Increase the Retention of Fully-Certified Special Education Personnel Through Staff Development

Increase the Retention of Fully-Certified Special Education Personnel through Staff Development, Coaching, and Mentoring within School Districts

2010-2011

1 Sunnyside Unified School District

2 A. UA/Mentoring 1. Sunnyside Unified School District

Describe the Sunnyside Unified School District Mentoring Partnership.

Sunnyside Unified School District has a mentoring program in place for all special education teachers, including new teachers in their first three years. Our partnership is based on communications with and meetings with the School District Administrators, Special Education directors, assistants, and mentors. We collaborated and partnered to provide additional mentoring, as requested, for some teachers in Sunnyside School District.

Each year, we contact the district in August or September and accept teacher mentee nominations. We follow up with mentoring and support to retain these highly qualified teachers in special education.

Our partnership also involves participating in SASEA ( Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators) meetings two times per year and discussing mentoring and retention of teachers.

Describe evidence (include logs, outlines, contact lists, and student lists).

Vanessa Roberts Mentored September-November 2010 Denise Whitford + Brenda Harford

Dates DW: 10-4-10, 11-10-10 Dates BH: NA

See attached logs, teacher and administrator contact lists and mentee lists.

See October 15, 2010 Quarterly Report.

SASEA Meetings: Agendas and Minutes for September 25, 2010; February 18, 2011 Meetings.

Attended by UA Mentoring Project Staff

List mentors for Sunnyside Unified School District. UA Mentors: Denise Whitford Maria Nahmias Monica One Feather

Sunnyside Mentors: Brenda Harford Toni Sparks Hopkins Sue Tillis

Mentor / Mentee Excel Data Sheets

Mentor / Mentee Site Visit Logs for DW and MN

List mentees for Sunnyside Unified School District.

Mentee Teachers: (2) Vanessa R. Elia S. Juan C. (From TUSD to Sunnyside)

Describe the process in place to retain mentors. To retain the mentors in Sunnyside Unified School District, the school district is responsible. Our partnership and collaboration is a retention aide as well.

To retain mentors from UA mentoring project, support, professional development, assistance, and mentoring by project director, Maria Nahmias, provides a process to retain mentors in this district, as well as funds from the ADE –UA Mentoring Project Budget to support the mentor(s). In previous years, Monica OneFeather was a mentor; currently, Denise Whitford began as a mentor late August, 2010- present.

Conferences and papers are reviewed and shared among mentors at professional development meetings.

Weekly mentoring meetings are held on Tuesdays for the UA Teacher Mentoring Project. These are held in Dr. Maria Nahmias’ office.

Certificates of appreciation will be prepared for 2010-2011.

Describe the process in place to retain mentees.

Regular Communication and Visits

Monthly newsletter began in September 2010

Email and Telephone Communications or contact at regular intervals between mentee and mentor

Emails re: Conferences, Professional development Workshops and Speakers

Website sent to mentees at least two times per year, newly updated.

Documents on Website available and updated

Coaching and Mentoring regarding challenges and solutions; Support in teaching, assessment, certifications and more

Promote professional development participation for retention and success as a Sped teacher

Communication with School District mentor(s) and administrators re: mentee teachers

Emails, Logs, Contact Lists, Mentee Lists, School District Partner Lists.

Appointment books and E-calendars for MN and DW.

Describe the Sunnyside Unified School District site visits and follow up support plan.

Regular communication with mentee teacher, mentor in district, UA Mentor.

When Available, in person or electronic follow up.

Mentoring Project Forms used when appropriate for school visits and observations. Newly added in September 2010: Participant Agreement Forms Newly added / revised in January 2011: Principal and Administrator Agreement Forms (on Mentoring Website )

See Teacher Recruitment flyer, Pages 1, 2

Describe the workshops/presentations for Sunnyside Unified School District mentors and/or mentees. 2010: (2) SMART GOALS Workshop by Maria Nahmias August 2010 Special Education Transitioning by Maggie Gedebou Nov. 4, 2010.

2011: (3)

Transition Programs and plans Presentation by Maggie Gedebou March 31, 2011.

IEP Components & Meeting Management Workshop by Denise Whitford, MSW,MA

April 4, 2011

Planned Workshop with Flowing Wells School District-all schools and mentees will be invited in Fall 2011.

See Workshop and Presentation Flyers, Emails, Website Announcements

9 Tucson Unified School District

10 A. UA/Mentoring 2. Tucson Unified School District

Describe the Tucson Unified School District Mentoring Partnership.

Tucson Unified School District has comprehensive teacher mentoring programs in place for all special education teachers, including new teachers in their first three years. These endeavors are cooperatively administered by the Director of Exceptional Education and the Human Resources Departments of Tucson Unified School District.

We meet with these administrators annually now, to determine the scope of our collaborative partnership. Our partnership is based on communications and meetings with the School District Administrators, Exceptional Education directors, assistants, professional development coordinators, and mentors. We collaborated and partner to provide additional mentoring, as requested, for some teachers in Tucson Unified School District.

It is our understanding that the professional development of the mentors employed by Tucson Unified School District is conducted in conjunction with the Arizona K-12 Center and their workshops. This is at a cost to the district and supported by the Arizona K-12 Center for Teachers.

Our partnership also involves participating in SASEA ( Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators) meetings two times per year and discussing mentoring and retention of teachers.

Meetings with School District Administrators and Professional Development Personnel:

2009: Mary Neale, Exceptional Education PD Coordinator- October 2009 and January, 2010

2010: Lorraine St. Germaine, Director of Exceptional Education- September 2010

2010: Richard Foster, Human Resources, Teacher Mentoring- September 2010

2011: January and March Meetings at TUSD on Teacher Retention in Special Education.

Invitation to join Committee on Teacher Recruitment and Retention in TUSD Fall 2010 (Attached)

New Exceptional Education Teachers’ Orientation:

2011: January, August

Emails and Letter Communications to Disseminate Flyer and Website with Updates:

2010: August, September 2010 11 2011: A. UA/Mentoring 2. Tucson Unified School District

List mentors for Tucson Unified School District. UA Mentors: Dr. Maria L. Nahmias Denise Whitford (August 20- September 30, 2010 newly hired)

Tucson Unified Mentors: Brenda Hanna Mary Neale Others designated by School District in 2009-2010

List mentees for Tucson Unified School District. Mentee Teachers (8) Dave M. Mr. M. left teaching for a few years, doing music Roger O. Teresa P. Cass M. Michelle N. Cara G. Laura K. Autumn R. Lona C.

