Mentoring for All: Building a Community of Knowledge for Preservice Mentors and Teacher Candidates

• In Event: Sheraton Roundtable Session 12
  In Roundtable Session: Mentoring the Mentors: Examining Learning and Practice Across Teacher Educator Roles

Abstract

This study extends our previously-conducted qualitative research investigating support and professional learning communities for pre-service mentors. Through experiences in a Ministry-sponsored program, known in Ontario as the New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) and a university-based Faculty of Education practicum, the authors continue to deepen their understanding of the value of professional learning about mentoring and the conditions that foster communities. Given that pre-service mentors are not offered the same level of support as their induction mentor counterparts, our two-year study continues to explore this gap by uniting NTIP mentors and small groups of pre-service mentors in a two-day professional learning opportunity. In the second year, we have deepened our understanding, expanded our research methodology and explored new emerging themes.

Authors

• Suzanne J. Molitor, University of Toronto

• Lana Parker, York University

• Diane Vetter, York University