General Information on Successful Mentoring by MERN
General Information on Mentoring
Statistics:
• “Teachers new to the profession are more likely to leave than their more experienced counterparts.” - Is There Really a Teacher Shortage? By Richard Ingersoll
• According to the National Education Association, in urban districts, 50 percent of newcomers leave the profession within their first five years.
• According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 88 percent of new teachers involved in mentoring programs that meet once a week report substantial improvement to their instructional skills.
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MERN (Texas Music Education Mentoring Network) Enters 2nd Year
The Foundation for Music Education enters the second year of powering MERN. MERN is the Music Education Resource Network which is a pro-bono mentoring network of TMEA members (advisors) helping new music teachers (proteges).
Mike Ware is the Managing Director of MERN. A small committee is compiling a list of specific items and tasks for our MERN advisors to supply proteges. To become an advisor and/or to apply to be a protege simply become a TMEA member and enroll via the TMEA or TFME website.
If you have subject matter that should be on the list please contact ...