Mileage Logs and Forms submitted to UA

Describe the process in place to retain mentors.

To retain the professional development and district supported mentors in the Tucson Unified School District, the school district is responsible. Our partnership and collaboration is a retention aide as well. We do this by communicating and coordinating with the district provided mentors, offering support and collaborative efforts to retain teachers in exceptional education.

To retain mentors from UA mentoring project, support, professional development, and mentoring by project director, Maria Nahmias, other mentors, and ADE, provides a process to retain mentors in this district, as well as funds from the ADE –UA Mentoring Project Budget to support the mentor(s). The mentors to be retained: Maria Nahmias and Denise Whitford, who is a mentor August, 2010-2011. The Project’s Diversity Plan was a great part of the selection process as was Denise’s highly qualified teacher and mentor status. Meet regularly with Brenda Hanna, Ass’t Director of Exceptional Education and Dr. Lorraine St. Germain, Director of Exceptional Education in 2010-2011.

Conferences and papers are reviewed and shared as part of Professional Development meetings. Weekly mentoring meetings are held on Tuesdays at 11:40am or 1pm for the UA Teacher Mentoring Project. These are held in Dr. Maria Nahmias’ Office.

Certificates of appreciation are being prepared for 2010-2011.

Monthly newsletter began in September 2010

Coaching and mentoring regarding challenges and solutions; Support in teaching, assessment, certifications and more

See October 15, 2010 Quarterly Report

Describe the Tucson Unified School District site visits and follow up support plan.

Mileage Logs and Mileage filed to UA

Describe the workshops/presentations for Tucson Unified School District mentors and/or mentees.

SMART GOALS Workshop by Maria Nahmias August 2010 Special Education Transitioning by Maggie Gedebou Nov. 4, 2010 planned during the quarter.

2011: (3)

April 4, 2011

Newly added in September 2010: Participant Agreement Forms Newly added / revised in January 2011: Principal and Administrator Agreement Forms (on Mentoring Website )

17 Flowing Wells Unified School District

18 A. UA/Mentoring 3. Flowing Wells Unified School District

Describe the Flowing Wells Unified School District Mentoring Partnership.

Flowing Wells Unified School District has a mentoring program for all teachers, including new special education teachers in their first three years. Our partnership is based on communications and meetings with the School District Administrator, Special Education director, and mentors. We collaborated and partnered to provide additional mentoring, as requested, for some teachers in Flowing Wells School District. Now, we are planning a professional development workshop for Fall 2011 to co-host.

Each year, we contact the district administrators in August or September and accept teacher mentee nominations. The Human resources director, Renee, is the former director of special education with whom our Project Director, Maria Nahmias, maintains contact. We follow up with mentoring and support to retain these highly qualified teachers in special education. Additionally, Email and telephone discussions in October 2010, and a meeting on November 23, 2010 are in place currently with Sue Shinn, the new Special Education Director, regarding mentoring program collaboration and workshops for professional development.

Our partnership also involves participating in SASEA (Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators) meetings two times per year and discussing mentoring and retention of teachers. Sue Shinn, director, participated at the Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators (SASEA) See Notes Friday, February 18, 2011

Sign –in Sheets at Site Visits

SASEA Agendas, Minutes

Participant Agreement Forms (signed by mentees, administrators)

List mentors for Flowing Wells Unified School District.

UA Mentors: Denise Whitford Maria Nahmias

Flowing Wells Mentors:

Sue Shinn

Others in Flowing Wells

UA Payroll and Site visits for Mentor, Denise W.

List mentees for Flowing Wells Unified School District.

Flowing Wells Mentee Teachers: (0)

None in 2009-2010-2011 to date as of Feb. 2011

New Director of Special Education, Sue Shinn

We met November 23, 2010, 11am. We will follow up in March with a newly hired teacher.

To retain the professional development and district supported mentors in the Flowing Wells School District, the school district is responsible. Our partnership and collaboration is a retention aide as well. We do this by communicating and coordinating with the district special ed. administrator, offering support and collaborative efforts to retain teachers in exceptional education.

To retain mentors from UA mentoring project, support, professional development, assistance, and mentoring by project director, Maria Nahmias, as well as ADE, provides a process to retain mentors in this district, as well as funds from the ADE –UA Mentoring Project Budget to support the mentor(s). The mentors to be retained: Maria Nahmias and Denise Whitford, who has served as a mentor, 2010-2011.

Certificates of appreciation are being prepared for 2010-2011 if needed for Flowing Wells.

Mileage Logs

Site Visit Logs

Monthly newsletter September 2010- March 2011

Describe the Flowing Wells Unified School District site visits and follow up support plan.

Regular visits to new teachers when they resume in January- May 2011

Describe the workshops/presentations for Flowing Wells Unified School District mentors and/or mentees.

SMART GOALS Workshop by Maria Nahmias August 2010 Special Education Transitioning by Maggie Gedebou Nov. 4, 2010 planned during the quarter.

April 4, 2011

25 Amphitheater School District

26 A. UA/Mentoring 4. Amphitheater School District

Describe the Amphitheater School District Mentoring Partnership.

Amphitheater Unified School District has a mentoring program in place for all teachers, including new special education teachers in their first three years. Our partnership is based on communications with and meetings with the School District Administrators, Special Education directors, assistants, and mentors. We met with them annually and more often in 2009-2010.

We collaborated and partnered to provide additional mentoring, as requested, for some teachers in Amphitheater School District.

Each year, we contact the district administrators in July, August or September and accept teacher mentee nominations. The Associate Superintendent, Pam Roberts, along with Ellen Schartz and now Pam Fenstamaker, are part of these meetings and planning conversations. Project Director, Maria Nahmias, maintains contact. We follow up with mentoring and support to retain these highly qualified teachers in special education. Additionally, Email and telephone discussions in 2009, and 2010 led to coordination in with Special Education Director, regarding mentoring and mentee teacher early career special educator professional development.

Our partnership also involves participating in SASEA (Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators) meetings two times per year and discussing mentoring and retention of teachers

Our partnership also involves participating in SASEA ( Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators) meetings two times per year and discussing mentoring and retention of teachers. Describe evidence (include logs, outlines, contact lists, and student lists).

