The Role of the Mentor in Supporting New Teachers: Associations with Self-Efficacy, Reflection, and Quality

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-323

  LoCasale Crouch, Jennifer ^a   Davis, Emily ^b   Wiens, Peter ^a   Pianta, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

induction; mentors; new teachers; professional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864704779     PISSN: 13611267     EISSN: 14699745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2012.701959     Document Type: Article

References (81)

1. Alvarado, A. (2006). New directions in teacher education: Emerging strategies from the teachers for a new era initiative. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
2. American Federation of Teachers. 2001. Beginning teacher induction: The essential bridge, Washington, DC: Author.
3. Arends, R.I., & Rigazio-DiGilio A.J. (2000). Beginning teacher induction: Research and examples of contemporary practice.
4. Baker, D.P. and Smith, T. 1997. Teacher turnover and teacher quality: Refocusing the issue: Trend 2. Teachers College Record, 99(1): 29-35.
5. Bandura, A. (n.d.). Measure of teacher self-efficacy. Unpublished measure.
6. Benner, A.D. 2000. The cost of teacher turnover, Austin, TX: Texas Center for Educational Research.
7. Birman, B.F., Desimone, L., Porter, A.C. and Garet, M.S. 2000. Designing professional development that works. Educational Leadership, 57(8): 1-8.
8. Borko, H. 2004. Professional development and teacher learning: Mapping the terrain. Educational Researcher, 33(8): 3-15.
9. Carnegie Corporation of New York. 2001. Teachers for a new era: A national initiative to improve the quality of teaching, Washington, DC: Author.
10. Carroll, C., Patterson, M., Wood, S., Booth, A., Rick, J. and Balain, S. 2007. A conceptual framework for implementation fidelity. Implementation Science, 40: 1-9.
11. Cochran-Smith, M. and Zeichner, K.M., eds. 2005. Studying teacher education: The report of the AERA panel on research and teacher education, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
12. Clifford, R. M., & Maxwell, K. (2002, April). The need for highly qualified prekindergarten teachers. Preparing Highly Qualified Prekindergarten Teachers Symposium. Chapel Hill, NC: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina.
13. Darling-Hammond, L. 2001. The challenge of staffing our schools. Educational Leadership, 58(8): 12-17.
14. Downer, J.T. and Pianta, R.C. 2006. Academic and cognitive functioning in first grade: Associations with earlier home and child care predictors and with concurrent home and classroom experiences. School Psychology Review, 35(1): 11-30.
15. Dusenbury, L., Brannigan, R., Falco, M. and Hansen, W.B. 2003. A review of research on fidelity of implementation: Implications for drug abuse prevention in school settings. Health Education Research, 18: 237-256.
16. Feiman-Nemser, S. 1996. Teacher mentoring: A critical review, Washington, DC: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teaching and Teacher Education.
17. Feiman-Nemser, S. 2001. From preparation to practice: Designing a continuum to strengthen and sustain practice. Teachers College Record, 103(6): 1013-1055.
18. Feiman-Nemser, S., Schwille, S., Carver, C. and Yusko, B. 1999. A conceptual review of literature on new teacher education, Washington, DC: US Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
19. Fletcher, S., Strong, M. and Villar, A. 2008. An investigation of the effects of variations in mentor-based induction on the performance of students in California. Teachers College Record, 110(10): 2271-2289.
20. Garet, M.S., Porter, A.C., Desimone, L., Birman, B.F. and Yoon, K.S. 2001. What makes professional development effective? Results from a national sample of teachers. American Educational Research Journal, 38(4): 915-945.
21. Gibson, S. 2005. Developing knowledge of coaching. Issues in Teacher Education, 14(2): 63-74.
22. Gold, Y. 1996. "Beginning teacher support: Attrition, mentoring, and induction". In Handbook of research on teacher education, 2nd ed., Edited by: Sikula, J., Buttery, T.J. and Guyton, E. 548-594. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Macmillan.
23. Goodwin, B. 1999. Improving teaching quality: Issues and policies, Aurora, CO: Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning. Retrieved from www.mcrel.org/products/school-improve/qualitybrief.pdf
24. Greenberg, M.T., Domitrovich, C.E., Graczyk, P. A., & Zins, J.E. (2005). The study of implementation in school-based preventive interventions: Theory, research, and practice. Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioral Disorders, 3.
25. Grissmer, D.W. and Kirby, S.N. 1992. Patterns of attrition among Indiana teachers, 1965-1987, Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
