Developing and sustaining an educative mentoring model of STEM teacher professional development through collaborative partnership |
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| Authors: | Gail Richmond R Charles Dershimer Maria Ferreira Nelson Maylone Beth Kubitskey Alycia Meriweather |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Teacher Education Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USAgailr@msu.edu;3. Science Department Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA;4. College of Education Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA;5. Department of Teacher Education Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA;6. Physics &7. Astronomy Department Detroit Public Schools Community District, Detroit, MI, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this paper, we present details of a partnership undertaken by four universities with field-based, alternative STEM teacher preparation programs and a large urban school district to provide ongoing professional support for teachers serving as mentors for individuals preparing for careers in high-poverty schools. We also present key findings related to our implementation of an educative mentoring professional learning community (PLC) as a professional development (PD) model for these mentors. Our analysis reveals that mentors as well as candidates identified the PD program as addressing their specific interests and concerns, and that they were regularly and deeply engaged with key activities that were part of each session’s agenda. These findings signal how key elements of PD workshops can contribute to creating and sustaining a local but replicable PLC utilizing an educative mentoring model to support mentors and the future teachers whom they support. |
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| Keywords: | Educative mentoring urban teaching STEM professional development partnership clinical practice and professional learning communities |
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