Mentor programs harm, more than help first-year teachers
Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 09:02
in Psychology & Sociology
New teachers face challenges in the classroom, which is why schools develop mentoring programs. But a new study found that instead of helping, these programs can make it difficult for teachers to be effective in the classroom. The structure of the mentoring programs teachers in this study encountered made it hard for them to trust their mentors and easy for mentors to exert power.