October 15, 2010 Quarterly Report on Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project

List mentors for Amphitheater School District.

Amphi School District Mentors:

Pam Fenstamaker

Chris Potter

Others in District

Emails

Meeting Minutes

List mentees for Amphitheater School District.

Mentees in Amphitheater School District: (3) Erica R. Brooke J. Laurie S. Erica R.

E-mails

Teacher Participant Agreement Forms

Principal and Administrator Agreement Forms

To retain the professional development and district supported mentors in the Tucson Unified School District, the school district is responsible. Our partnership and collaboration is a retention aide as well. We do this by communicating and coordinating with the School District Professional Development Specialists for Exceptional Education, Ellen Schartz and now, after her retirement, Pam Fenstamaker, 520-696-5095. District provided mentors are offered support and collaborative efforts to retain teachers in exceptional education.

To retain mentors from UA mentoring project, support, professional development, assistance, and mentoring by project director, Maria Nahmias, as well as ADE, provides a process to retain mentors in this district, as well as funds from the ADE –UA Mentoring Project Budget to support the mentor(s). The mentors to be retained: Maria Nahmias and Denise Whitford, who has mentored 2010-2011. The Project’s Diversity Plan was a great part of the selection process as was Denise’s highly qualified teacher and mentor status.

More collaboration and Certificates of appreciation are being prepared.

Southern Arizona SASEA Minutes, Agendas

Meeting Minutes

Mileage Logs to / from Amphi

Monthly newsletters sent to Mentee Teachers September 2010- March 2011

Mentor / Mentee Excel Data Sheets ( see preferred contact modes listed in Excel)

Describe the Amphitheater School District site visits and follow up support plan.

Describe the workshops/presentations for Amphitheater School District mentors and/or mentees. (3)

SMART GOALS Workshop by Maria Nahmias August 2010

Special Education Transitioning by Maggie Gedebou Nov. 4, 2010.

April 4, 2011

Handout from SMART GOALS, Transition, and IEP workshops

Flyer on Transition Presentation Spring 2011

Emails

Website Announcements

33 Altar Valley School District

34 A. UA/Mentoring 5. Altar Valley School District

Describe the Altar Valley School District Mentoring Partnership.

Altar Valley School District has a mentoring program in place for all teachers, including new special education teachers in their first three years. Our partnership is based on communications with and meetings with the School District Administrator, Special Education director, and principal.

We collaborated and partnered to provide additional mentoring, as requested, for one teacher per year in this very small School District.

Each year, Dr. Maria Nahmias is in contact with via email, telephone and meetings at the SASEA and SASEPD meetings with the district special education administrator in August or September to discuss collaboration and accept teacher mentee nominations. The Human resources director, Renee, is the former director of special education with whom our Project Director, Maria Nahmias, maintains contact. We follow up with mentoring and support to retain these highly qualified teachers in special education. Additionally, Email and telephone discussions in October and November, 2010 and January, March 2011 occurred with Ann Abramson, Special Education Director, regarding mentoring program collaboration and workshops for professional development.

Our partnership also involves participating in SASEA (Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators) meetings two times per year and discussing mentoring and retention of teachers.

A. UA/Mentoring 5. Altar Valley School District

List mentors for Altar Valley School District.

Altar Valley Mentors: Ann Abramson

List mentees for Altar Valley School District. (1)

Mentee Teachers (2)

Tracey C. (2010-2011)

Casebier, Tracy [email protected]

Mentor / Mentee Excel Data Sheets ( see above an excerpt from this data system)

Mileage Logs

U A milEage

Ann Abramson and Dr. Maria Nahmias work in coordination to maintain and retain mentees. Our new Mentor, Denise W.is now also mentoring on site, at coffee shops and at UA at mentee’s convenience.

Emails

Phone Conversation Logs

Describe the Altar Valley School District site visits and follow up support plan.

Bi-Monthly Meetings 2010-2011

Denise W. is making site visits with mentee teacher: Classroom Site Visit Meetings for mentoring and feedback on teaching performance Curriculum consultation Student Behavior and Learning Support Provide articles and resources to mentee teacher as needed: Spring 2011 Selective Mutism

Mentee/ Mentor Site Visit Log

Mileage Logs &UA Mileage

Describe the workshops/presentations for Altar Valley School District mentors and/or mentees.

SMART GOALS Workshop by Maria Nahmias August 2010

Special Education Transitioning Presentation by Maggie Gedebou Nov. 4, 2010.

April 4, 2011

Handout from SMART GOALS, IEP, Transition Workshops.

Flyer on Transition Presentations.

41 Vail School District

42 A. UA/Mentoring 6. Vail School District Describe the Vail School District Mentoring Partnership.

Vail School District has a mentoring program in place for all teachers, including new special education teachers in their first three years. Our partnership is based on communications with and meetings with the School District Administrators, Special Education directors, assistants, and mentors. These include Cynthia Come, Diane Kent and John, Ass’t Superintendent.

We collaborated and partnered to provide professional development, workshops and speakers, as requested, for special education teachers and related support personnel in the Vail School District.

Project Director, Maria Nahmias, maintains contact. She follows up with and provides professional development support to retain these highly qualified teachers in special education. Additionally, Email and telephone discussions and meetings were in 2009-2010, regarding collaboration and workshops for professional development.

Our partnership also involves participating in SASEA (Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators) meetings two times per year and discussing mentoring and retention of teachers and the SASEPD and now SAPD (Southern Arizona Professional Developers), into which the SASEPD group has merged in Fall 2010.

SASEPD MEETINGS Minutes and Agendas, Follow up emails

Flyer and Handouts from Power Point from Workshop/ Presentation

43 List mentors for Vail School District. Vail School District Mentors: Diane Kent A. UA/Mentoring 6. Vail School District Cynthia Come

Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project Quarterly Reports: October 15, 2010; July 15, 2010; January, 2010

44 A. UA/Mentoring 6. Vail School District

List mentees for Vail School District. (0) No mentees in current year. School District provided mentoring. We supported and collaborated.

Vail School District takes full responsibility for retaining teachers in special education in this district. They have excellent mentoring and professional development staff and programs for teachers. We participate as requested in providing professional development or mentoring.

