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Novice teachers' perspectives on principal mentoring in a K-8 rural school setting: Author: DeBruycker, Kimberly Michele; Date: 2008-12-15; Program: Education; Abstract: Teacher turnover is a common theme in the literature for schools in our nation. Several rural Montana districts have a difficult time recruiting and retaining teachers. Many statistical studies indicate teachers move to other professions after teaching between three and five years. What remained unheard in Montana were the voices of the teachers who might stay in education if support and encouragement were made available directly from the principal or in a minority of cases, if the support available from the principal could be improved. Principals working with novice teachers in rural K-8 scho...; Download File | View full details