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Figure 1
Mentoring Model in District A
District E hired two interns but kept the two mentor teachers in the classroom
full time (see Figure 2). System decision-makers who chose this model were not
working within the proposed model and were essentially providing pay to a student
teacher.
Figure 2
Mentoring Model in District E
One variation occurred in District D (see Figure 3), where the assistant
superintendent explained how they hired two interns and provided different models
to support each. However, only one intern and her mentor agreed to participate in
the study. In Classroom/School 1, District D provided two part-time mentors to one
intern. Each mentor spent 50% of the day with the intern for part of one semester.
Each mentor then worked in their classroom or leadership position for the remainder
of the day. In Classroom/School 2, the part-time mentor, a retired teacher hired to
work 49.5%, worked with the intern for the entire day for half the semester.
Figure 3
Mentoring Model in District D
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