Mathematics Education for Novice Teachers: Opportunities for Reflection (MENTOR)
PREL received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under teacher enhancement programs to implement the MENTOR Project from 2002 to 2007. Building on the work accomplished in Project DELTA, MENTOR Project staff worked with departments and ministries (DOEs and MOEs) of education, as well as institutions of higher education (IHEs), in the 10 U.S.-affiliated Pacific island communities.
The MENTOR Project was a 5-year professional development program whose primary purpose is to develop in novice teachers the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to be effective teachers of mathematics, thereby decreasing the length and trauma of their induction into the profession and increasing their commitment to teaching as a profession. This was achieved through the establishment of a mentoring program in which experienced mathematics educators, or mentors, worked with novice teachers to develop their understanding of mathematics learning and teaching.
Purpose
- Developing experienced mathematics educators’ understandings of the roles and responsibilities of mentors, as well as of effective mentoring processes.
- Developing experienced mathematics educators’ skills as mentors, as well as their abilities to design and implement professional development models that foster professional growth in novice teachers.
- Increasing mentors’ and novice teachers’ mathematical content knowledge, as well as their understanding of associated pedagogy.
- Increasing novice teachers’ ability to plan, implement, and assess instructional sequences that reflect an understanding of the principles of standards-based mathematics learning and teaching.
- Developing novice teachers’ and mentors’ abilities to reflect critically on their practices and on their growth as educators.
Contact
For additional information, contact Dr. Sandy Dawson, Director, at dawsons@prel.org.
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Phone:
(808) 441-1300
U.S. Toll-free Phone:
(800) 377-4773
AskPREL