Six Case Studies of the Delaware New Teacher Mentoring/Induction Program

Abstract

This report describes the mentoring/induction program and various improvements that the Delaware Department of Education has made to it in the past few years. It then provides a great deal of in-depth information about the four districts and two charter schools studied, such as how the program is coordinated, degree of integration with other district/school programs and policies, how mentors are selected and matched with protégés, perceptions of the induction components, and participant suggestions for program improvement. This report provides the basis for a forthcoming report, "Delaware’s New Teacher Mentoring/Induction Program: Initiation, Implementation, and Integration," which uses information from the case studies to develop overall findings and recommendations.