Diane Kent

Cynthia Come

Monthly newsletters

Emails

Describe the Vail School District site visits and follow up support plan.

Vail School District provides all follow up and support for teachers mentored.

Dr. Maria Nahmias maintains regular follow up for collaboration for retention by meetings, email and calls with Diane Kent and Cynthia Come. We meet at SASEA with them.

Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project Quarterly Reports: Jan, 2010; July, 2010; October, 2010; January 2011.

Describe the workshops/presentations for Vail School District mentors and/or mentees.

Special Education Transitioning by Maggie Gedebou Nov. 4, 2010. Vail School District Personnel Invited with flyer

April 4, 2011

Handout from SMART GOALS, IEP, Transition workshops.(Attached)

Flyers on Transition Presentation 2011 (Attached)

Power Point Handouts ( in plastic )

49 Marana Unified School District

50 A. UA/Mentoring 7. Marana Unified School District

Describe the Marana Unified School District Mentoring Partnership. Marana Unified School District was added late in the 2009-2010 year for SPDG. It has a mentoring program in place for all teachers, including new special education teachers in their first three years. Our partnership is based on communications with and meetings with the School District Administrators, Special Education directors, assistants, and mentors. The special ed. Administrator, Mary Ann Castelano.

We collaborated and partnered to provide additional mentoring, as requested, for some teachers in Marana School District. Two were nominated by school principals in conjunction with the Director of Special Education. Dr. Maria Nahmias made the mentee agreements and the new special education teachers are now mentored by Denise W.

Contact with the district administrators in August and September and follow up with mentoring and support to retain these highly qualified teachers in special education occurs now. Additionally, Email and telephone discussions in 2010, regarding mentoring program collaboration and workshops for professional development, will enhance the partnership.

Our partnership also involves participating in SASEA (Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators) meetings two times per year and discussing mentoring and retention of teachers

List mentors for Marana Unified School District.

Mileage Logs

UA Mileage

List mentees for Marana Unified School District.

c) List mentees for the Marana Unified School District. (2)

Kayte M.

Kim M.

Mileage Logs

UA Mileage

A. UA/Mentoring 7. Marana Unified School District

Marana Mentors are supported by district, Mary Ann Castellano and Mary C. Miller, administrators.

UA Mentoring Project Mentors: Coaching and Mentoring regarding challenges and solutions

Communications or contact at regular intervals between mentee and mentor

Emails re: Conferences on Topics of Interest to Mentor

Website Documents and Links Updated and Disseminated via Website Link, review

Site Visits coordinated and logged

Weekly professional development meetings to support and retain Sped teachers

Participant Agreement Forms

Principal Agreement Forms

Administrator Agreement Forms

A. UA/Mentoring 7. Marana Unified School District

Describe the process in place to retain mentees. 2011 Workshops and Presentations:

TransitionDescribe the ProgramsMarana Unified and plans School Presentation District site visitsby Maggie and follow Gedebou up support March plan. 31, 2011. Denise W. is making site visits with mentee teachers: IEP Components & Meeting Management Workshop by Denise Whitford, MSW,MA Observations A. UA/MentoringMeetings for mentoring and feedback on teaching performance 7. Marana Unified School District SomeApril teacher 4, 2011 mentees need support as teachers and in meetings with administrators and parents

StudentPlanned Behavior Workshop and with Learning all School Support District mentees invited in Fall 2011. Provide articles and resources to mentee teacher as needed

Documents on Website available and updated Monthly newsletter began in September 2010 Coaching and Mentoring regarding challenges and solutions Communications or contact at regular intervals between mentee and mentor Promote professional development participation for retention and success as a Sped teacher Emails re: Conferences

Website sent to mentees at least two times per year, when updated.

Coaching and Mentoring regarding challenges and solutions

55 Arizona School Districts, Charter Schools In Maricopa County and Pima County

56 A. UA/Mentoring 8. Maricopa, Pima County, Charter Arizona School Districts

Describe the Maricopa County School Districts Mentoring Partnership.

These partnerships have grown from the mentoring of teachers. The two special education teachers currently teaching in Maricopa County, Arizona were graduates of the University of Arizona Master’s Degree program in Learning Disabilities. As their advisor, Dr. Maria Nahmias continued as a mentor to them to supplement mentoring in their school districts.

Kyrene has a comprehensive, excellent mentoring program for early career special educators. Mentors are often on site teachers as well as support provided by school district administrators in special education.

The Tucson International Academy has a special education teacher we are now mentoring. She is being mentored 2-6 times this January – May 2011.

Emails

57 A. UA/Mentoring 8. Maricopa, Pima County, Charter Arizona School Districts

List mentors for Maricopa and Pima County and Charter School Districts.

Maria Nahmias

Denise Rajala

Denise Whitford

Mileage Logs

Emails

58 A. UA/Mentoring 8. Maricopa County Arizona School Districts

List mentees for Maricopa County, Pima County, Charter School Districts.

c) List mentees for Maricopa County, Pima County, Charter School Districts. (3)

Tracey Levine (Kyrene School District)

Sue Muszinski (Gilbert Public School District)

Rosa Maria Morrow (Tucson International Academy Charter School)

Mileage Logs

Emails

Emails re: Conferences on Topics of Interest to Mentor

Website Documents and Links Updated and Disseminated via Website Link, review

Site Visits coordinated and logged

Weekly professional development meetings to support and retain Sped teachers

Mentor / Mentee Excel Data Sheets with visit updates

Emails

Website additions per requests of these teachers.

Electronic newsletters, Website Links Sent Periodically (2x/ year)

Emails re: Conferences on Topics of Interest to Mentee Teachers and their students’ needs

Website Documents and Links Updated

Site Visits when possible to Maricopa County

Promote professional development participation for retention and success as a Sped teacher: 2011:

Transition Programs and plans Presentation March 31, 2011 by Maggie Gedebou.

IEP Components & Meeting Management Workshop by Denise Whitford April 4, 2011

Workshop with Flowing Wells School District-all mentees will be invited in Fall 2011.

Contact List in Excel.

Emails.

Website

Site Visit Logs

Describe the Maricopa County School District site visits and follow up support plan.

Ingersoll, R., & Perda, D. (2010). How high is teacher turnover and is it a problem? Philadelphia: Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania. New Reference used in mentoring these teachers outside of Southern Arizona.