26. Grossman, P., Thompson, C. and Valencia, S. 2001. District policy and beginning teachers: Where the twain shall meet (No. CTP-DOC-R-01-4), Albany, NY: National Research Center on English Learning and Achievement.
27. Guo, Y., Piasta, S., Justice, L. and Kaderavek, J. 2010. Relations among preschool teachers' self-efficacy, classroom quality, and children's language and literacy gains. Teaching and Teacher Education, 26(4): 1094-1103.
28. Hafner, A. and Owings, J. 1991. Careers in teaching: Following members of the high school class of 1972 in and out of teaching, Washington, DC: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.
29. Hamre, B.K. and Pianta, R.C. 2005. Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure?. Child Development, 76(5): 949-967.
30. Hanson, S. and Moir, E. 2008. Beyond mentoring: Influencing the professional practice and careers of experienced teachers. Phi Delta Kappan, 89(6): 453-458.
31. Howes, C., Burchinal, M., Pianta, R., Bryant, D., Early, D., Clifford, R.M. and Barbarin, O. 2008. Ready to learn? Children's pre-academic achievement in pre-kindergarten programs. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 23(1): 27-50.
32. Huling-Austin, L. 1990. "Teacher induction programs and internships". In Handbook of research on teacher education, Edited by: Houston, W.R. 535-548. New York, NY: Macmillan.
33. Ingersoll, R.M. 2001. Teacher turnover and teacher shortages: An organizational analysis. American Educational Research Journal, 38(3): 499-534.
34. Ingersoll, R.M. 2003. Is there really a teacher shortage?, Seattle, WA: Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy.
35. Ingersoll, R. and Smith, T. 2003. The wrong solution to the teacher shortage. Educational Leadership, 60(8): 30-33.
36. Joftus, S. and Maddox-Dolan, B. 2002. New-teacher excellence: Retaining our best, Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.
37. Kapadia, K., Coca, V. and Easton, J. 2007. Keeping new teachers: A first look at the influences of induction in the Chicago public schools, Chicago, IL: Consortium on Chicago School Research.
38. Lankford, H., Loeb, S. and Wyckoff, J. 2002. Teacher sorting and the plight of urban schools: A descriptive analysis. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 24(1): 37-62.
39. Lopez, A., Lash, A., Schaffner, M., Shields, P. and Wagner, M. 2004. Review of research on the impact of beginning teacher induction on teacher quality and retention, Washington, DC: US Department of Education.
40. Mashburn, A.J, Pianta, R.C, Hamre, B.K, Downer, J.T, Barbarin, O., Bryant, D. et al. (2008). Measures of classroom quality in prekindergarten and children's development of academic, language, and social skills. Child Development, 79(3), 732-749.
41. Moir, E. 2001. Quality induction: An investment in teachers. Teacher Education Quarterly, 28(1): 109-114.
42. Moir, E. 2004. Induction: Rethinking how we launch the next generation of teachers. Teachers for a New Era Quarterly Newsletter, 1(3): 1-3.
43. Moncher, F.J. and Prinz, R.J. 1991. Treatment fidelity in outcome studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 11: 247-266.
44. Murmane, R.J., Singer, J.D. and Willett, J.B. 1989. The influence of salaries and "opportunity costs" on teachers' career choices: Evidence from North Carolina. Harvard Educational Review, 59: 345-346.
45. National Academy of Education. 2008. Improving teacher quality and distribution: White papers project: Education policy briefing sheet, Washington, DC: Author.
46. National Commission on Teaching and America's Future. 1996. What matters most: Teaching for America's future, Woodbridge, VA: Author.
47. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Early Child Care Research Network. 2002. The relation of global first-grade classroom environment to structural classroom features and teacher and student behaviors. The Elementary School Journal, 102(5): 367-387.
48. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Early Child Care Research Network. 2004. Social functioning in first grade: Associations with earlier home and child care predictors and with current classroom experiences. Child Development, 74(6): 1639-1662.
49. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Early Child Care Research Network. 2005. A day in third grade: A large-scale study of classroom quality and teacher and student behavior. The Elementary School Journal, 105: 305-323.
50. No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 [NCLB], PL 107-110, 20 U.S.C. Retrieved fromwww.ed.gov/nclb
51. Novice Teacher Network (2008). Program report.
52. Odell, S.J. and Ferraro, D.P. 1992. Teacher mentoring and teacher retention. Journal of Teacher Education, 43(3): 200-204.
53. Odell, S.J. and Huling, L. 2000. Quality mentoring for novice teachers, Indianapolis, IN: Kappa Delta Pi.
