Alaska Statewide Mentor Project Urban Growth Opportunity (ASMP UGO)
About the Intervention
The Alaska Statewide Mentor Project Urban Growth Opportunity (ASMP UGO) is a mentoring program designed to support early career teachers (ECTs) in their first two years of teaching in five urban Alaska school districts (Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kenai, Mat-Su, and Sitka). The program provides ECTs with fully released, highly trained mentors who have at least eight years of teaching experience in Alaska. Mentors maintain weekly contact with ECTs and meet face-to-face at least monthly (totaling at least 3.5 hours per month). Each full-time mentor has a caseload of no more than 15 ECTs. Mentors participate in extensive professional development including orientation, four weeklong Academy trainings per year for their first two years, ASMP training sessions, biweekly Friday Forums, and ongoing coaching. Mentors use formative assessment tools to collect classroom data, document conversations through Collaborative Assessment Logs, and support reflective practice through Individual Learning Plans, Mid-Year Reviews, and Professional Growth Reflections. All work is connected to Standards for Alaska Teachers, Alaska Cultural Standards, and the Continuum of Teacher Development. Before implementation, mentors complete required training on the New Teacher Center model and ASMP-specific approaches.
Statistical Findings
No effect: on teacher retention in third year of teaching
No effect: on emotional support domain of instructional practice
No effect: on classroom organization domain of instructional practice
No effect: on instructional support domain of instructional practice
No effect: on primary reading achievement in Year 2
No effect: on primary writing achievement in Year 2
No effect: on primary mathematics achievement in Year 2
No effect: on secondary mathematics achievement in Year 2
No effect: on primary reading achievement in Year 1
No effect: on primary writing achievement in Year 1
No effect: on primary mathematics achievement in Year 1
No effect: on secondary mathematics achievement in Year 1
Positive effect: on secondary mathematics achievement for white students in Year 1
Positive effect: on secondary mathematics achievement for Hispanic students in Year 1
Positive effect: on secondary mathematics achievement for Alaska Native students in Year 1
Positive effect: on secondary mathematics achievement for students of two or more races in Year 1
Positive effect: on primary reading achievement in Year 1 for students in districts without formal mentoring programs
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Focus Areas
N/APrograms & Services
General EducationDelivery Methods
Face-to-FaceDisability Support
N/ATarget Groups
Teachers/Instructional TeamsCitation
Ault, P. C., Burke, A. & Roccograndi, A. (2017). Mentoring Early Career Teachers in Urban Alaska: Impact Findings from the Investing in Innovation (i3) Evaluation of the Alaska Statewide Mentor Project Urban Growth Opportunity (ED607173). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED607173.pdf.
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