oregon beginning educator mentor program survey
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Oregon StatewideMentoring Program
Jan MilesAdele Hermann
New Teacher Center
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Participant Demographics:Beginning Teachers (Spring)
Year teaching Total Responses = 772
1 2
54% 45%
421 351
Your gender Total Responses = 772
Female Male
74% 25%
573 199
Ethnic group you most identify with Total Responses = 772
African
American/Black
American
Indian/Alaska Native
Asian/Pacific
Islander
Hispanic/Latino
White
Multi -
racial
Other
No Response
0% 1% 1% 2% 83% 2% 1% 6%
2 12 14 22 642 17 11 52
In what state did you complete a teacher preparation program? Total Responses = 772
Oregon Washington Idaho Montana California Other:
86% 2% 1% 1% 1%
667 16 11 8 12
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Participant Demographics:Mentors (Spring)
Your Gender Total Responses = 189
Female Male
82% 17%
155 34
Ethnic group you most identify with Total Responses = 189
African
American/Black
American
Indian/Alaska Native
Asian/Pacific
Islander
Hispanic/Latino
White
Multi -
racial
Other
No Response
6% 1% 3% 84% 0% 4%
13 2 6 159 1 8
Year mentoring Total Responses = 189
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6-10th 11th or more
79% 11% 3% 2% 1% 1% 0%
150 21 7 5 2 3 1
Current teaching responsibilities Total Responses = 189
Teach full Time Teach Part Time Released Full Time No teaching contract Retired
59% 7% 17% 2% 11%
113 15 34 5 22
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Spring Top FivesBeginning Teachers
My Mentor….This influences my teaching practice...
86%
81%79%
76% 75%
84%
80%78% 77%
71%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Provides me with resources
and materials
Provides me with strategies
to better manage my
classroom
Provides emotional support Assists me in developing a
repertoire of teaching
strategies
Observes my teaching and
discusses it with me
Yes At Least Some
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Spring Bottom FivesBeginning Teachers
My Mentor…This influences my teaching practice…
46%
44% 44%
41%
29%
47%
44%45%
43%
29%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Provides me with strategies
to help me to analyze
student work
Provides me with strategies
to help me communicate
with my principal
Provides me with strategies
to help me to get additional
support from my principal
for challenging situations
Assists with lesson
planning
Assists me in working with
English Language Learners
Yes At Least Some
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Spring Top FivesMentors
Do you feel effective working with your teachers in these areas?Professional development provided in this area was…
94%
98%96%
93% 92%
84%
77%
70%
78%
72%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Providing emotional
support
Providing strategies to help
teachers better manage
their classroom
Providing resources and
materials
Helping to create a
supportive, equitable
classroom atmosphere
where differences are
valued
Helping to work
collaboratively with the
other teachers at school
4-Very effective, 3 4-Very effective, 3
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Spring Bottom FivesMentors
Do you feel effective working with your teachers in these areas?Professional development provided in this area was…
80%
75% 76%
81%
68%
63% 62%
68%
54%
48%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
Helping to get additional
support from principal for
challenging situations
Analyzing student work Helping with site
administrator
communication
Working with students with
Special Needs
Working with English
Language Learners
4-Very effective, 3 4-Very effective, 3
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Fall to Spring Comparison: IncreaseBeginning Teachers – My Mentor…
Yes
46%
68%
61% 61%
44%
63%
76%
69%67%
50%
17%
8% 8%6% 6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Provides me with strategies to
help me to analyze student work
Provides me with strategies to
help me differentiate instruction
to meet the needs of diverse
learners
Provides me with strategies to
help me to use student
assessment data to guide
instruction
Provides me with strategies to
help me handle job-related
stress
Provides me with strategies to
help me communicate with my
principal
Fall Spring Difference
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Fall to Spring Comparison: IncreaseMentors – Do you feel effective working
with your teachers in these areas?4-Very Effective
35%
39%
54%
49%
52%
63%
14%13%
9%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Analyzing student work Helping to use student assessment data to guide
instruction
Helping to develop a repertoire of teaching strategies
Fall Spring Difference
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Fall to Spring Comparison: IncreaseMentors – Professional development provided
in this area was very …4-Very Useful
26% 26%
22%
31%
23%
21%
53%52%
46%47%
33%
31%
27%26%
24%
16%
10% 10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Analyzing student work Helping to use student
assessment data to guide
instruction
Helping to differentiate
instruction to meet the
needs of diverse learners
Helping to develop a
repertoire of teaching
strategies
Helping with parent
communication
Helping to deliver and
understand the curriculum
Fall Spring Difference
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Fall to Spring Comparison: IncreaseMentors – Professional development provided
in this area was very…4-Very Useful
31%32%
41%
28%
40%41%
49%
36%
9% 9%8% 8%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
Providing resources and materials Standards-based lesson planning Providing strategies to help teachers
better manage their classroom
Helping to work collaboratively with the
other teachers at school
Fall Spring Difference
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Fall to Spring Comparison: DecreaseMentors – Do you feel effective working
with your teachers in these areas?4-Very Effective
62%
34%
59%
52%54%
27%
53%
46%
8%7%
6% 6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Helping to create a supportive, equitable
classroom atmosphere where
differences are valued
Helping with site administrator
communication
Helping to work collaboratively with the
other teachers at school
Helping to meet district goals and
requirements
Fall Spring Difference
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Fall to Spring Comparison: DecreaseMentors – Professional development provided
in this area was very…4-Very Useful
26%
43%
19%
37%
7%6%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Helping with site administrator communication Developing professional and district goals that are meaningful (e.g.
