1 | Mentoring skills and the role

Understanding the role of the mentor

Mentor role and responsibilities
Styles of Mentoring
Top tips for week 1


Weekly feedback and target setting

(quality observations, deconstructing practice and providing effective feedback)

Weekly feedback form Observation, feedback and target setting Trainee Portfolio
Mentor Feedback Form (Appendix C) 
Feedback and target setting bookmark
Trainee Portfolio expectations
Mentor Feedback Form (Appendix D)
Giving quality written feedback Trainee Portfolio 2024-25

 

Interim and final review points

(assessing trainee progress)

Professional Development Formative Framework (Appendix A)
Example interim review PDFF highlighting
 
End of SE1 mentor report
 
EXAMPLE - End of SE1 mentor report


Pastoral and wellbeing support

Safeguarding and concerns Trainee wellbeing Websites
Sharing information about trainees and safeguarding

Concerns about a trainee
Supporting trainee wellbeing Student Support

Counselling Services

2 | Supporting trainee progress across our curriculum

Our ITT curriculum and the Core Content Framework (CCF)

Primary PGCE Curriculum
ITT Core Content Framework
How we assess our trainees


Strand A (BM): Setting high expectations and behaviour for learning

 


Strand B (PP): Pedagogy and Planning

How children learn Planning support Lesson planning examples

Cognitive Load Theory

Retrieval Practice

Planning Bookmark 24-25

Blooms Taxonomy - Effective Questioning sentence stems

English plan EXAMPLE
Maths plan EXAMPLE
Science plan EXAMPLE
Geography plan EXAMPLE
Phonics plan EXAMPLE


Trainee planning feedback comment tool (for mentors)

Weekly planning EXAMPLE


Strand C (SCK): Subject Knowledge - Planning and Teaching Effective Lessons

English Maths Science
Our English curriculum and supporting trainees

 
Teaching poetry
Our Maths curriculum
Science misconceptions (audio only)
Early Reading

 

Counting and calculating
Practical science (audio only)


Strand D (A): Assessment

Supporting trainees to develop their assessment Example lesson assessment (within daily planning)


Strand E (PB): Professional Behaviours

High expectations Support Difficult conversations
Teachers' Standards Bookmark
Supporting a struggling trainee
Managing a difficult conversation
Deploying teaching assistants effectively Trainee Support Plan
 
Challenging a higher attaining trainee
Cause for concern flowchart


4 | SE1 courses

Your professional tutor/LPP lead will signpost you to the course below prior to the start of SE1.