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ERIC Number: EJ952359
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0032-0684
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Mentoring as a Professional Development Strategy for Instructional Coaches: Who Mentors the Mentors?
Stock, Mark J.; Duncan, Heather E.
Planning and Changing, v41 n1-2 p57-69 2010
School districts across America have responded to the accountability movement by increasing professional development activities, including the utilization of onsite coaching strategies for educators. But who is mentoring the mentors? This descriptive study in one Western state found that 56% of instructional coaches reported they did not have a mentor, yet 90% of respondents thought mentoring was important for beginning instructional coaches, and 58% thought mentoring was important even for experienced instructional coaches. This study also reported on the areas that instructional coaches thought were important to be mentored in and the barriers that hindered their district in providing a mentoring program. (Contains 5 tables.)
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations. College of Education, Illinois State University, Campus Box 5900, Normal, IL 61790-5900. Tel: 309-438-2399; Fax: 309-438-8683; Web site: http://education.illinoisstate.edu/planning/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wyoming
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