The mentoring topics first-year teachers most frequently received guidance on were noninstructional rather than instructional¶
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q2 i? The most common topics were sharing encouragement or moral support (83 percent), handling administrative or logistical issues (73 percent), and managing classroom routines and student behavior (71 percent), not delivering content or instructional planning. → Brodersen 2025
Evidence¶
Brodersen 2025¶
Brodersen, R. M., Chiang, H., Coleman, K., Hitt, C., Li, J., Ritter, G., & Weston-Sementelli, J. (2025). Examining the mentoring experiences of first-year teachers in Missouri (REL 2025–014). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/use-work/resource-library/report/descriptive-study/examining-mentoring-experiences-first-year-teachers-missouri
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Weighted descriptive analysis of the mentoring survey reported in figure 3 and tables C5–C6 (n = 249–257 depending on item). The report notes none of the top four topics "were related to teaching content."
"first-year teachers who responded to the survey most frequently received a moderate amount or a lot of guidance from their mentor related to sharing encouragement or moral support (83 percent),"
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Related Claims¶
- Most first-year Missouri teachers in the study met with their mentors several times a month for meetings averaging less than 30 minutes — related
- Topic coverage was bimodal: about a third of teachers received moderate or substantial guidance on all 10 topics while another third received guidance on three or fewer — related
- Mentor interactions (60.2%) outnumbered teacher interactions (39.8%) in the workshop, with mentor Explanation most frequent and teacher Respond to Questions and Proposing Ideas most frequent — related
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The mentoring topics first-year teachers most frequently received guidance on were noninstructional rather than instructional |
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The mentoring topics first-year teachers most frequently received guidance on were noninstructional rather than instructional |
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