Freemyer, Jim; Townsend, Robert; Freemyer, Sarah; Baldwin, Margie

Abstract: The need to support and retain beginning teachers is vital. This study sought to determine if the mentoring programs in Indiana are effectively supporting and retaining new teachers. The study has national ramifications in that it also seeks to determine if withdrawing an annual stipend for mentors to work with new teachers negatively impacts the effectiveness of statewide mentor programs and teacher longevity in education. Can teachers receive the support they so desperately need from mentors whose financial support from the state has been eliminated? This study examined surveys from 1,539 new teachers to assess the effectiveness of their mentor experiences. The data was also compared to similar data from new teachers whose mentors did receive financial support from the state. The study found that new teachers were meeting significantly less often with their mentors than they did before 2005. The research also concluded that lack of financial support for mentors adversely impacted perceived teacher longevity in education and new teacher effectiveness. How often mentors met with teachers positively correlated to (a) how new teachers responded to the question, did having a mentor impact how long you would stay in education, (b) how new teachers responded to did having a mentor make you a better teacher, and (c) how new teachers responded to did having a mentor affect your students' learning. According to the 1,539 new teachers with valid surveys, effective mentoring had a significant impact on their teaching and their perceived longevity in education. Therefore, the decision to cease financial support for mentors has adversely impacted the effectiveness of Indiana's new teacher. (Contains 12 tables.)

总结：

1、支持和留住新教师是至关重要的。

2、本研究的目的是确定是否在印第安纳州的辅导方案有效地支持和留住新老师。3、研究调查1539名新教师，评估他们的导师经验的有效性。该数据还比较新教师的导师确实收到了由国家财政支持的类似数据。研究发现，缺乏对导师的资金支持不利于教师长寿教育和新教师效能满足。有效指导对他们的教学和教育他们认为长寿显著影响。因此，停止对导师财政支持的决定，对印第安纳州的新老师的有效性产生了不利影响。

来源：Online Submission. 27 pp