2010-2011 Workshops:

2011: Transition Programs and plans Presentation by Maggie Gedebou March 31, 2011.

April 4, 2011

Website

Emails

62 Mentoring Website

63 B. UA/Mentoring 1. Mentoring Website

Describe the added resources to the website. Total: 13

Main Page: 4 new resources 2010-2011; Documents: 2 new documents, 2 updated documents 2010-2011 Web Resources: 2 resources added in 2010-2011; News, Events and Activities: 5 added 2010-2011 Documents: 1 Updated document added 2010-2011 Partners: 2 revised for names and edited in 2010-2011 (Raising Special Kids, ASU) Contact Us: Photo added of new mentor Denise Whitford 2011 New Website Page: Agreements and Surveys

Website Pages as of January – May 2011: Main Page; Documents; Web Resources; News, Events, & Activities; Partners; Agreements & Surveys; Contact Us. New Website Page in 2011: Agreements and Surveys

Website Evaluation Data 2010-2011 (see Pages below for graphs): August 2010: 130 unique visitors; 502 visits September 2010: 154 unique visitors; 556 visits. October 2010: 151 Unique Visits; 585 Unique Page Views; November: 124 Unique Visits; 645 Unique Page Views; December: 80 Unique Visits; 499 Unique Page Views; January: 98 unique visitors, 547 unique page views, pages on the site have been viewed 1294 times by the 98 unique visitors; February: 115 unique visitors, 659 unique page views, and pages on the site have been viewed 1405 times by the 115 unique visitors. March: 87 unique visitors, 430 unique page views, and pages on the site have been viewed 1277 times by the 87 unique visitors. Data as of March 20, 2011.

Describe evidence (printed website pages).

64 65 Partnering Organizations

66 C. UA/Mentoring 1. Partnering Organizations and Website Dissemination

List new organizations that marketed website. (5) (3 new)*

University of Arizona College of Education- Outreach and Community Projects on Mentoring and Tutoring (See page view attached) UA Teacher Mentoring Project Described, Website Disseminated*

Raising Special Kids- Agreed to disseminate website and present at UA in Fall 2010 and –Disseminated, cross- listed websites. (See website)*

ASU Partner Project- SLP Recruitment and Preparation- UA project suggested the ASU program to two teachers and administrators at Vail and Tucson Unified School Districts October 2010.

NAU- YUMA Mentoring Project Partner disseminated website to teachers and mentors in the project. Pat Peterson and Jody Attaway both have disseminated our website to mentors in 2010-2011. Pima Community College, Cross Categorical Special Education Certification Program began to disseminate the website to current teachers on intern certificates and program graduates with new teacher certification in January 2011. *

Partnering Plans and Website Dissemination for 2011 are in discussion and approval phase with these: Flowing Wells School District SALT PROGRAM and CENTER at UA

Describe evidence (printed page from organization’s website). Provided in print form and will send as PDF.

(Attached) Sent to ADE and printed in Portfolio Notebook. See Quarterly Report January 15, 2010 .

67 AZ-SPDG UA Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project

University of Arizona Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services

Maria L. Nahmias, Ph.D. University of Arizona Quarterly Report January 15, 2011

Funded by the U.S. Department of Education IDEA, The Arizona Department of Education 2007-2012

Abstract / Summary: This grant-funded contract is awarded to the University of Arizona Department of Disability and Psycho-educational Studies (DPS) by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE), Exceptional Student Services. It is in the second quarter of Year 4 of the 5-year project funded by the Arizona State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG).

SPDG Goal 1: To recruit, prepare, and retain sufficient numbers of ethnically diverse, fully certified special education teachers and SLPs to meet the needs of a rapidly growing special education population of students with disabilities.

The Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project’s goal is to collaboratively increase and maintain adequate, fully certified, highly qualified special education personnel through staff development, teacher mentoring, and a highly effective website of resources and links. The goal has been accomplished during the first three years, with capacity building in process. Retention is the emphasis as well as re-recruitment of teachers.

This project has succeeded in developing, updating and expanding the website: http://uacoe.arizona.edu/mentoring and continues to present this to school district administrators and professional developers, new and early career special education teachers, and Pima County School Superintendent’s Office Regional Resource Center in Southern Arizona. Activities for this quarter include: teacher mentoring, meetings with administrators and professional developers; online & email communications with mentors, teachers, administrators; and collaboration with the Arizona Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services and SPDG Partners. Website activities: edits, expansions, updates, and data collection on website usage and traffic. Reports to ADE on teachers in districts with emergency certifications and retention data; Diversity Plan.

Over six public school districts, a charter, 80 teachers, and 3 mentors participated in the project this quarter. Evaluations and data on teacher retention are at 80%.

68 ADE/ UA Teacher Mentoring Project Website Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project for Special Educators http://uacoe.arizona.edu/mentoring

Goal, Activities for UA AZ SPDG Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project Goal: Retention Goal 1: Recruit, Prepare, and Retain sufficient numbers of diverse, fully certified Special Education Teachers and SLPs to meet the needs of Arizona’s growing special education population of students with disabilities. Activities: Education, Support and Mentoring, Collaboration Purpose for UA Teacher Mentoring Project:  To mentor and provide professional development and support to retain fully certified special educators in Arizona.  The Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project provides support and resources to early career teachers in collaboration with School Districts, and Pima County Superintendent’s Office.  The activities include professional development activities, teacher mentoring and support, web-based resources, including agency links & educational approaches.

