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1. Understand the benefits and challenges of using video in a mentoring context

2. Understand practical factors to consider when using videos for lesson observation discussions

3. Understand how online mentoring can provide new opportunities for you as a mentor

4. Understand the challenges of online mentoring

5. Explore and experiment with technical tools that can assist in the work with video and when mentoring online

6. Complete the final self-evaluation and development plan and submit for review

7. Provide feedback to the self-evaluations and development plans of three peers

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In this module you should ideally:

1. Understand how to prepare a lesson observation

2. Reflect on the use of a good pro-forma for recording data and information for an observation

3. Understand the potential of involving students in lesson observations

4. Understand general strategies to use after a lesson observation

5. Develop ideas on how to phrase feedback effectively

6. Reflect on bad feedback practices

7. Identify development goals and actionable steps to achieve those goals

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https://youtu.be/8EIO2Coce8A          Starting as a mentor in school: https://youtu.be/q314TZh-lO0          For the first session https://youtu.be/bed_ykN0rVs          Developing your own relationship
https://youtu.be/FE6nJJBzX1s

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In this module you should ideally:

1. Understand the role of collaboration in a mentoring relationship

2. Understand the importance of mutual trust in a mentoring relationship and how to develop such trust

3. Understand the importance to scaffold, stimulate, and question in conversations with your mentee and some strategies to do so

4. Identify collaborative projects you could embark on with your mentee

5. Reflect on how to implement trust-building approaches in your context

6. Discuss an effective discussion and feedback approach for a typical mentoring scenario

7. Identify development goals and actionable steps to achieve those goals

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https://youtu.be/tVoyzliq7Ro

https://youtu.be/G8wJoqQfy80
what role can a mentor play in supporting new teachers find their place in a school?
https://youtu.be/z0Hi-wuv51U

What to avoid in a mentoring relationship?
https://youtu.be/Qjr2lN8BB0w

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What advice would you give to a colleague doing it for the first time? And what tips do you have for the first mentoring session? Share your ideas in the Tricider below and respond and vote on your fellow participants’ posts.

1. The mentor is a positive person, a very truly led, a communicator, and above all someone who knows how to listen, wait and help who is at the beginning of a journey by transferring their knowledge and experience in the respect of each one's peculiarities.
Remember to smile, the first mentoring session can be quite intimidating and the fear of the unknown can cause a trainee to worry. As you're going to be working together, often for long stretches of time, establishing a warm and positive relationship of co-learning can make the first session seem like an opportunity rather than a chore that needs to be completed.

Mentor and mentee are in a mutual relation of professional growth: both of them can improve their knowledge and their professional skills.

1. Share your experiences honestly
2. Be kind and smiling everytime                       3. Don't forget, You are not a boss!
4. Respect your mentee's ideas
5. Listen carefully                                6. Give constructive feedback
7. Tell mentee what should do

A welcoming smile is very important together with letting the mentee know that you're there to help by sharing experiences but also so that they can learn with each other.

I think that being a good mentor means  to establish a good relationship with the mentee,  just like two persons who want to share something in common,  in this case teaching, they should be  like a sort of mirror where both look oneanother and learn from one another, for the first the mentor to see and observe the novelties that he or she might bring and the otherone his or her expertise ,afterwards they share  all of it and  both improve their teaching ,it's a sort of never ending learning.
When you first meet your mentee, try to find a good place at school when you can be relaxed and take the time to get to know each other. Welcome him/her with some coffee/tea/pastries and show your interest not only for his/her professional experience but also for his/her whole personality. You don't have to become best friends, but you have to spend time together with mutual trust.

When I started work as a mentor in my school I was first of all authentic, I talked to my mentees about my carreer and my experience in the school. In the second I asked them some important informations: what they knew about teaching, how long they have taught, which teaching methodologies they knew, if they knew teaching program about their subject and if they were able to use information technologies during this lessons. Also I found out their expectations. Then I engaged a learning relationship to help them to learn teaching.
First of all working with new teachers can proove quite difficult at times so calm and pacience are key. You must build a good relationship with your mentee based on comunication and cooperation. You must not only try to teach them but encourage them to express their own ideas.

When you are involved in a mentoring process you have to be opened to new ideas, be able to open your mind to what the others think and have the capability to let everyone come to the best conclusion.

My institutional mentor experiences are far off in time as a child's teacher. I remember that above all I gave the example with my work. I was involved in the job, gave me clarifications, I was always available and helped mentees concretely. As a primary school teacher I have never had a job at school, but often I get advice from new teachers or even teachers with little technology experience. It is important for me to gain confidence in their capability, to give work space and to inspire the enthusiasm of the teacher.

Try to be openminded. A good mentor is not trying to transform the new collegue and make a copy of himself. You have to share your experience and help the mentee to find his way to teaching performance. Create a new relation, based on sincerity, trust, professionalism.

I think that what is most important is making your mentee trust you and feel that you are there to provide positive feedback when they are doing great and suggest ideas to improve on what they feel they are not good at or have difficulty in....All these in a friendly environment, supportive and with lots of understanding. The teacher should feel at ease to ask you for advice and realise that you are there to help, not to threaten!

First of all, it is important to set a good example, to show and guide in a friendly way, offer suggestions without imposing your own style. You, as a mentor, can learn a lot from a mentee, as well.

From the beginning, steps need to be taken to foster the understanding of roles and clarification of expectations. You will need to engage the mentee in the very first conversation, setting a positive tone and expectation for active participation for the entire relationship. Connecting with the mentee and thereby being able to connect future learning to the mentee and his or her life experiences will foster the sustainability of the learning.