The effect of mentoring on teacher retention

By Luke Blackburn2019-01-14T09:58:00

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Could mentoring be a good way to retain more chemistry teachers?

It remains difficult to recruit and retain chemistry teachers in England. In order to address this, more research is being done to measure the effect of specific interventions on the retention of science teachers. The RSC’s MECCT scheme will look specifically at early career chemistry teachers being mentored by experienced chemistry teachers.

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