1 Being a Mentor Session 1 The Edinburgh City Council in partnership with Edinburgh University

2 Mentoring Experience Consider a positive mentoring experience that you have had Share this with your partner

3 Skills and Qualities of a good Mentor Think about your own experience Identify the skills and qualities demonstrated by the mentor How did they make you feel?

4 Consider your Mentor’s skills and qualities Do some self evaluation against this list Where are you in relation to the list of skills and qualities? Is there anything missing from your list? What do you do well? What would you like to develop?

Skills and Qualities These personal skills and qualities are key to the role of a good mentor and coach. ability to create an environment of trust high order communication skills empathy sensitivity respect honesty belief in potential 5

6 Mentors Develop a productive and supportive relationship. Understand professional standards. Use formative assessment strategies. Consider mentee’s work to guide instruction and the setting of professional goals. Facilitate learning opportunities. Build leadership capacity and skills. Ref: New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, California (2007 )

7 Mentors Develop a productive and supportive relationship. Understand professional standards. Use formative assessment strategies. Consider mentee’s work to guide instruction and the setting of professional goals. Facilitate learning opportunities. Build leadership capacity and skills. Ref: New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, California (2007 )

8 Mentoring Competencies Focus on mentoring goals Listen to understand Strive for excellence Have a flexible approach Ref: New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, California (2007 )

9 A Mentoring Dialogue Assess the mentee’s needs by: building trust identifying successes and areas for development Establish a focus for work by: paraphrasing clarifying Support mentee’s development by: instruction collaboration reflection Promote accountability by: identifying next steps follow-up Ref: New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, California (2007 )

10 The Mentoring Continuum Instructive Collaborative Facilitative Ref: New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, California (2007 )

Questions Open Investigative Closed

‘The Iceberg Model’ Results (The Outcomes) Behaviours ( Our Habits) Emotions (What we feel) Thinking (What we think) Ref: Rock, David (2007) Quiet Leadership; Harper Collins, New York

13 Unpicking Situations What did you set out to do? What happened? What did you expect/not expect? What were the certainties/uncertainties? How did you feel at each stage? What are the outcomes? Ref: Megginson,D. and Clutterbuck,D.(2009) Further Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring Butterworth–Heinemann

14 How will I reach my goals? What actions will I take? Timescales Other resources How I will know? (success criteria) From: Shetland Islands Council Coaching

15 References New Teacher Center, Santa Cruz, California (2007) Further Techniques for Coaching and Mentoring David Megginson and David Clutterbuck Butterworth–Heinemann, Oxford (2009) Quiet Leadership David Rock Harper-Collins, New York (2007)