Inquiry, Dialogue, and Relational Encounters: Envisioning Teacher Mentorship in British Columbia

• In Event: Roundtable Session 28
  In Roundtable Session: Mentorship and Mentoring Practices SIG Roundtable

Abstract

This presentation features a research project, Pedagogical Assemblage: Building and sustaining teacher capacity through mentoring programs in British Columbia, Canada. Pedagogical Assemblage is a leadership and research network focused on creating strategies and policies to support and strengthen new teacher practice in British Columbia. We will describe a program of research examining how teacher mentorship enhances and sustains teacher effectiveness, leadership capacity, and the mobilization of teacher knowledge. The analysis will focus on our uses of visual research methodologies in extending our understanding of supporting new teachers in varied BC school communities. The interactive discussion will aim to extend our understanding of methods of supporting new teachers in a wide range of geographic regions in BC and across North America.

Authors

• Ching-Chiu Lin, The University of British Columbia

• Rita L. Irwin, The University of British Columbia

• Linda Farr Darling, The University of British Columbia