e-Mentoring for Student Success (eMSS)
Summary
e-Mentoring for Student Success provides online mentoring for beginning science teachers anytime, anywhere through flexible and accessible technology that is easy to learn and use. The eMSS network is designed to promote professional development through dialogue by providing trained mentors, online curriculum that focuses on science content and pedagogy, access to scientists to deepen content understanding, and leadership training for mentors and facilitators.
Target Population
Goal(s)
Program Highlights
- e-Mentoring provides instant access to a national network of experienced teachers and professional scientists.
- Structured activities help the mentor-mentee discussion improve beginning teachers’ instructional skills.
The Facts
Partners
Higher Education
- New Teacher Center at UCSC
- Montana State University's Science Math Resource Center
Business
Non-Profit / Philanthropy
- National Science Teachers Association
Government
- National Science Foundation's Math Science Partnership
Evidence of Impact
eMSS positively affects beginning teachers’ preparedness to teach by using an innovative, disciplinary, content-specific distance-delivery model that promises to reduce teacher attrition rates.
Horizon Research Evaluation conducted a study for the developer that found that beginning teachers reported feeling better prepared for basic teaching, teaching challenging courses, and management, after eMSS. (Full evaluation available from developer.)
Contact Information
New Teacher Center
725 Front St. Suite 400
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
(831) 600-2200
http://www.newteachercenter.org/eMSS
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