among Professional Assistance, Emotional Support, and Evaluation,” (2015), discusses a study that was done over the growing emphasis on teacher accountability and how it has grown over the year in the area of evaluating and mentoring (Israel, Kamman, McCray, & Sindelar, 2014, p. 45). The study involved teachers from an urban school district. The participants included several different types of teachers which included sixteen special education teachers and
the teacher shortage, by researching the nature of the shortage, its probable causes, problems resulting from the shortage, and frequently recommended policy changes. According to Voke (2003), 42 percent of all teachers leaving depart for lack of job satisfaction, to pursue another career, or better career opportunities. Low salaries and lack of public respect also impacts teacher retention. Policy recommendations to retain teachers include: salary increases, high quality induction programs, prohibit
Introduction The Novel Teacher Mentoring program is an outside organization designed to work with new teachers however; because there was a noticeable need for is program because many of the district in house teacher mentoring program wasn’t been implemented as it should be. The Novel Teacher Program has been in place for quite some time. The Sustainability Report was designed to establish a working relationship between the Mentor and Mentee with tools, structures, and ideas for working
prevention, mentoring is a valuable method to avert at-risk juvenile from involvement in delinquency and also to facilitate already delinquent ones to transform their lives for the better. Evaluation is useful in assuring that the mentoring program is working as intended and to establish whether the program is meeting its goals and objectives. Without conducting an actual evaluation, program teams sometimes draw on findings that have been linked to the outcome in similar mentoring programs (OJJDP, 1995)
of high quality teachers is an extremely important part of the student achievement puzzle. Teacher retention includes not only keeping the teachers who are difficult or impossible to replace, but also weeding out the teachers who are no longer a good fit. This process of evaluation and incentives must work together to attract and keep the best possible teachers in our classrooms, allowing students to get the best possible education to be
A mentorship program provides an opportunity for a novice in a professional field to learn from mature, experienced practitioners.1 Mentorship is a relationship between a mentor/mentors and a mentee, wherein a novice receives guidance from 1 or more experienced personnel for the purposes of career and personal development.2 Students, trainees, and junior faculty benefit from the guidance of mentors.3 Mentorship is intended to increase professionalism, improve job satisfaction, and boost employee
Grow Your Own (GYO)Teacher Programs: A Review of Program Effectiveness NEA Research This review provides descriptive summaries of six evaluation studies on the effectiveness of Grow Your Own (GYO) teacher recruitment and preparation programs. The summaries include one nation-wide assessment of GYO programs and 5 state-wide assessments. Most all GYO programs included in these evaluations are operating in rural districts and communities, and most are geared toward hard-to-staff schools and subjects
An evaluation plan is one of the most critical elements of a project because it helps to measure the project’s success. In addition, the evaluation plan provides information that allows for adjustments/improvements during project development and implementation. According to Howlett, et. al., there are four types of evaluations (Benchmark Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Summative Evaluation and Impact or Outcome Evaluation.) My organization has opted to utilize the Benchmark Evaluation
Current studies are based on the fact that teacher must never stop learning if teacher education is to be a dynamic process. The learning process for teachers must be built on experiences derived from their practice and therefore, the learning cycle of experience followed by reflection learning and experimentation is applicable as much, as learner, as to pupil. Mentoring is the process of serving as a mentor, someone who facilitates and assists another`s development. The process includes modelling
Traditional programs for academic mentors and mentees are based on a seasoned professional working with an in-experienced teacher, and there is a plethora of case studies and literature reviews on such mentoring relationships. The idea of mentoring harkens back to Classical Greek literature wherein Homer introduces his readers to the inept character of Mentor (Zellers, Howard, & Barcic, 2008), so it is with a sense of irony that the term mentor is used to describe the experienced member of such a