Navigating the Teaching Profession: How Mentorship in a Teacher Preparation Program Works to Support Academic Development in Black Women
Navigating the Teaching Profession: How Mentorship in a Teacher Preparation Program Works to Support Academic Development in Black Women

Author(s): Samantha L. Strachan, D'Ajanae Ballard
Subject(s): Educational Psychology, Social differentiation, Sociology of Education
Published by: Scientia Moralitas Research Institute
Keywords: Black women; mentorship; HBCU; teacher education; teaching profession;
Summary/Abstract: This paper will briefly expound on how a teacher preparation program, at an Historically Black College and University (HBCU), pairs graduate research assistants with mentors to support their development as teachers-in-training and burgeoning researchers. We will focus on the Black women who serve as graduate research assistants and explore how mentoring can be used as a tool to support their growth and development in academic environments. The author and co-author of this paper will serve as an example of the mentor-mentee relationship.

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