Effects of mentoring programs on new teacher retention: A literature review

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-156

  Waterman, Sheryn ^a   He, Ye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mentoring; Retention; Teacher induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957820412     PISSN: 13611267     EISSN: 14699745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2011.564348     Document Type: Review

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