Mentoring Abilities and Beliefs of Ohio Secondary Agricultural Education Mentor Teachers

Abstract

Nearly half of all new teachers leave teaching within the first five years of entering the profession. The exodus from the teaching profession has placed teacher recruitment and retention as an important challenge for public education in the United States. In order for the workforce of teachers to remain sustainable; the field of education recognizes the need for professional development programs, particularly novice teacher induction, to combat the teacher attrition challenge. A number of studies determined that a positive relationship exists between mentoring and induction programs and teacher retention. Within the context of the relationship between mentoring and teacher retention, the importance of the abilities and beliefs mentor teachers contribute to the process cannot be neglected. Mentoring is a nurturing process that provides an ongoing, caring relationship between mentor and novice teacher, where the attitudes, beliefs, and dispositions of the mentor play a key role in the development of the novice teacher. viii Vita

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