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Published:
April 2020
Authors:
Wesley Morris
Matthew Ronfeldt
Emanuele Bardelli
Matthew Truwit
Key Findings
- Pre-service teachers with more instructionally effective clinical mentors perform better during their first year as measured by observation and student growth scores, feel more prepared, and report more frequent and higher-quality coaching.
- Serving as a clinical mentor does not negatively impact teachers' evaluation scores.
- When the state provides districts with lists recommending specific teachers they should target to serve as clinical mentors, they recruit substantially more effective teachers and, as a result, the pre-service candidates those teachers mentor feel more prepared for the classroom.