54. O'Donnell, C.L. 2008. Defining, conceptualizing, and measuring fidelity of implementation and its relationship to outcomes in K-12 curriculum intervention research. Review of Educational Research, 78: 33-84.
55. Pianta, R.C. 2006. "Standardized observations and professional development: A focus on individualized implementation and practices". In Critical issues in early childhood professional development, Edited by: Zaslow, M. and Martinez-Beck, I. 231-254. Baltimore, MD: Brookes.
56. Pianta, R., Kinzie, M., Justice, L., Pullen, P., Fan, X., & Lloyd, J. (2003). Web training: Pre-K teachers, literacy, and relationships. Effectiveness of Early Childhood Program, Curricula, and Interventions. Washington, DC: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
57. Pianta, R.C., La Paro, K.M., & Hamre, B.K. (2004). Classroom assessment scoring system (CLASS). Unpublished measure, University of Virginia.
58. Plecki, M.L., Elfers, A.M., Loeb, H., Zahir, A. and Knapp, M.S. 2005. Teacher retention and mobility: A look inside and across districts and schools in Washington State, Seattle, WA: University of Washington.
59. Public Education Network. 2003. The voice of the new teacher, Washington, DC: Public Education Network.
60. Roberts, A. 2000. Mentoring revisited: A phenomenological review of the literature. Mentoring & Tutoring, 8(2): 145-170.
61. Robinson, G.W. (1998). New teacher induction: A study of selected new teacher induction models and common practices. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Educational Research Association, Chicago.
62. Rockoff, J.E. 2008. Does mentoring reduce turnover and improve skills of new employees? Evidence from teachers in New York City, Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved 2009, April 27 from http://www.nber.org/papers/w13868
63. Rohrbach, L.A., Grana, R., Sussman, S. and Valente, T.W. 2006. Type II translation: Transporting prevention interventions from research to real-world settings. Evaluation and Health Professions, 29: 302-333.
64. Sanders, W. and Rivers, J. 1996. Cumulative and residual effects of teachers on future student academic achievement, Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Value-Added Research and Assessment Center.
65. Schaffer, E.C., Stringfield, S. and Wolffe, D.M. 1992. An innovative beginning teacher induction program: A two year analysis of classroom interactions. Journal of Teacher Education, 43(3): 181-192.
66. Schön, D. 1983. The reflective practitioner, New York, NY: Basic Books.
67. Schön, D. 1987. Educating the reflective practitioner, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
68. Serpell, Z. 2000. Beginning teacher induction: A review of the literature, Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
69. Shen, J. 1997. Has the alternative certification policy materialized its promise? A comparison between traditionally and alternatively certified teachers in public schools. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis., 19(3): 276-283.
70. Shulman, L. 1987. Knowledge and teaching foundations of a new reform. Harvard Education Review, 57(1): 1-21.
71. Singer, J.D. 1993. Are special educators' career paths special?: Results from a 13-year longitudinal study. Exceptional Children, 59: 262-279.
72. Smith, T. 2007. How do state-level induction and standards-based reform policies affect induction experiences and turnover among new teachers. American Journal of Education, 113: 273-311.
73. Smith, T.M. and Ingersoll, R.M. 2004. What are the effects of induction and mentoring on beginning teacher turnover?. American Educational Research Journal, 41(3): 681-714.
74. Strong, M., & St. John, L. (2001). A study of teacher retention: The effects of mentoring for beginning teachers (3). Santa Cruz, CA: New Teacher Center @ UC Santa Cruz.
75. Taggart, V.S., Bush, P.J., Zuckerman, A.E. and Theiss, P.K. 1990. A process evaluation of the District of Columbia "Know Your Body" project. Journal of School Health, 60(2): 60-66.
76. Tetzlaff, J.A. and Wegstaff, I. 1999. Mentoring new teachers. Teaching and Change, 6(3): 284-294.
77. Tschannen-Moran, M., Woolfolk Hoy, A. and Hoy, W.K. 1998. Teacher efficacy: Its meaning and measure. Review of Educational Research, 68: 202-248.
78. Villar, A. 2004. Measuring the benefits and costs of mentor-based instruction: A value added assessment of new teacher effectiveness link to student achievement, Santa Cruz, CA: New Teacher Center.
79. Weiss, E.M. and Weiss, S.G. 1999. Beginning teacher induction, Washington, DC: ERIC digest.
80. Woolfolk, A.E. and Hoy, W.K. 1990. Prospective teachers' sense of efficacy and beliefs about control. Journal of Educational Psychology, 82(1): 81-91.
81. Woolfolk-Hoy, A.E. (2000). Changes in teacher efficacy during the early years of teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.