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How important do you believe it is for a school to provide all first year teachers with a mentor teacher? Did you or will you look for this in the schools that you interview with?

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Discussion of mentor teachers, what they do, and how they help inexperienced and experienced new teachers alike.

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Even with an experienced teacher who has taught before, it still helps to have a mentor teacher at a new school. Schools do things differently, and it really helps to have a contact person to address those sorts of procedural and cultural questions that will arise, even for an experienced teacher. For a brand new teacher, a mentor teacher is an invaluable resource, because there are a ...

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