Considering why you might become a mentor and what you can gain from the experience, it provides practical strategies and direct problem-solving to help you move promising trainees quickly beyond mere competence. It explores:
- collaborative working - giving effective feedback - emotional intelligence and developing and maintaining relationships - dealing with critical incidents - developing reflective practice - what to do if relationships beak down - the relationship between coaching and mentoring - mentoring newly qualified teachers as well as trainees.
Illustrated with the experiences of real trainees, How to be a Brilliant Mentor can be dipped into for innovative mentoring ideas or read from cover-to-cover as a short enjoyable course which will give you added confidence in your mentoring role.