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Rillotta, Fiona; Gobec, Charlotte; Gibson-Pope, Cassandra – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2022
Benefits of peer mentoring include learning to collaborate , developing relationships, skill development and career clarity. This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of undergraduate university students mentoring a person with intellectual disability as part of their university practicum placement. Using a qualitative approach, peer…
Descriptors: Mentors, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Undergraduate Students
Wagner, Rachel; Catalano, Chase – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2021
"Advising and Supporting in Student Affairs" is a practical guide that will help student affairs professionals do the perpetual reflection needed to sustain themselves in a career that requires they bring their whole self to work in order to be good company for students and in community. It brings into focus essential aspects of…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Reflection, Professional Development, Job Skills
Sanders, Perry; Davis, Dytisha; Moore, Corey L.; Manyibe, Edward O. – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this inquiry was to examine the research skill building and career development lived experiences of a Native American who is blind serving as a disability and rehabilitation researcher at a National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR)-sponsored Rehabilitation Research and…
Descriptors: Research Skills, Career Development, American Indians, Experience
Damiani, Michelle L.; Harbour, Wendy S. – Innovative Higher Education, 2015
This study investigated the teaching experiences of graduate students with disabilities, using 12 semi-structured in-person and phone interviews. We selected participants using stratified random sampling representing diverse disabilities, degree programs, and regions of the United States. Findings suggest that students engage in complex…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Teaching Assistants, Disabilities, Investigations
White, Jeffry L.; Massiha, G. H. – International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education, 2015
As a nation wrestles with the need to train more professionals, persons with disabilities are undereducated and underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The following project was proposed to increase representation of students with disabilities in the STEM disciplines. The program emphasizes an integrated…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Disproportionate Representation, Disabilities, College Students
Sanchez, Sabrina R.; Roegman, Rachel; Goodwin, A. Lin – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Teaching Residents at Teachers College (TR@TC) is an 18-month program that prepares teachers for high-needs schools in New York City in two areas: teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) and teaching students with disabilities. Student teachers, called residents, spend a year working with a mentor teacher. Mentors play three roles:…
Descriptors: Mentors, Professional Development, Role Perception, Beginning Teacher Induction
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
Principals play an important role in new teacher induction. The quality of the relationship with school administrators is as important to novice special education teachers as it is to novice general education teachers. Although special education teachers can benefit from general administrative support, they also may require additional supports…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Principals, Disabilities
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
Effective state policy for new teacher mentoring stipulates program elements that increase the likelihood that district programming will be implemented and, thus, defines for districts what is important about mentoring support. Although most state policies do not differentiate programs for novice special education teachers, there are particular…
Descriptors: Mentors, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Special Education
Carter, Erik W.; Trainor, Audrey A.; Cakiroglu, Orhan; Swedeen, Beth; Owens, Laura A. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2010
Equipping youth with and without disabilities for the world of work has been the focus of ongoing legislative and policy initiatives. The authors examined the extent to which career development and vocational activities were available to and accessed by youth with severe disabilities or emotional and behavioral disorders attending 34 urban,…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, School Counselors, Educational Opportunities, Career Development
Herner-Patnode, Leah – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2009
Professional development can take many forms. The most effective development includes individual educators in the formation and planning process. Educator study groups are one form of professional development that allows major stakeholders in the education process the autonomy to develop individual and group goals. This often translates into an…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Reading Ability, Professional Development, Educational Improvement
Sargent, Amy; Gartland, Debi; Borinsky, Mark; Durkan, Kim – School-University Partnerships, 2009
In this article, we share how a professional development school (PDS) partnership between several elementary school sites within a district and an institution of higher education prepares special education teacher candidates. The following challenges are identified for PDS stakeholders: recruiting qualified special education mentor teachers,…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Mentors, Field Experience Programs, Special Education Teachers
Choi, Kyong Mi – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study investigated characteristics of five IMO winners and influences from their formal and informal educational experiences. In particular, this study provides in-depth understanding of former Korean IMO winners' characteristics and environmental influences. Also, implications including education for parents of the gifted, professional…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Mentors, Informal Education, Educational Research
Haselden, Polly G.; De Loach, Pamela K.; Miller, Jennifer; Campbell, Monica; Boyer, Lynn; Anderson, Nancy – Educational Considerations, 2007
Beginning educators who have disabilities may have additional challenges to face besides those commonly experienced by new teachers, challenges that are then extended to mentoring programs provided to support them. Are initial difficulties the result of their novice situation, their disabilities, or a combination of the two? What kinds of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Disabilities, Beginning Teacher Induction, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)

Shaughnessy, Michael F.; Siegel, Janna – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1997
Discusses the need of special education teachers for a mentor to help them through the critical first year of teaching students with special needs. The different reasons why special education teachers, in particular, need mentors are listed, along with the ways mentoring assistance could be provided. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors

Taylor, Janeen M. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2002
This article describes the Early Childhood Special Education Program at Johns Hopkins University with emphasis on the program's use of student-selected mentors to provide ongoing guidance and support to students. Outcomes include early development of a professional support network, development by mentors of additional sites for field experiences,…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Higher Education