ERIC Number: EJ1357539
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1361-1267
EISSN: EISSN-1469-9745
Relational Mentoring and Teacher Motivation in an English as a Second Language Master's Program: A Five-Year Study in the Context of Cohorts and Professional Learning Communities
Prado, Josephine; Lachenaye, Jenna; Hodges, Jenelle; Spezzini, Susan; Austin, Julia
Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, v30 n4 p479-498 2022
To understand the role of mentoring more clearly as an incentive for teachers to complete a graduate degree, faculty members examined motivators for in-service teachers to complete a Master of Arts in Education (MA) program in English as a Second Language (ESL) at a public research university (RU) in the southeastern United States (U.S.). In this qualitative five-year study, we analyzed focus groups of in-service teachers from three public school districts in the southeastern United States who participated in cohorts on effective English learner instruction. Findings suggest that increased teacher completion rates relate to motivators associated with relational mentoring nested within the systemic support structure of cohorts and distinctive social network of professional learning communities (PLCs). Our study contributes to research literature by describing how relational mentoring, when nurtured through faculty as well as within cohorts and PLCs, supported teachers in completing an ESL master's degree.
Descriptors: Teachers, English (Second Language), Teacher Motivation, Academic Aspiration, Communities of Practice, Mentors, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), School Holding Power, Program Design, Student Recruitment, Masters Programs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) (ED)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: T365Z120046; T365Z120050; T365Z120051