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Mentoring and Coaching

Mentoring and Coaching. September, 2006. What is mentoring?. Mentoring is a professional development strategy designed to improve teaching and learning through close professional relationships between or among teachers.

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Mentoring and Coaching

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  1. Mentoring and Coaching September, 2006

  2. What is mentoring? • Mentoring is a professional development strategy designed to improve teaching and learning through close professional relationships between or among teachers. • By engaging in thoughtful dialogues, teachers are able to reflect on their own practices and become more independent and self-directed practitioners.

  3. Why mentoring? • Studies of success rates of various teacher in-servicing components support the potential effectiveness of mentoring as a means of improving instructional practice. • Nova Scotia Educational Leadership Consortium

  4. A comparison -Joyce and Showers

  5. Mentoring… • …affects school culture by promoting stronger collegial relationships. • …supports significant educational change. • …promotes reflection and decision-making by providing time, space, and encouragement. • …leads to increased student achievement.

  6. The 3 Cs of Mentoring • Consulting – A consultant provides information on curriculum, instruction, and assessment. • Collaborating – Collaborative interactions involve shared planning, decision-making, problem-solving, and reflection. • Coaching- A coach supports a participating teacher’s thinking, problem-solving, and goal achievement.

  7. Continuum of Interaction • Consulting Collaborating Coaching • The goal is to create a reciprocal learning focused relationship. • Skilled mentors do not have all the answers; they focus on developing the participating teacher’s capacity to improve their own practice.

  8. Mentoring Relationship • Respect • Trust • Communication

  9. Mentoring Opportunities • In small groups: • Book-study group • Grade-level group • Subject-specific group • Goal-specific group As Individuals: • Coaching / Collaborating / Consulting

  10. Interpersonal Skills • Attending • Active Listening • Questioning • Presenting • Confirming • Summarizing • Problem Solving

  11. Confidentiality • The relationship and conversations between the mentor and the participating teacher remain confidential.

  12. The Coaching Process Observation Pre-Conference Post -Conference

  13. The Coaching Process Demonstration/ Co-Teaching/ Planning Pre-Conference Post-Conference

  14. Do and Don’t Do • Coach, collaborate, and consult • Work with individuals or small groups • Listen and ask questions • Paraphrase and summarize • Collect data • Provide resources

  15. Do and Don’t Mentors will not… • Supervise, evaluate or judge • Provide pullout services • Provide ready-to-go lessons • Substitute or fill-in for other teachers

  16. Mentoring Relationships • Participating in mentoring relationships contributes to both career and personal development.

  17. Mentoring Relationships • Mentoring relationships are vehicles for job enrichment and professional development. • Mentors provide support. • Mentors create a safe place and establish a trusting relationship. • Mentors provide support by listening and encouraging.

  18. The Roles of The Mentor • Confidante – discusses issues or has conversations in confidence. • Coach – gives feedback and problem solves to help improve professional practices. • Colleague – shares experiences, resources, ideas and strategies. • Facilitator – guides the learning partner in discovering solutions or decisions.

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