Register for the Free Webinar: Empowering Teacher Candidates with Mentor Teachers: Strategies and Success Stories

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With teacher shortages on the rise and early-career educators facing more pressure than ever, mentor teacher programs have become a critical pillar in teacher preparation. But what does it take to build one that actually works—for schools, for mentors, and most importantly, for teacher candidates?

Join us in this webinar to learn strategies for designing and managing a mentor teacher program to support your teacher candidates and hear directly from colleagues who are currently facilitating successful programs.

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• Outcomes of a multi-year research project focused on identifying what makes a mentor teacher program successful.
• How to engage school-based teacher educators to collaborate in the design, implementation, and facilitation of a mentoring program.
• Insights from school- and university-based teacher educators who are actively managing or contributing to successful mentor teacher programs.

This session brings together perspectives from scholars in the field, and an ELC customer—each with insights into what makes a mentor teacher program successful.

Audra Parker, PhD 
Director of the School of Education at George Mason University, Dr. Parker researches elementary teacher preparation, mentoring practices, and leads school-based support for teacher candidates.

Kristien Zenkov, PhD 
Director of the Division of Elementary, Literacy, and Secondary Education at George Mason University, Dr. Zenkov is a prolific scholar focused on teacher education, literacy, and social justice education.

Kamina Fitzgerald, Ed.D. (ELC customer) 
Director of University School Partnerships and Clinical Practice at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Dr. Fitzgerald, who will provide an overview of UNCP’s field experience program and discuss past and future mentor teacher programs.