Recommending Rahul: writing references for fledging teachers

Considering how we approach reference writing for those at the beginning of their teaching career

Matey Mentor? Creating the right environment for our beginning teachers

Photo by freestocks.org on Pexels.com What are the conditions required for a beginning teacher to thrive in their training year? Since writing my blog on ‘Bewildered Beryl’, I have been pondering upon the idea that ‘the student teacher needs to develop quickly a feeling of friendship with, and trust in, the mentor’, the key assertion … Continue reading Matey Mentor? Creating the right environment for our beginning teachers →

Pulling Priya through the plateau: supporting your mentee to continued progress

Photo by eberhard grossgasteiger on Pexels.com For Priya, whilst it didn’t feel like it at the time, Teaching Practice 1 was a time of steady progress and success. Teaching Practice 2 started well; it’s been a long term and she’s tired, but she is also grateful that her classes are mostly cooperative and seem to … Continue reading Pulling Priya through the plateau: supporting your mentee to continued progress →

Bewildered Beryl: Helping your mentee find the end of the rope

Photo by Felix Mittermeier on Pexels.com Beryl came to the PGCE feeling confident. Due to various experiences working with children in her past, she felt she understood what she was getting herself into and how schools worked. Surely teaching was just a matter of telling pupils the historical stories she herself had loved as a … Continue reading Bewildered Beryl: Helping your mentee find the end of the rope →

Keeping Toby flying: How to avoid clipping your new mentee’s wings

The first of a series looking at the different 'types' of teacher training students we may encounter, and how teacher educators can seek to support them in their development