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Assisting beginning teachers and school communities to grow through extended and collaborative mentoring experiences

Mentoring as a strategy to assist and retain beginning teachers in the profession has been perceived as the panacea for reducing attrition rates. Whilst this may be true in many cases, mentoring alone has been unable to stem the flow of resignations. In this essay on scholarship and teaching, the author explores surrounding mentoring programs. New ways of professional learning are suggested that encompass mentoring within a whole school approach, with a particular focus on the school as a collaborative community of learners.

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Authors: Long, Janette
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Journal title: Mentoring & tutoring: partnership in learning
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Employment; Teaching and learning; Workforce development;
Research; Providers of education and training show more

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