Recipes for Transformative Mentor Meetings
Recipes for Transformative Mentor Meetings is a collection of recipes which can provide mentors with in-the-moment prompts and reminders, creating more headspace for them to support and care for their teachers.
Each recipe is designed to help a mentor take their teachers on journeys of exploration, and presented as ordered steps with suggestions of what to Prompt for… and, subsequently, to Listen for…, optionally Reflect back…, all in order … to develop competency in… various teacher competencies.
The book is a result of, and complement to Noticing, the authors' award winning AI mentoring tool for sense-making and problem-solving, a tool for any kind of learning.
"To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle."
—George Orwell
"It is only after you have come to know the surface of things that you can venture to seek what is underneath. But the surface of things is inexhaustible."
—Italo Calvino, 1983
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FOREWORD
Below is an extract from the Foreword by Dr. Loraine McKay,Initial Teacher Education Director atGriffith University, Queensland, Australia
Recipes for Transformative Mentor Meetings is the perfect conversation starter for school-based mentors supporting prospective or new teachers, particularly when there is so much to consider; both new and experienced mentors can benefit from support in preparing for and during mentor meetings. Additionally, teacher educators with a mentoring approach may find this publication useful to scaffold their pre- and in-service teachers’ learning. Finally, it can be used for self-mentoring, by teachers who are simply seeking ways to support their own professional learning.
Couched in theoretical underpinnings and research-informed practices, Recipes for Transformative Mentor Meetings will have a holistic impact. First, experiencing quality mentorship is likely to support teacher impact, success and wellbeing. This, in turn, will feedback to replenish and rejuvenate the busy mentors, creating positive outcomes for the teaching profession.
What makes Recipes for Transformative Mentor Meetings attractive is the ingredient list:
- Recognition that relationships are the basis for quality mentorship;
- Respect for the professional knowledge and histories mentors bring to the partnership reflected in the provision of directions not directives;
- Reflection accepted as the key to growth.
CONTENTS
foreword
introduction
teachers need mentors; recipes for AI; mentors also need ‘recipes’; reflective practice: from noticing to learnacy; pedagogical listening; introductions; consultations
in the thick of it/before…
lesson preparation; helping to prepare
in the thick of it/after…
how soon after?; why is it important to start with describing?; why is emotional response a catalyst for reflection?; why should I?; helping to notice; reflecting post-lesson
from a distance/before…
setting goals; anticipating; preparing for a talk; developing materials; developing assessment
from a distance/after…
periodic review; classroom inquiry; tools for inquiry; making sense of data
mentor roles
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Recipes for Transformative Mentor Meetings