Mentoring and Coaching Workshops and Support

Development sessions for schools and colleges

The “Effective Mentoring and Coaching” resources are designed to be easy to use by CPD leaders in schools and colleges without external training being essential to getting started. However some schools and networks are keen to have a development session which kick starts a coaching programme or which helps to take an established programme to its next level. In these situations training sessions have been found to be helpful, engaging and confidence boosting.

We can help organisations in a number of ways e.g. from supporting newly qualified teachers and their mentors, developing specialist coaching skills for leaders or introducing co-coaching to staff in schools or colleges.

As well as offering twilight, half day and full day sessions CUREE also offers a personalised support package for those who lead CPD in a school or college. For example:

a half-suite i.e. three of the resource packs covering Specialist Coaching, Co-coaching, Mentoring or a Whole School approach;
a starter twilight, half day or full day INSET delivered by one of our consultants in your school/college;
a range of tailored research resources such as tasters which provide a focus for co-coaching sessions to improve practice in your school or college and to embed the learning; and
personal consultation and telephone support to help you craft and deliver additional development sessions using the materials.

Development sessions through School Partnerships, LAs, Subject Associations and FE Colleges

CUREE has worked with numerous Local Authorities and clusters of schools who want to develop mentors or coaches in their area.

For these school networks and Local Authorities we are able to develop a tailor-made training programme. Using a selection of the Effective Mentoring and Coaching materials, sessions can be constructed to fit into half or full day sessions ideally delivered in a programme over a number of terms as we know that the longitudinal nature of CPD is most effective.

Models of working include:

developing specialist coaching skills through AST groups;
developing three large groups of NQTs to work on their professional learning skills;
supporting succession planning by working with aspiring Heads to develop those new to the role;
enabling coaching amongst Support Staff for a North-Eastern LA;
reinvigorating the mentoring skills for school and HEI based mentors; and
a Teaching School at the hub of a cluster activity enabling consistency of coaching approach in the area.

To discuss a bespoke programme for you, please contact: niamh.mcmahon@curee.co.uk