Companion Websites

Q8 Have a creative and constructively critical approach towards innovation, being prepared to adapt their practice where benefits and improvements are identified.

Key reading

DfES (2005) National Framework for Mentoring and Coaching
Lee, G.V and Barnett, B, G 'Using reflective questioning to promote collaborative dialogue' in Kortman, S. A and Honaker, C.J. (2002) The Best Mentoring Experience Iowa, Kendall Hunt publishing company pp25- 26

Parsloe, E. (1999) The manager as coach and mentor London: Institute of personnel and development pp8-34

Wragg, E. (1994) An introduction to Classroom Observation London: Routledge pp83-87 and p125

Child, A and Merrill, S (2005) Developing as a secondary school mentor: a case study approach for trainee mentors and their tutors. Exeter, Learning Matters p1

Toward a Conceptualization of Mentoring
Eugene M. Anderson and Anne Lucasse Shannon. Journal of Teacher Education, Jan 1988; vol. 39: pp. 38 - 42

Teacher Mentoring: An Analysis of Roles, Activities, and Conditions
Terry M. Wildman, Susan G. Magliaro, Ruth Anne Niles, and Jerome A. Niles. Journal of Teacher Education, May 1992; vol. 43: pp. 205 - 213.

Websites

DfES (2005) National Framework for Mentoring and Coaching
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/local/ePDs/leading_on_intervention/site/u3
/s3/ss3/sss4/index.htm

http://www.curee-paccts.com/dynamic/curee75.jsp?m=59
This link takes you to the Mentoring and Coaching National framework, developed by the DfES. The link is to the CUREE website and includes activities, materials and further reading.

http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/ntrp/lib/pdf/McGrane.pdf
This link leads to a summary of effective mentoring research. This summary was commissioned by the National Teacher Research Panel for the Teacher Research Conference 2004, which explored and celebrated teacher engagement in and with research. All conference materials are available at www.standards.dfes.gov.uk

This document, adapted from TTA (2003) Mentoring the next generation of teachers a whole school policy : Effective Practices in ITT Partnership, is a good starting point to show what should be in place for good mentoring to happen.