Wendy Gardiner

Jan 29, 2024 | kappanonline.org | Phyllis Fagell |Nina F. Weisling |Wendy Gardiner |Linda Nathan

A university initiative that trains mentors to support new teachers seeks their ideas for promoting work-life balance for all teachers. Schools, districts, and states, as well as educators and policy makers, have long struggled to determine the best way to support early-career educators (National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, 2021). Approximately 33% of new teachers leave the profession in the first five years in the classroom (Raue, Gray, & O’Rear, 2015).