Success is Possible: Creating a Mentoring Program to Support K-12 Teachers - Softcover

SORBET, STEFANIE; KOHLER-EVANS, PATRICIA

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475849400 ISBN 13: 9781475849400

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2019

Synopsis

Teacher retention is of utmost importance at a time when so many young teachers choose not to remain in the profession. Teachers exiting the profession cite a lack of administrative support throughout their first years in the classroom.

Implementing mentoring programs for beginning teachers will guarantee help and assistance during the difficult time of adjusting to a new career. Mentoring programs are critical when teachers are leaving the profession as quickly as they are leaving.

Mentoring programs strengthen faculty relationships within their school community while increasing teachers’ motivation and drive to remain in the profession. If teachers are appreciated, supported, and intrinsically motivated, they will want to be in schools, and they will remain.

About this title

About the Authors

Stefanie R. Sorbet is an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Central Arkansas. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in elementary education and her doctorate in educational leadership from Southeastern Louisiana University. Patty Kohler-Evans serves as a professor for the University of Central Arkansas College of Education. She holds degrees in special education and educational administration and has extensive experience as a Central Office Director of Programs for Students with Exceptionalities. Renee Calhoon serves as Co-Director of the University of Central Arkansas Mashburn Center for Learning. She holds degrees from the University of Central Arkansas and Harding University.

Patricia Kohler-Evans, Ed. D., is a professor at the University of Central Arkansas in the Elementary, Literacy, and Special Education Department. She directs the UCA Mashburn Center for Learning which provides evidence-based interventions to public schools in Arkansas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475849400
• ISBN 13: 9781475849400
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 123