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Alexandra Castellanos Smith: How we can help teachers succeed during COVID

Teachers need support from mentors and the community to succeed.

Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Logan Hall, left, Salt Lake School Distirct Peer Assistance Review supervisor, meets with one of the program's mentor teachers Pat Draper at Bachman Elementary in Salt Lake City. The teacher mentoring program has boosted staff retention rates but recently lost its state funding. The district plans to continue the program internally. Draper, a teacher with 40 years of experience mentors Daniel Mills as he teaches his fourth grade class.