We are building a community of mentorship and coaching where new teachers and veteran teachers can connect with each other.
School districts typically focus on recruitment of new teachers instead of retention of those teachers. This results in a “revolving door” that experts have shown costs large school districts $25,000 per teacher vacancy.
Read more about the cost of teacher turnover from the Learning Policy Institute.
Research studies have shown the impact of teacher mentorship: Teachers paired with a mentor in their field have better outcomes; Those with a mentor of the same race/ethnicity or gender may develop better skills or attachment to the profession through relational and identity-related processes.