SEDM1103 - Coaching and Mentoring

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, participants will be able to:

1) Identify their own professional development needs and plan, work towards, monitor and review personal learning goals
2)Critically examine and reflect on their own professional practice
3) Display knowledge and critical understanding of key theoretical frameworks in coaching and mentoring
4) Analyse and critically reflect on and synthesise research findings and other evidence to inform their practice in coaching and mentoring
5) Adopt a critical practitioner enquiry approach to develop their professional practice
6) Evaluate the impact of their learning on their professional practice

Content:

Students will:
• analyse their own and research perspectives on mentoring (definitions, roles, teacher as learner, strategies, institutional contexts)
• evaluate active strategies for mentoring (including a case study of a strategy they employ)
• evaluate approaches to assessment within mentoring/coaching roles (considering competence and standards-based assessment in ITE/MTL)
• evaluate current coaching and mentoring policy (for MTL/MAEd/ ITE and other mentoring/coaching capacities in educational settings).
• critically review: their own mentor role; the institutional structure they work within whilst mentoring;, the approach to evaluating professional growth they use; ways to professionally develop coaches and mentors; the wider use of mentoring in educational environments)
• Use reflective practitioner and/or practitioner research approaches to evaluate their own practice with regards to coaching and mentoring

Learning and Teaching Information:

Learning will include tutor input, discussion, learning conversations, action learning sets, practitioner enquiry, workshops, presentations, practical tasks, fieldwork, seminars and independent study as appropriate. Reflective practice will be facilitated in taught sessions and supported by tutorials and online forums on the college VLE. Support will be available for the preparation of the work based assignment.
Participants will be expected to draw on their own professional experiences and relevant research in order to contribute to, and lead, group activities.

Seminars, Workshops and Tutorials
Contact hours: 24
Intended group size: 10-25

Additional assessment information
Assessment is through a reflective practice assignment. It will address the modules and prigramme learning outcomes and is directly related to professional practice. It provides opportunities for participants to reflect upon, critique, and investigate research, policy and practice as it impacts on their professional practice.

Assessment: