Not exact matches
20 % of a head
teacher's day is spent meeting with people — either face to face or virtually — from interviewing
prospective new staff to observing lessons and
mentoring current students.
Grow - your - own programs could be delivered in rural areas using distance - learning options provided by higher education institutions and district - provided coaching and
mentoring — giving
prospective teachers greater access to high - quality training while remaining in their local community.
Assessing elementary
prospective teachers» mathematical explanations after engagement in online
mentoring modules.
The current research project examined the following question: How did participation in the VFS and online
mentoring of elementary students affect the
prospective teachers» ability to explain solutions to mathematical problems?
Further, the percentage of students scoring at the novice level decreasing throughout the semester in the Reflection section indicates the positive influence the live
mentoring had on
prospective teachers» inclusion of reflective thoughts in the submissions.
Prospective teachers also practice mentoring other prospective teachers through further exploration of the Horsin» Arou
Prospective teachers also practice
mentoring other
prospective teachers through further exploration of the Horsin» Arou
prospective teachers through further exploration of the Horsin» Around Problem.
The VFS and
mentoring experience for the
prospective teachers are described in the following section.
One possibility is that the second data point was collected using the problem for which the
prospective teachers were going to be
mentoring elementary students» solutions.
The
prospective teachers learned about problem solving and
mentoring elementary students in composing solutions and explanations to nonroutine challenge problems.
Another challenge specific to the
mentoring of elementary students is the lag time between communications between mathematics
teacher educators,
prospective teachers, and the elementary students.
The researchers assessed the
prospective teachers» solutions and explanations to problems at the beginning of the semester, at the middle of the semester after completing the training in
mentoring, and again at the end of the semester after the
mentoring was completed.
The Mississippi
Teacher Center provides information on the Mississippi Beginning
Teacher Support Program, a
mentoring and induction program for
prospective teachers in Mississippi.
After they complete the three VFS modules, the
prospective teachers engage in online
mentoring of elementary students through the Math Forum's PoW.
Elementary
prospective teachers» mathematical justifications through online
mentoring modules.
To be accredited, a
teacher education program must also require its
prospective teachers to have specified experiences of being
mentored by amazing
teachers.