Mentor Training

As an ITT Subject / General Mentor, what am I expected to do? 

The ambition for our PGCE students is that they learn from experience emerging not just as an Early Career Teacher but as a reflective, lifelong learner, committed to their own professional development throughout their teaching career. Our curriculum and training programme seeks to develop strong classroom practitioners who have an excellent knowledge and critical understanding of how pupil-learning is best supported by effective teaching methods, and who are highly effective in the implementation of classroom practices. As such, a crucial source of learning for the trainees is their classroom teaching experience which allows them to make sense of, and put into practice, the professional learning undertaken at the University and while on placement. The General Mentor’s job is to assist in this process through:

1. Organising a teaching timetable which provides opportunity to teach the available key stages

2. A weekly mentor meeting to discuss the theme of the week, progress made and next targets

3. A weekly formal lesson observation

4. Engaging with the Weekly Training Plan, associated theme/s & reading

5. Attending mentor training events / accessing mentor training materials

6. Providing trainee with access to departmental resources

7. Supporting trainee's personal and professional development throughout the placement

8. Completion of the trainee's Personal & Professional Conduct report

9. Writing a formal end of term / placement report

Further information can be found in the Mentor Handbook: https://sites.google.com/view/nupgcementor/documentation.