The AMSTI (Alabama Math Science Technology Initiative)-USA Fellows program, a collaborationbetween a university College of Education and Arts & Sciences, State Department of Education, andlocal school district, was created to develop Teacher Leaders in AMSTI Mathematics and Science.The specific focus of this research was to examine the mentoring provided to the Teacher LeadersFellows, and to determine if the professional development provided to the teacher leaders helped themdevelop mentoring skills to mentor and coach the AMSTI teachers with whom they worked. At thecompletion of their Fellowship, these AMSTI-USA Fellows returned to become teacher leaders at theirhome schools, charged with mentoring and coaching teachers in the AMSTI curriculum.The objectives of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of:(1) mentoring the newly identified teacher leader Fellows into the role of teacher leader; and,(2) developing the mentoring and coaching skills in both the affective components and content aspectsof the selected AMSTI Teacher Leader Fellows.
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