Key Elements of the Mentoring Project  Groups, cohorts, individual teachers  Plan with school administrators  Coordinate with school district LEA’s Professional Development Staff  Mentoring & Support  Online Web-based information  Mentoring Conference

Mentoring Formats  Forms for On-site observations  Meetings with individual teachers & groups  Online registrations to websites to receive Arizona Promising Practices, LD Online  Planning meetings with administrators, lead teachers, department heads, mentors  Evaluation, Needs Assessments for Mentees  Retention Strategies

Bases for UA Mentoring Project  ADE SPDG Grant Goals  Mentoring Documents  Research Literature  Educational Websites  Mentors and School Districts’ Plans for Mentoring  Professional Organizations  Individualized and Group Formats for Teachers

69 Mentor Characteristics  Excellent Communication Skills  Experienced Educators, Highly Qualified (HQ)  Quality of Visits and Meetings  Site and Website Interactions  Encouragement and Support  Professional Development

Mentee Cohorts: 2007- 2008; 2008- 2009; 2009-2010; 2010-2011  High School Special Education Teachers and Mentor (15 in ’07-‘08)  Teachers with special education certification- new, first three years special ed. teaching (11, Fall ‘07; 16, Spring ‘08; 18, Fall ’08; 20; Spring ’09, 30; 2010: 25; 23 in 2010-2011)  Emergency Certified special ed. teacher mentees (8 in ’07-‘08; 19 ‘08-’09; 2009- 2010: 16-25 mentees; 16 more in school mentor programs.)  Intern Certificate special education teachers in Pima Community College Program (1 being mentored directly in Amphi, per teacher request)

School District Partnerships 2009-2010-2011  Sunnyside Unified School District *  Tucson Unified School District *^  Flowing Wells Unified School District  Amphitheater School District +  Altar Valley School District #  Vail School District **  Marana School District ***  Ha:sän Preparatory Leadership (Charter) School  Tucson International Academy (Charter ) Schools

 Pima County School Superintendent’s Office, Regional Support Center **  Arizona K-12 Center **  * Mentoring and Collaboration 2007- 2011. ** Professional Development 2008-09; Mentoring 2010-2011. + Mentoring and Collaboration 2008-2010. *^ Mentoring and professional development, new teacher orientation and retention collaboration 2007-2011 *** Added in 2010-2011; 2 new teachers mentored Fall ’10. # 1 teacher mentored each year.

UA Mentoring Project: Teachers Mentored & Goals for SPDG  Experience: 75 graduates mentored 2007-2011  Goal for 2010-2011: (20-25 teachers mentored)  Teachers: school districts and graduate mentees  BA and MA degrees and certifications o Cross Categorical Special Education BA graduates o LD Special Ed, EBD Special Ed MA graduates

70  Early Career Special Education teachers mentored. Emergency certified teachers advised for classes, certification. Fully certified teachers supported, HQ.  Maintain Website for Mentoring Special Educators in Southern Arizona/Arizona

Mentoring Project Goals Attained 2009- 2010-2011  UA ADE Mentoring Project Director is PI, who also participates in Partner meetings. In August 2010, Hired consultant and mentor for Project in 2010.  Developed Plan for Mentoring project and adjusted it per budget, ADE goals.  Developed and modified budgets for years 3, 4, 5. Managed year 3 budget.  Mentors recruited for teachers –School Districts LEA’s and UA.  Teachers in special education teaching positions recruited for mentoring.  Coordinated w/: Amphitheater,TUSD, Sunnyside, Altar Valley, Flowing Wells, Vail  Created, Updated Programs for Professional Development, Participated.  Project Website is fully operational, updated and disseminated to schools.  Over 80% of teachers mentored are retained in special education teaching positions in 2007, 2008, and 2009. 2010 at 82%; 2010-2011: 82%.  Collaboration with Pima County Superintendent of Schools 2008-2011, SASEPD  Collaborated with other SPDG Partners 2008-2011: ASU, NAU, CAC, FEA, PIN  Collaboration with SASEA, Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators  Diversity Plan Written and Implemented  Mentoring Survey created in Google Docs for graduates, teachers 2011  Teachers Mentored Excel document created for mentoring data base 2010.  Teacher Mentoring Agreement Forms created in fall 2010 for teachers  Mentoring Agreement Forms created and signed by principals in 2011.

Mentoring Project Meetings and Activities by Maria Nahmias - 2009

January 15, 2009: Southern Arizona Special Education Professional Developers (SASEPD) met at Pima County School Superintendent’s Regional Support Center. School Districts: Altar Valley, TUSD, Vail, ASDB; Agencies: ADE, Arizona K -12 Teacher Center.

January - April 2009: Collaborative Planning and meetings with SASEPD Cadre- Southern Arizona Special Education Professional Developers and Pima County Superintendent’s Office Personnel-Diane Kent, Jayme Jacobs emails, phone calls.

SASEPD School District Members on Email and at meetings for collaboration: =17

Collaborating K-12 Center, Arizona Agencies in Collaborative Emails SAESPD: =8

March - July 2009 Collaborated with School Districts in Southern Arizona, SASEA.

April and October 2009 Southern Arizona School District SASEPD Email -Web- distributions of courses, workshops, presentations (TUSD, Amphi, Vail, Sunnyside, Altar Valley, Pima County Superintendent’s Resource Center)

71 Distributed Information to School Districts on ADE Great Arizona Teach In -2009

Plan for meetings: April 16, 2009, April 17, 2009 (SASEPD, SASEA); Sept. 25 SASEA including plans for Carol C. and Joe S., ADE SPDG representatives, presenting 9/09

Planning and Participation in activities-Spring Professional Development May1, 2009 (Vail) May 1, 2009 Vail School District All Special Education Staff Day. Presentation by Dr. Maria Nahmias, Learning Disabilities and Related Challenges: What Else is Going On? Collaborated with Vail to obtain additional speaker on TBI-Dr. Gayle Dede UA SLP

SASEA Meeting: Presented and participated on September 25, 2009 in collaboration with Carol Crawford and Joe Stubblefield of ADE at Southern Arizona Special Education Administrators meeting on SPDG AZ and UA.

2009 *Website: Edits and Additional Links, Updated PowerPoint Activities and Events Page debuted and Activities for teachers and mentors

Documents Added as Links on Website Main Page:  Parent-Teacher Collaboration Resource Agencies (PDF Document)  http://21stcenturyskills.org/

Documents Added as Links on Website Teacher Resources Page:  BEST (Beginning Educator Support Team) - ASU (http://best.asu.edu/)  http://www.teachinaz.com/

NEW PAGE ON WEBSITE: NEWS, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES PAGE: 2009-2010 http://www.uacoe.arizona.edu/mentoring/activity.asp

News, Events & Activities Webpage Updates: 2010

Cognitive Coaching Workshop When: January 14 & 15, February 8 & 9, March 8 & 9, and May 10 & 11, 2010 Time: 8:00am-4:00pmWhere: Westward Look Resort

Autism Workshop: Behavior and Adolescent Transition in ASDs Where: Buena Park, CA When: April 1 - 2, 2010 More information

Network, Examine, Learn, Explore with the Equity Alliance at ASU Participate in meaningful dialogue around culturally responsive practices and school improvement at the Equity Alliance at ASU's 2010 Leadership for Equity and Excellence Forum Feb. 16 and 17 Phoenix, AZ.

