Primary and Early Years partnerships
Mentor CPD
Effective mentoring practice is at the heart of all effective ITE programmes. Following consultation with partner schools, and in order to build and sustain high-quality mentoring, we have an ITE Partnership Mentor Policy. This document clarifies our expectations for ITE mentoring practice.
Primary and Early Years support will be available online during the Spring and Summer terms.
Introductory training video for mentors
There is a base session of training for all mentors, which lasts 24 minutes and can be accessed via You Tube. This will give you:
- an overview of the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) Core Content Framework
- an overview of our ITE Curriculum
- the characteristics of a BCU teacher
- a CPD toolkit focusing on what mentoring is
- some actions around the Primary Mentor Handbook 2021/22 and Mentor Tracker
Level 7 module in Coaching and Mentoring
Mentors in partnership schools and colleges can enrol on a fully-funded Level 7 module in Coaching and Mentoring. This is ideal if you're interested in developing your skills to support beginning teachers, using research to improve practice, want to develop as a mentor and can commit to a guided online study module.
Training sessions for Primary ITE Mentors
Activity |
Theme |
Dates |
Time |
MS Teams link |
| CPD 1 |
Mentor self-assessment and support with critical incident discussions |
20 Jan 2022 | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Completed |
| CPD 2 |
Mentoring strategies to support trainee progress |
10 Feb / 14 Feb 2022 | 3.30 - 5pm | Completed |
| CPD 3 |
Developing feedback |
7 Apr 2022 | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Completed |
| CPD 4 | Modelling best practice | 19 May / 23 May 2022 | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Cancelled |
| CPD 5 |
Assessment and progress |
9 Jun / 13 Jun 2022 | 3.30 - 5pm | Join |
| CPD 6 | Coaching and Mentoring module | 6 Jul / 11 Jul 2022 | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Join |
Contacts
For partnership enquiries, please contact the Partnership Team on +44 (0) 121 331 7175 or email education.partnerships@bcu.ac.uk