Effective PD - Coaching vs Mentoring

​What is your understanding of the mentoring process?

What is Instructional Mentoring

Instructional mentoring is a mode of school-based professional development that is
structured and has a strong instructional focus.

Instructional mentoring is a developmental and mutually beneficial partnership
whereby a professional with relevant expertise (i.e., the mentor) guides and
develops a colleague (i.e., the mentee) to achieve quality teaching and learning.

For Effective mentoring to take place, there needs to be ...

TRUST

OPENNESS

RESPECT

Benefits of Mentoring for Mentors

Impact of Quality Mentoring

Quality mentoring results in reflective practice.

Reflective practice is a process of introspection that focuses on “thinking about
doing” before, during, and after a lesson (Schon, 1983). Such introspection allows
teachers to gain insight into the purpose and nature of practices to improve future
performance (Hartman, 2009; Zeichner, 2005).

During the mentoring process, mentors support mentees’ reflection by inviting
mentees to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the lessons conducted.

Impact of Quality Mentoring