In the US, 30% of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years. This research looks at some programs designed to retain teachers.

However the purpose of this research effort was to determine whether mentoring relationships for beginning T&I teachers inducted into Oklahoma's vocational school system are perceived as beneficial to the parties involved. The mentoring processes' dynamics, including the matching of mentors to mentees, training needed, as well as the perceived challenges, successes, strengths, and limitations of the mentoring relationships were examined.

Findings from this study indicate that structuring teams with appropriate matching of novices to veterans for the purpose of mentoring is beneficial to both parties.