Learning Outcomes:
Students should be able to write critically and reflectively about the theory and practice of coaching and mentoring, within education contexts. Students will be able to design and implement coaching and mentoring sessions in their schools, as part of wider leadership development and training. Students will be able to reflect on the uses and purposes to which coaching models can be put, in education settings. Students will be able to evaluate successful coaching and mentoring initiatives, used within education settings.
Indicative Module Content:
Coaching and mentoring in education settings
The difference between coaching and mentoring
Effective coaching for education leadership
Theories and research findings concerning the use of coaching and mentoring in education settings
Action-oriented coaching: its use in schools and with teaching staff
Designing a study that incorporates coaching and/or mentoring with school staff