The programme aims to prepare the mentor for a mentoring role in the Wipro Teacher Fellow programme by fostering a shared understanding of the practice of mentors in education. It will identify the effective characteristics of mentoring, leading to an improved and more coherent experience for mentees, so that they develop further as effective teachers and are supported to complete the Wipro Teacher Fellow Programme. This will contribute to the building of a culture of coaching and mentoring in schools, where high-quality mentoring and coaching is respected as a valuable resource for professional learning.
Course Objectives
Having completed the course you will be able to:
- Identify the key principles of mentoring and understand their relevance and application to mentoring practice
- Understand the set of knowledge and skills that constitute ‘know-how’ in mentoring and how this can lead to improved teacher professional practice
- Reflect critically on your own mentoring practice and understand how to identify gaps and weaknesses in your current practice and to use this knowledge to improve your mentoring and the teaching practice of others
- Participate effectively in professional communities of mentors in order to share individual professional practice and to draw from the practice of other mentors
- Contribute to the development of a set of Wipro Teacher Fellow Programme Mentoring Principles.
Curriculum
The curriculum is organised into five sessions which are a mix of face-to-face workshops and online webinars and is structured as follows:
- Session 1: Introduction: introduction to the programme
- Session 2: Strengthening your Mentoring Practice the principles of mentoring and coaching; importance of reflection; developing reflective practice
- Session 3: Understanding Teachers’ Practice and how it Develops: the cycle of professional improvement; giving and receiving feedback; the place of evidence, research and theory in teachers’ practice
- Session 4: Improving Teachers’ Practice through Challenge: understanding the nature of practice and its development; supporting mentees to develop their practice; evaluating change in practice
- Session 5: Understanding the Wipro Teacher Fellow Programme : details of programme requirements; support mechanisms for mentors; effective contracting with your mentee.
Our experienced Senior Mentors will continue to develop their skills over the course of the programme, via dedicated sessions and support.
