The P-16 Strategic Collaboration Model: A Team Mentoring Approach

Teacher attrition is an enduring national issue. To help address this problem, formal mentoring programs for new teachers have been implemented by most states. Mentoring, however, is rarely used beyond the induction years. This article presents an adaptation of a business model, the Strategic Collab...

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Published inThe Educational forum (West Lafayette, Ind.) Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 32 - 44
Main Authors Wasburn, Mara H, Wasburn-Moses, Leah, Blackman, Jay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published West Lafayette Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2008
Routledge
Kappa Delta Pi
Subjects
Address forms
Adoption (Ideas)
Attrition
Beginning Teacher Induction
Beginning Teachers
Business models
Collaboration
College Faculty
Collegiality
Logic
Mentoring programs
Mentors
Pilot Projects
Program Effectiveness
Strategic Planning
Teacher Persistence
Teachers
Teaching methods
Teamwork
Thinking Skills
Training Methods
Women Faculty
United States > US
San Francisco California
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Summary:Teacher attrition is an enduring national issue. To help address this problem, formal mentoring programs for new teachers have been implemented by most states. Mentoring, however, is rarely used beyond the induction years. This article presents an adaptation of a business model, the Strategic Collaboration Model TM , which approaches mentoring as a network activity. This collaborative, peer-oriented strategy was used successfully with female university professors in a pilot program. Applications for teachers across the P-16 spectrum are discussed.
ISSN:0013-1725
1938-8098
DOI:10.1080/00131720701603602