Mentoring and Coaching in Education - by Lizana Oberholzer & Derek Boyle (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Provides guidance on how to develop teachers at different stages in their development to provide mentors with a detailed toolkit to effectively support future teachers all the way to leadership"--

Book Synopsis

Drawing on a wide range of experiences, Lizana Oberholzer and Derek Boyle clearly define the terms 'coaching' and 'mentoring' before looking at how coaching and mentoring are used in schools to develop teachers. They offer theoretical frameworks, key strategies and principles at each stage to support phase specific development, and explore how these strategies can be used to help teachers to continue to develop to become confident classroom practitioners, as well as future leaders. Lizana and Derek also consider the key challenges and issues mentors and coaches might face. Each chapter explores how coaches and mentors can offer support and provide a safe supportive environment to allow teachers to continue to grow and develop, whatever phase they are in on their learning journey.

Review Quotes

A refreshing and engaging guide for teacher educators and school-based mentors
that draws on key literature framed within common teacher career progression and
pathways as being a key direction in their professional learning journey.
Julie Jordan, Associate Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University and Independent Educational Consultant, UK

As mentoring is a training priority for many schools, this is a timely guide with
practical strategies for quality sessions at every level. This should be in every staff
CPD library so teachers at all stages can see how their career could develop further
through engaging with the mentoring process.
Bethany K. Kelly, Director of Programmes, Faculty of Education, University of Buckingham, UK

About the Author

Lizana Oberholzer is Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead for the International MA in Education at the University of Wolverhampton, UK, as well as Programme Lead for the National Professional Qualifications for School Leadership and the Early Careers Framework.

Derek Boyle is SCITT Director of Bromley Schools' Collegiate, UK.