1st Edition
Mentoring Teachers in the Primary School A Practical Guide
Introduction: Mentoring Trainee and Newly Qualified Primary School Teachers
SECTION 1 THE ROLE OF THE MENTOR
1 Models of mentoring
Gill Golder, Alison Keyworth and Clare Shaw
Definitions of mentoring; The context in which you are working, which underpins your mentoring practice; Effective mentoring models
2 Becoming a mentor
Karen Vincent
Why mentor; Qualities of a good mentor; Beginning teachers’ experiences; The multi-dimensional mentoring role; Benefits of mentoring others; Tensions in mentoring; Developing your mentoring skills
3 Successful mentoring in action
Victoria Blake
The mentor; Trust; Establishing shared values; Expectations; Challenging relationships
4 Managing your role as a mentor
Julia Lawrence
Your role as a mentor; Mentoring as relationship; Questioning current approaches to mentor
SECTION 2 MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS
5 The importance of working with beginning teachers
Sandra Eady
Why mentor beginning teachers?; Beginning teachers’ perspectives; Ethics; Mentor obligations; Roles and responsibilities; Models of mentoring; Mentoring conversations
6 Working with a beginning teacher to negotiate the setting
Victoria Blake
School culture; Additional roles of the mentor; Negotiating workload and prioritising; Building your reputation
7 Developing a relationship with mentees
Gill Rowland and Penny Webb
Effective mentoring; Times of transition; Collaboration; Deconstructing practice; Being reflective; Belonging
8 Learning conversations
Sarah St. John
Mentoring and coaching; Being reflective; Beginning teachers’ experiences; Learning conversations
9 Making accurate assessments
Lorele Mackie
Summative assessment; Formative assessment; Constructive dialogue; Self-evaluation; Quality questioning
10 Supporting the wellbeing and additional needs of your mentees
Wendy E. Cobb, Bea Stevenson, Lindsay Joyce and Cornelia Lucey
Defining wellbeing; Individual and organisational wellbeing; Your own wellbeing; Socratic questioning;
11 Supporting Resilience in Practice: Mentoring to enable others to ‘thrive’ in teaching.
d’Reen Struthers
What is resilience; Why do we need resilience; Process of being resilient; Reflective practice for strengthening personal control; Engaging with reflective writing; The language of critical reflection; Bridging reflection and resilience
SECTION 3 MENTORING IN SPECIALIST AREAS
12 Mentoring for art and design
Claire March
Essential elements of good practice; What do beginning teachers need? Assessment; Safe and engaging learning environment
13 Mentoring for mathematics
Hazel King, Gina Donaldson and Sonia Tomlinson
Good teaching and learning; Issues with mentoring and mathematics; Supporting development; Mathematics specific feedback
14 Mentoring for physical education
Kristy Howells
Essential elements of good practice; What do beginning teachers need? Effective teaching; Mentoring support.
15 Mentoring for reading
Rachael Stone
Defining reading; Good teaching and learning; Supporting a beginning teacher; Developing your mentee’s understanding
16 Mentoring for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
Hellen Ward
What is STEM? Why STEM? The leaking pipeline; Curriculum emphasis; The where of STEM; Professional institutions
SECTION 4 MENTOR DEVELOPMENT
17 The role of research in mentoring
Sandra Eady
Why mentors should engage with research; Using research to inform the mentor and mentee relationship; Frameworks for mentoring; Promoting learning conversations; Engaging with research
18 Developing a community of mentoring and coaching in a school
Rebecca Heaton
The role of the lead mentor; The importance of the lead mentor; Monitoring the quality of mentoring; Creating a successful community of mentoring and coaching; Coaching and mentoring
19 The secrets of partnership working for mentors
Penny Webb, Hazel King and Sarah Goodwin
What is partnership? Philosophical approaches to successful partnership; The secrets of successful partnership
Biography
Kristy Howells is a Reader in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy at Canterbury Christ Church University.
Julia Lawrence was until recently a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Hull.
Judith Roden recently retired from her role as Principal Lecturer in Primary Education at Canterbury Christ Church University.
