Date of Award:
5-2009
Document Type:
Dissertation
Degree Name:
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department:
School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Department name when degree awarded
Emma Eccles Jones School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Committee Chair(s)
Gary Carlston
Committee
Gary Carlston
Committee
Martha Dever
Committee
J. Nicholls Eastmond
Committee
Michael Freeman
Committee
Steve Laing
Abstract
It is estimated the national teacher shortage will be approximately two million by the year 2010. Thirty to 50% of new teachers leave the profession within the first 5 years. In an effort to improve teacher quality and retain teachers, many states and local school districts have instituted induction and mentoring programs. The state of Utah's Early Years Enhancement (EYE) induction and mentoring program went into effect January 1, 2003. This purpose of this study was to examine how secondary novice teachers experience the mentorship requirement of the EYE program. A phenomenological approach was used to illustrate the lived experience of 19 Utah teachers who completed the mentorship and all other requirements of the EYE program in order to earn their Level 2 License and continue on in the profession.
Some of the themes that emerged from the participant interviews are congruent with the literature in terms of the benefits of a mentorship. A majority of participants reported their mentorship was beneficial because their mentor was a source of advice and information; their mentor was a confidant who also inspired confidence; and they got along with their mentor. Included in the study are unanticipated perceptions regarding the portfolio and the Praxis II requirements of the EYE program, giving a more holistic picture of what participants experienced during the mentor and induction process.
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Recommended Citation
Armstrong, Philip D., "New Beginnings: A Phenomenology of the Lived Experiences of Novice Secondary Teachers Who Have Completed the Induction and Mentorship Requirements of Utah's Early Years Enhancement (Eye) Program" (2009). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 290.
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