Mentorship Matching: An Exploration of How Mentor-Mentee Matching Effects Resilience, Self-Efficacy, and Attrition in Novice Teachers

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cityu.schoolSchool of Education and Leadership
cityu.siteSeattle
cityu.site.countryUnited States
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Karra
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-15T20:13:47Z
dc.date.available2021-12-15T20:13:47Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-23
dc.description.abstractAttrition rates, or the number of individuals who leave the teaching profession, have been a continuing problem nationwide with novice teachers (i.e., those in their first 5 years of the profession) creating fiscal and educational hardships. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the ways veteran and novice teachers are matched during the mentoring process of induction programs. Mentors are veteran teachers who are matched with a novice or new teacher to assist in the process of professional acclimation. The principal theoretical frameworks guiding this study are those of mentor matching and mentor effectiveness. This research study used qualitative methodology and a phenomenology design to explore the phenomenon of mentorship in the scope of induction programs. The fundamental components of this study can be found in the research questions, which examined the novice teachers' experiences with their mentors, the novice teachers' perceptions of self-efficacy as a teacher, and whether the novice teachers intend to stay in the teaching profession. The population of this study consisted of 43 teachers in District V, located in California, who completed the induction program. The researcher attempted to use proportional stratification sampling; however, certain limitations led to the sample consisting of all 11 teachers who responded to an initial survey. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and then analyzed using the thematically based process of coding. Six common themes including induction program components, realistic perspectives, mentor characteristics, genuine connection, empathy, and validation were identified. The mentorship in District V's induction program did not impact novice teachers' desires to stay in the profession; however, it did positively impact the mentees' perceptions of self-efficacy and resilience.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/1627
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectmentor-mentee matching
dc.subjectmentorship
dc.subjectnovice teacher
dc.subjectresilience
dc.subjectself-efficacy
dc.subjectattrition
dc.subjectinduction program
dc.titleMentorship Matching: An Exploration of How Mentor-Mentee Matching Effects Resilience, Self-Efficacy, and Attrition in Novice Teachers
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Education
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