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“Having a mentor has been positive for me because I have someone who is there to assist me in every way. My mentor has provided necessary supplies for me when seeing that I was in need of basic items. She has given me advice on different methods to use when teaching certain skills and has also researched information to help students in centers.”
“Having a mentor has been beyond a positive experience for me because this is my first year teaching in a classroom setting. Therefore, there are so many things that I have had to adjust to, and having [a mentor] for support and advice has enabled me to continuously think outside the box. I will continue to grow knowing that I have [my mentor’s] support.”
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Andrea Thomas-Reynolds is senior vice president of Insight Education Group. She is responsible for contract service delivery and the administration of the Empowering Educators to Excel (E3) program funded through the US Department of Education's Teacher and School Leader grant and is the project director for the IGNITE Grant, a project funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s 2020 Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program.
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