LeadScape event, summer institute July 14-17, 2010 Visit the LeadScape web site

NEW DOCUMENTS PAGE: http://www.uacoe.arizona.edu/mentoring/docs.asp

72 Downloadable Documents Updated for Teachers/ Mentors 2010

Web Sites for Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder PDF

UA Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project 2010-2011 Power Point PDF- Project Overview

Parent-Teacher Collaboration Resource Agencies PDF Updated in 2010

 Mentoring via Website, Email, and Telephone: April – October 2010

 25 Mentee teachers in 4 districts and others across Arizona

 Emails sent (14) re: workshops on RTI, autism, Great Arizona Teach In

 Phone calls with nine (9) mentee teachers Feb.-May 2009; seven (7) June- December 09

 Direct On Site Mentoring for 3 new teachers in Fall 2010

 Email communication with eight (8) mentee teachers Feb.-May 2009; four (4) June-August, 2009; (6) mentee teachers September-April 2010

Mentoring Project Goals Met for 2009 – 2010-2011  Mentoring project collaborated with 6-7 school districts in So. AZ  Collaboration with Southern Arizona Special Ed. Administrators and Professional Developers  60 teachers mentored and supported in districts over the full three years.  23 teachers mentored individually; Teachers retained and recruited in 2010-2011  Emergency Certified & Early Career Special Education Teachers Mentored  80-82% Teachers Retained (See New Data on Ethnic Diversity)  Website o Resources Added To Site o Disseminated to Teachers o Administrators Use and Send; Feedback to Project, Diversity Evaluation o Website aligned with updated ADE Partners, Goals, Reports, Events  Coordinate with IHE’s in Arizona to plan Conference or professional development o Professional development o Mentoring and Advising o Ethnic Diversity of Mentee Teachers 2007-2010 (Data studied in July 2009, January 2010) per Goal 1 on SPDG Grant UA Grads: 55% Diverse, Hispanic teachers mentored & highly qualified TUSD School District Mentee teachers: 50% Diverse, Hispanic Teachers) Amphitheater School District: 50% of mentors are diverse, Hipsanic Southern Arizona Teacher Mentees Other Districts: 60% Diverse, Native American, Hispanic (Sunnyside, Santa Cruz)

73 Mentors for Arizona teacher mentoring project: 50% Diverse, Native American, African American

Collaboration with SPDG Partners, ADE, Meetings and Communication 2009-2010

2009-2010 Collaborated with Jody Attaway, NAU Partner - Mentor questionnaire

2009 Collaborated with Catherine Bacon, ASU SLP Partner Program. Sent information, coordinated communication with Dr. Bacon and Diane Kent of Vail School District, Mary Neale of TUSD for SLP preparation for districts in Southern Arizona.

Feb - March 2009 Collaboration with NAU SPDG Mentoring Project, Pat Peterson Follow-up from February SPDG meeting in Glendale.

April 2009 Collaborated with NAU SPDG Mentoring Project, Pat Petersen, Jody Attaway Disseminated courses in Exceptional Education at UA Sum ‘09 for certification to NAU to share with mentors, mentee teachers in special education in Yuma.

April - May 2009 Collaboration with CAC SPDG Project, Dr. Marjorie Schiller Disseminated UA Summer 2009 courses in Exceptional Education for certification for CAC to share with teachers and paraprofessional candidates in special education.

March - July 2009 Collaborations with University of Arizona SALT CENTER Road Map to College (RMC) Program, Rudy Molina; and the Future Educators of America in Arizona (FEA) Gerry Corcoran and Stephanie Hahn, Education Professions Standards data.

April - May 2009 Collaborated with Kathleen Gray-Mangerson, ADE PIN Coordinator for Southern Arizona. Via SASEA, Kathy and Maria Nahmias exchanged e-information.

September 2009 - December 2009 Collaborated with Kathleen Gray-Mangerson, ADE PIN Coordinator, Southern Arizona. Invited, presented a Dr. Nahmias’ SERP 301b class, University of Arizona, Inclusive Education for Diverse Secondary Students.

September 2009 Collaborated with CHADD of Tucson. Provided updated Resources for their website and notified them of our website.

Southern Arizona Special Education Professional Development (SASEPD) Sept. 10, 2009 Group met at Pima county Superintendent’s office, Tucson.

74 SASEA meeting September 25, 2009 Presented at Southern Arizona Special Ed. Administrators’ Meeting- Carol Crawford and Joe Stubblefield of ADE presented on SPDG in Arizona and UA. Sue Shinn, Flowing Wells; Ellen Schartz, Amphi-Maria Nahmias

Collaboration for Early Career teacher Mentoring with 4 school districts - Fall 2009 Tucson Unified SD, Vail, Amphitheater SD, Altar Valley based on teacher retention data AZ. Continue liaisons and retention of highly qualified teachers with CFSD, Sunnyside; Vail. Plans for New Teacher Inductions: TUSD, Amphitheater, 2010-2011.

October 2009 Collaboration with Amphi School District, Ellen Schartz for mentoring project. Meeting planned for Oct. 30, 2009 or Nov. 2.

October 2009 Professional Development – UA Links: Professional Development for Professional Developers and Instructional Leaders. Maria Nahmias

November 2009 Coordinated with Howard Schrag for retention data by district.

November - December 2009 Shared special education teacher retention data for each participating So Az. District. Set up meetings by phone, in person, Amphi, TUSD, Altar Valley, Vail.

2010 Collaboration with SPDG Partners, ADE, Meetings and Communication

January 26, 2010: SAESPD Meeting, Pima County Superintendent’s Office Resource Center. Participants from school districts: Vail, Altar Valley, ASDB. Meeting Postponed.

February 11, 2010: Collaborated with Kathleen Gray-Mangerson, ADE PIN Coordinator for Southern Arizona. Invited, presented a Dr. Nahmias’ SERP 301b class, University of Arizona, Inclusive Education for Diverse Secondary Students.

April 2010: Distributed Information via web/ Website on ADE Great Arizona Teach In

May-July 2010: Communicated with Kathleen Gray-mangerson, ADE PIN Coordinator for southern Arizona re: visiting Dr. Nahmias’s class and teachers.

