1-Understand different approaches to mentoring 

2-Understand how working with newly qualified teachers is different (and similar) to working with more experienced colleagues

3-Understand how you as a mentor can facilitate your mentee to find their place in the school

4-Reflect about how you understand the relationship to your mentee

5-Reflect on your own mentoring practices 

6-Reflect on the support you received when starting out and any extra support you would have appreciated

7-Discuss the pros and cons of doing summative evaluations of your mentees work

As a beginner, you don’t know what you’re doing: you do the work and learn it at the same time. So beginners shouldn’t be given the toughest classes. They need help, they can’ t be left alone.

The notion of Educative mentoring is important. 

Mentors need to develop the skills of observation, analysisand productive talk about teaching.

>Showing the “ropes”
*Educational companions - teachers of teaching, keep their eye on long-term goals of mentee’s learning
*Agents of change - create collaborative school environment where mentee can feel safe and supported across the school. 

>Broader vision of responsibilities: create a more collaborative culture in the school. 

In schools where teachers work together, where there’s a collaborative culture: people want to stay, feel more efficacious, satisfied. Mentoring can be a force for fostering that culture. Teachers feel jointly responsible for the quality of teaching or mentoring in school.

>Know about the framework of study/ programmes: know the range of expectation

>Thinking back to your experience as a mentee: drw from your own experience
>Find out the expectations of your mentee
>Be authentic

What would you recommend to do in a first mentoring session with your mentee? 

Warm welcome, why the mentor has something to offer, create a situation where the mentoring relationship doesn’t feel like a test. Explain your insight of the school, your experience there, why you are in the position of the mentor, what you like about it…(common understanding of each other, what do I have to offer?)

Mentors can learn through mentoring. They are not always introduced to brand new ideas (although it’s possible) but they are being reacquainted with ideas from their own past professional training, learning…

Recreate curiosity/ read and learn together...try to show ideas in action in class for the mentors...Let go of routine.

Jerry about his work as a teacher (first year): “A life coach, unlock their potential”

Problem of new teachers who quit (very difficult job, could feel like drowning alone in the ocean)

>High turnover of teachers> high cost! ($ + students)

Mentors in the US> selection of best teachers > training

As teachers, we need to be lifelong learners (just like we want our pupils to be…)

New colleagues, student teachers te: enable them to gain insight into the setting.

Experienced: what do they make of that setting they know, what should the school priorities be according to them. How do they see their role into that setting. Not a blank canvas or clean slate...