ILP/District Goals)
Fall Spring Difference
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Impact on Teaching Practice
16%
28%
40%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
A Great Deal Quite a Bit Some
Of the success you've had as a beginning teacher,what proportion would you attribute to help from your mentor?
Beginning Teachers: Spring
44% attributed “a great deal”or “quite a bit” of their successto their mentor.
84% attributed some or moreof their success to their mentor.
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Impact onStudentLearning
Strongly
Agree/Agree56. Overall, work with
my mentor has helpedme to impact mystudents' learning
77%
StronglyAgree/Agree
55. Overall, my mentorhas helped me to be aneffective teacher
78%
54. Overall, my mentormeets my needs as agrowing professional
77%
57. Overall, my mentorprogram meets myneeds as a growingprofessional
75%
Impact onTeachingPractice
Beginning Teachers: Spring
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Impact on Teacher Retention Beginning Teachers: Spring
41% 40%
27%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
My Current
Teaching
Position
The
Profession
In the District
My mentor has impactedmy decision to stay in…
(Mark all that Apply)
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Program Impact: Site AdministratorHaving the mentor program in my building
has contributed to my knowledge of….*At Least Some (Spring)
56%
52% 52% 52%51%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Coaching Observing teacher practice Effective teaching Professional goal setting Phases of teacher
development
At Least Some
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Program Impact: Site AdministratorHaving the mentor program in my building
has contributed to my knowledge of….*At Least Some (Spring)
50%48%
45%43%
41%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Standards for the teaching
profession
Research-based teaching
strategies for improving
student achievement
Creating learning
communities
School improvement Analyzing student work
At Least Some
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Working Conditions:I/My beginning teachers have sufficient materials (texts,
books, paper, etc.) and supplies in their rooms*Agree (Spring)
64%
75%
92%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Beginning Teachers Mentors Site Administrators
Beginning Teachers Mentors Site Administrators
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Working Conditions:The rooms where I/my beginning teachers teach are fully
adequate for them and their students*Agree (Spring)
69%
79%
88%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Beginning Teachers Mentors Site Administrators
Beginning Teachers Mentors Site Administrators
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Impact HighlightsBeginning Teachers: Spring
Statewide Entity
Teacher Practice: 15. Of the success you've hadas a beginning teacher, what proportion would youattribute to help from mentor?
16% A Great Deal28% Quite a bit40% Some
Teacher Practice: 55. Overall, my mentor hashelped me to be an effective teacher
78% Strongly Agree /Agree
Teacher Practice: 54. Overall, my mentor meetsmy needs as a growing professional
77% Strongly Agree /Agree
Teacher Practice: 57. Overall, my mentor programmeets my needs as a growing professional
75% Strongly Agree /Agree
Retention: 24. My mentor has impacted mydecision to stay in (Mark All That Apply)
41% My CurrentTeaching Position27% In the District40% In the Profession
Student Learning: 56. Overall, work with mymentor has helped me to impact my students'learning
77% Strongly Agree /Agree
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Beginning Teacher Top Five’sMy Mentor…Response: Yes
Statewide
Entity
33a. Provides mewith resources andmaterials 86%
32a. Provides me withstrategies to bettermanage my classroom 81%
48a. Providesemotional support 79% 34a. Assists me indeveloping a repertoireof teaching strategies 76% 45a. Observes myteaching anddiscusses it with me 75%
Statewide
Entity
32a. Provides me withresources andmaterials 85%
47a. Providesemotional support 82% 31a. Provides me withstrategies to bettermanage my classroom 81% 33a. Assists me indeveloping a repertoireof teaching strategies 79%
44a. Observes myteaching and discussesit with me 79%
Fall Spring
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Beginning Teacher Bottom Five’sMy Mentor…Response: Yes
Statewide
Entity
39a. Provides me withstrategies to help me toanalyze student work 46% 50a. Provides me withstrategies to help mecommunicate with myprincipal 44% 51a. Provides me withstrategies to help me toget additional supportfrom my principal forchallenging situations 44%
38a. Assists with lessonplanning 41%
43a. Assists me inworking with EnglishLanguage Learners 29%
Statewide
Entity
43a. Assists me inworking with students withSpecial Needs 50% 49a. Provides me withstrategies to help mecommunicate with myprincipal 50% 50a. Provides me withstrategies to help me toget additional support frommy principal forchallenging situations 48%
37a. Assists with lessonplanning 45%
42a. Assists me inworking with EnglishLanguage Learners 33%
Fall Spring
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Beginning Teacher Top Five’sMy Mentor…Response: Yes
Entity:
SpringFall
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Beginning Teacher Bottom Five’sMy Mentor…Response: Yes
Entity:
SpringFall