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Peeples, Rhonda Nichelle; Beard, Karen Stansberry; Miller, Dustin – Leadership and Research in Education, 2022
This case study sought to address how one principal mentoring program supported the development of eight novice elementary principals serving in a large Midwestern urban school district. Using semi-structured interviews, the novice principals described their experiences as participants in the urban district's mentoring program. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Principals, Novices, Mentors, Social Cognition
Kristina Ralston – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Approximately 50% of new teachers leave the profession of education within their first five years (Burton & Johnson, 2010; McCoy, 2019; Ingersoll & Smith, 2004; Steinke & Putnam, 2011). With such a mass exodus of teachers, schools should develop programs to promote new teacher retention (Callahan, 2016; Kent et al., 2012). Induction…
Descriptors: School Districts, Rural Schools, Problem Solving, Barriers
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Thompson-Rogers, Kaye; Davis, Dannielle Joy; Davis-Maye, Denise; Turner, Claudine – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2018
The medical profession, as well as allied health careers, in the United States continues to experience a lack of diversity in terms of the number of African Americans practicing in these fields. This work highlights a postsecondary program developed to increase the population of Black physicians and health care workers throughout the nation: the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Mentors, Content Analysis, Program Evaluation
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de Oliveira, Camila Aparecida Machado; de França Carvalho, Carolina Prado; Céspedes, Isabel Cristina; de Oliveira, Flávia; Le Sueur-Maluf, Luciana – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2015
The Federal University of São Paulo, Baixada Santista Campus was founded in 2006 with five degree-granting programs in physical education, physiotherapy, nutrition, psychology, and occupational therapy. The guiding principle behind the programs' educational mission was centered on the development of health care professionals capable of working in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Peer Teaching, Peer Relationship, Mentors
Sandford, Brian; Self, Mary Jo – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2011
Now in its 9th year of implementation, Oklahoma's Career Tech New Teacher Induction (NTI) has an overall retention rate of 82.6%. A team approach is used and collaboration occurs between local administrators, a local mentor, and a higher education representative. This manuscript focuses on 3 years of both qualitative and quantitative data…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Program Evaluation, Beginning Teacher Induction, Administrator Role
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Basran, Jenny F. S.; Dal Bello-Haas, Vanina; Walker, Doreen; MacLeod, Peggy; Allen, Bev; D'Eon, Marcel; McKague, Meredith; Chopin, Nicola S.; Trinder, Krista – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2012
The University of Saskatchewan's Longitudinal Elderly Person Shadowing (LEPS) is an interprofessional senior mentors program (SMP) where teams of undergraduate students in their first year of medicine, pharmacy, and physiotherapy; 2nd year of nutrition; 3rd year nursing; and 4th year social work partner with community-dwelling older adults.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mentors, Older Adults, Semantic Differential
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Lumpkin, Angela – Educational Forum, 2011
Operational characteristics for successful mentoring programs of new university faculty include clarity of purpose of the program, methods for matching mentors and proteges, mentor training, mentor-protege relationship building, and program effectiveness assessment. Strengths of formal, informal, peer, group or consortia, intra-departmental,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Mentors
Russell, Freda Renee – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of the research was to study the effectiveness of Cardinal Stritch University's Undergraduate Teacher Education Program in preparing its graduates to teach all children. The researcher framed the study around four areas of concern common to beginning teachers from the research and literature: (a) curriculum, instruction and assessment…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, Universities, Undergraduate Study
McConney, Andrew; Maor, Dorit – Online Submission, 2009
This summative evaluation examines a pilot program supporting beginning science and mathematics teachers through mentoring. It includes mentors' and mentees' expectations of the outcomes of participation in the program and their perceptions of the success of their mentoring relationships across the latter part of the 2008 school year. As well,…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Mentors, Summative Evaluation, Program Evaluation
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Richardson, Janet; Ainsworth, Roberta; Allison, Rhoda; Billyard, Jo; Corley, Reine; Viner, Jane – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Advanced clinical practice roles are now an integral feature of many healthcare services and have been adopted in a diversity of areas. However, mentoring of these roles is not well documented in the literature and formal mechanisms of support are limited. An action learning set (ALS) was developed to provide support for consultants currently in…
Descriptors: Nurses, Experiential Learning, Questionnaires, Coping
Hansen, Pia – Eye on Education, 2009
This book serves as a reference to help prepare and support effective math content coaches. It provides insight into the leadership skills necessary to mentor other teachers, establish collaborative teacher teams, influence school culture positively, and improve student achievement. Contents include: (1) Examining the Role of a Math Content Coach;…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Leadership Effectiveness, Mentors, School Culture
Coley, Denise Bolden – Training and Development, 1996
Describes a mentoring program that matched senior managers with high-potential people. Steps include matching mentors and proteges, meeting with participants, implementing the program, and evaluating the program. (JOW)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Mentors
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Kuyper-Rushing, Lois – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2001
The Louisiana State University Libraries adopted a mentoring program in 1998 to help tenure-track librarians successfully meet tenure requirements. The program was evaluated after the first year and the faculty determined that it was successful; it was implemented on a permanent basis. The program was developed using six basic components. Details…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Interprofessional Relationship, Librarians, Mentors
Xu, Ming; Newman, Dianna – 1987
The New Faculty Mentoring Program at the University of Albany (New York) began in the fall of 1986 and involved 52 participants (26 mentors, 26 new faculty). The objectives were to help the new faculty: get acquainted with the campus and its academic environment; build their teaching careers; and advance toward tenure by becoming involved in…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Faculty Development, Higher Education
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Daresh, John C.; Playko, Marsha A. – Journal of Staff Development, 1991
Describes a training program for principals who are mentors for other principals. After defining mentoring, the article considers fundamental assumptions about development of formal mentoring programs, then outlines a mentor training model. Evaluation indicates the program increased mentors' understanding of their mentor relationships and helped…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Education, Instructional Leadership, Interprofessional Relationship
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