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Action research project brings together participants for meaningful conversations about new teacher mentorship

After working with induction mentors with the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) and partnering with Faculty of Education pre-service mentors, Dr. Lana Parker and Dr. Diane Vetter have cultivated an understanding of the value of both mentorship and the networks that foster it.

Preservice and Induction mentors conversingIn collaboration with a researcher and former NTIP Coordinator from a local school board, their study brings together small groups of pre-service mentor teachers with several highly trained mentors from the NTIP program in a full day of professional development, with a second day spent alongside teacher candidates.

Over the course of two days, the pre-service mentors will gain valuable tools and strategies for mentorship and the teacher candidates have a unique opportunity to engage in deep, purposeful, and reflective dialogues with their mentors.