An Online High School "Shepherding" Program: Teacher Roles and Experiences Mentoring Online Students

Autor/inn/en	Drysdale, Jeffery S.; Graham, Charles R.; Borup, Jered
Titel	An Online High School "Shepherding" Program: Teacher Roles and Experiences Mentoring Online Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 22 (2014) 1, S.9-32 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-7069
Schlagwörter	Online Courses; Teacher Role; Mentors; Teacher Student Relationship; Computer Mediated Communication; High Schools; Job Satisfaction; Teacher Response; Teacher Motivation; Case Studies; Teacher Attitudes; Focus Groups; Semi Structured Interviews; Caring; Interaction; Program Effectiveness; Charter Schools; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Online course; Online-Kurs; Lehrerrolle; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Computerkonferenz; High school; Oberschule; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Lehrerkommentar; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Lehrerverhalten; Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; Interaktion; Charter school; Charter-Schule
Abstract	Several online programs use on-site facilitators to create a stronger sense of community and reduce student dropout. However, very little research addresses how programs that are fully online can provide their students with comparable support. Using K-12 online research, this case study analyzed a "shepherding program" at Mountain Heights Academy, a fully online high school. We found that the shepherding program enabled fully online teachers to provide their students with many of the services typical of on-site facilitators. The roles of the shepherding program included building caring relationships, facilitating content interaction, and providing students with the communication links they needed to be successful. In addition, the shepherding program increased teachers' job satisfaction, responsibility, motivation, and mental peace. Demands on teachers who acted as shepherds included investments of time and emotion. This case study provides fully online schools with one approach for improving student support. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10