
How to be a Brilliant Mentor
Developing Outstanding Teachers
Trevor Wright(Editor)
Routledge (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 20. September 2017
Book
Hardback
194 pages
978-1-138-90073-8 (ISBN)
Description
How to be a Brilliant Mentor is an informal and accessible guide that provides ideas and reassurance to help support you in your work as a teacher training mentor. Written by experienced trainers, teachers and mentors, it brings together a wealth of expertise and research, offering clear and practical guidelines to enhance your mentoring, helping you to analyse your own practice and understand the complex and often ambiguous role of the mentor in school.
The second edition includes new chapters on school-based training routes, dealing with their advantages and challenges, and on developing trainees through risk taking. All chapters have been updated to refer to the new National Standards for school-based initial teacher training (ITT) mentors.Offering practical strategies and direct problem-solving to help you move promising trainees quickly beyond mere competence, it explores:
giving effective feedback
emotional intelligence and developing and maintaining relationships
collaborative working
dealing with critical incidents
developing reflective practice
what to do if relationships break down
the relationship between coaching and mentoring
mentoring newly qualified teachers (NQTs) as well as trainees.
Illustrated with the experiences of real trainees, How to be a Brilliant Mentor can be dipped into for innovative mentoring ideas or read from cover to cover as a short enjoyable course which will give you added confidence in your mentoring role.
The book is a companion to How to be a Brilliant Trainee Teacher, also by Trevor Wright.
The second edition includes new chapters on school-based training routes, dealing with their advantages and challenges, and on developing trainees through risk taking. All chapters have been updated to refer to the new National Standards for school-based initial teacher training (ITT) mentors.Offering practical strategies and direct problem-solving to help you move promising trainees quickly beyond mere competence, it explores:
giving effective feedback
emotional intelligence and developing and maintaining relationships
collaborative working
dealing with critical incidents
developing reflective practice
what to do if relationships break down
the relationship between coaching and mentoring
mentoring newly qualified teachers (NQTs) as well as trainees.
Illustrated with the experiences of real trainees, How to be a Brilliant Mentor can be dipped into for innovative mentoring ideas or read from cover to cover as a short enjoyable course which will give you added confidence in your mentoring role.
The book is a companion to How to be a Brilliant Trainee Teacher, also by Trevor Wright.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
24 s/w Abbildungen, 24 s/w Zeichnungen, 7 s/w Tabellen
7 Tables, black and white; 24 Line drawings, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-90073-8 (9781138900738)
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Person
Trevor Wright is a Senior Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Secondary Education at the University of Worcester, UK.
Content
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
The pivotal importance of the mentor
Inputs and outputs
Collaborative working: the heart of good mentoring
Reflective practice: the mentoring conversation
Emotional intelligence
Mentoring together
Challenging the competent trainee: taking risks in the classroom
School-based initial teacher training
Mentoring and coaching: the helping relationship
Mentoring in a primary school
Mentoring the newly qualified teacher
Dear Mentor...
Suggested reading
Acknowledgements
The pivotal importance of the mentor
Inputs and outputs
Collaborative working: the heart of good mentoring
Reflective practice: the mentoring conversation
Emotional intelligence
Mentoring together
Challenging the competent trainee: taking risks in the classroom
School-based initial teacher training
Mentoring and coaching: the helping relationship
Mentoring in a primary school
Mentoring the newly qualified teacher
Dear Mentor...
Suggested reading