5 Week 2 summary

In this week of the course you have looked at the stages of the journey that every beginning teacher must go through as they move towards taking their place in the professional community of teachers. You have considered how essential it is to both support and challenge your mentee to be sure that they grow at a pace appropriate for them.

You have also looked at how research into mentoring has provided different models for the relationship. You’ve thought about how you see yourself as a mentor, and how best to enable the professional learning beginning teachers need. This week finished with a brief look at how mentors can make use of research and theory in their role.

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