Rachele Morse University of Southampton Ali Messer University of Roehampton @freereed59 @CharteredColl @TeachEdXchange Rachele Morse University of Southampton A
Making mentoring work in a changing landscape
Engaging with mentoring What makes a good mentor? How do we know this? What do trainee teachers think makes a good mentor? R
Professional Knowledge What does professional knowledge look like? Procedural Paperwork Knowledge of programme Summative review points Regular targets Pedagogical Multiple perspectives Variety of ideas Pin point specific developments Quality of feedback Political (small p) Knowledge and experience of dept Sensitive feedback Awareness of dept demands Navigate school politics Understand the limitations of trainee’s practice. R
Move me on: professional problem-solving Katherine Burn inspired and developed this resource. Real training scenarios and professional problem solving from across the history teacher community. You are a member so… Have you contributed your advice? Used these resources to train others? Looked for advice for yourself? Given them to a trainee? A https://www.history.org.uk/secondary/categories/td-move-me-on/info
‘Know that’ to inform ‘know how’? https://intheoryandinpractice.wordpress.com/2015/11/15/school-based-teacher-training-do-we-need-any-other-kind-part-3/ https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/initial-teacher-education-is-about-sojourning-the-role-of-universities-in-developing-know-that-to-inform-know-how Move me on resource starts with Knowledge and concepts and includes also: Exams and policies Planning Progression and assessment Differentiation, inclusion and EAL Literacies Citizenship and emotive history Learning to teach CARD SORT ON TEACHER KNOWLEDGE A How can you make it safe to think things through as deeply as possible?
‘Know that’ to inform ‘know how’? https://www.history.org.uk/publications/categories/300/resource/5421/teaching-history-146-teacher-knowledge
You create the learning environment https://www.history.org.uk/publications/categories/300/resource/5421/teaching-history-146-teacher-knowledge A Every mentor matters!
Your professional knowledge Pilot mentor audit tool Promote consistency across the routes we support: UL/SUPA/School Direct/School Centred ITT Anecdotal experiences of mentor recruitment in schools Complete the audit to reflect on your own professional knowledge for mentoring R Rachele I don’t know what UL and SUPA mean? Can we use words not acronyms?
Reflections Where is your professional knowledge currently? How can you develop this? Questions? Thanks for joining in! R and A