April 16, 2010: SASEA Meeting, Amphi District Offices, Tucson, Arizona.

July 9, 2010 Participated in Southern Arizona Professional Developers (SAPD) Statewide Instructional Technology Project. Pima county Tech Camp for Professional Developers and School Leaders. Tucson, Arizona 7:30-11am. “Oodles of Tools for Schools” was a presentation and learning about Twitter, Skype, Zamzar, Wallwisher, and Prezi for Professional Development and teaching.

75 September 2010: Collaborated with Kathy Gray-Mangerson, ADE PIN Coordinator for Southern Arizona. Spoke in Dr. Nahmias’ SERP 301b class, UA, Inclusive Education for Diverse Secondary Students. Emails and flyers posted on website.

October 2010: Collaborated with Raising Special Kids.

November, December 2010. Coordinated with Rebecca Cohen and Manager, Pima Community College Cross Categorical Special Education certification program.

New Directions for Arizona Teacher Mentoring PROJECT in 2010-2012

Social Networking: 2 graduates obtained special ed. teaching jobs via my recommendations, support and mentoring in Facebook and email May-July 2010: (Angela Michelle Navarro; Laurie Seder) Continue to connect with 3 mentees via Facebook: Laurie, Michelle, Jessica)

Graduates out of work force recruited for retention (re-recruitment)

Mentoring and Retention via Social Networking and Media This includes Facebook, Linked In, and perhaps other technology for media and networking such as: Twitter and Skype.

Website Evaluation and Enhancement

Follow – up with Mentees for Video and Interview permissions and Teacher Agreements (NEW October 2010- January 2011)

Website Evaluation Data 2010-2011 (see Page 11, 12 for graphs)

Website Data 2010-2011

2010: October: 151 Unique Visits; 585 Unique Page Views; November: 124 Unique Visits; 645 Unique Page Views; December: 80 Unique Visits; 499 Unique Page Views

2011: January: 98 unique visitors, 547 unique page views, pages on the site have been viewed 1294 times by the 98 unique visitors; February: 115 unique visitors, 659 unique page views, and pages on the site have been viewed 1405 times by the 115 unique visitors; March: 87 unique visitors, 430 unique page views, and pages on the site have been viewed 1277 times by the 87 unique visitors. March 20, 2011.

Mentoring Project Goals for 2010

Capacity Building with School Districts & Pima County Superintendent’s Office Plan New Exceptional Education Teachers Mentored ( 5 New Teachers Sept-Oct 2010)

76 Evaluation of UA Special Education graduates regarding mentoring and retention. List for mailing survey is compiled November 2009-February 2010. Survey Fall 2010. Website Links:  January 2010 and May 2010: Checked broken links; fixed links. http://uacoe.arizona.edu/mentoring http://www.azspdg.com http://www.ade.state.az.us http://www.ldonline.org http://www.copsse.org http://www.azpromisingpractices.com http://www.raisingspecialkids.org  Newly Added Website Links: 2010 Events Webpage on Website!  The Partnership for 21st Century Skills: http://21stcenturyskills.org/  BEST (Beginning Educator Support Team) Mentoring Project- ASU  Updated Partner Information on Website Spring - Summer - Fall 2010:  Joyce Millard-Hoie Rita Kenison ------Vickie French Fall 2010  Raising Special Kids [email protected]  602-242-4366 [email protected]  University of Arizona Department Name Change:  New! Parent-Teacher Collaboration Resource Agencies 2010(PDF Document)  New! UA Arizona Teacher Mentoring Project 2010-2011(PDF Document)  Events and Activities: UA Web Permissions obtained to upload project videos and photos Documents: Referral and Information Sources Southern Arizona, National Organizations  April-May 2010: Link repaired and info updated: October 2010: Contact updated http://www.raisingspecialkids.org/

DATA COLLECTION FOR UA ADE TEACHER MENTORING PROJECT: 2009-2012

Graduated Students from Special Education 2003-2009: Data includes MA, Ed.S., Ph.D. in Special Education.

Evaluation of Graduates planned for 2010-2011 on Mentoring and Retention in Arizona Year Number of Graduates 2003-2004 50 2004-2005 41 2005-2006 61 2006-2007 59 2007-2008 57 2008-2009 46 All Years Total 314 2003-2009 Graduate Students from Special Education

77 2009-2010 Website Evaluation Data - Visitors and Page Views

Unique Visitors 180

160 Unique Visitors 180 140 160 120 140 100 120

80 100 80 250060 60 40 2000 40 20 20 15000 0 Jan-Jan10 -10 FebFeb-10-10 MarMar-10-10 AprApr-10-10 May-10 JunJun-10-10 JulJul-10-10 AugAug-10-10 Sep-Sep10 -10

Total Page Views 2010-2011 WEBSITE DATA UA TEACHER MENTORING PROJECT

79 80 REFERENCES: ADE UA ARIZONA TEACHER MENTORING PROJECT

References and Scholarly Articles on Mentoring Teachers and Retention  Billingsley, B., Carlson, Klein (2004). The working conditions and induction support of early career special educators. Exceptional Children, 70, 3, 333-347.  Billingsley, B. (2007). Teacher Turnover in Special Education. Presented at CEC Conference, Louisville, Kentucky.  Brownell, M., et al. (2006). Defining Teacher Quality in Special Education: Understanding the practices, knowledge and beliefs of effective special education teachers. CEC Conference, 2006.  Pugach, M. and Blanton, L. (2008). Supporting the Next Generation of Teachers for Collaboration. Presented at CEC International conference, Boston, April 3, 2008.  Ingersoll, R., & Perda, D. (2010). How high is teacher turnover and is it a problem? Philadelphia: Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania.

Web References on Mentoring Early Career Teachers of Diverse Students  Moore, M., Angell, M., Lippert, L. and Jung, E. (2006). "Supporting Early Career Teachers: Balancing Learning Standards With Students' Diverse Learning Needs" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Jan 26, 2006 Online . 2009-10-13 http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p35985_index.html

Books on Mentoring New Special Education Teachers & Mentoring  Mason, C. and White, M. (2007). Anatomy of a Mentoring Program for New Special Education Teachers. Council for Exceptional Children.  Duffy, M.L. and Forgan, J. (2005). Mentoring New Special Education Teachers: A Guide for Mentors and Program Developers. Corwin Press