A structured mentoring program involves:

a. A lower teacher retention rate

b. Beginning teachers who are placed in a planned program where there are generally set goals such as assessing and improving the new teachers pedagogical skills

c. A spontaneous relationship where a more seasoned or senior person works with a new or junior person to provide guidance on a wide range of professional, and often personal, issues

d. Promoting the professional, not personal, wellbeing of the new teachers