Mentoring and Staff Development

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• a practical understanding of the role of the mentor and the complexities of the mentor-mentee relationship in an institutional context;
• a critical understanding of different professional and theoretical perspectives on mentoring, coaching and professional development;
• developed your understanding of the principle and practices of coaching;
• raised your awareness of research findings and develop your ability to use these to inform practice.
• developed your self-awareness through critical reflection and evaluation of your own experiences of mentoring, coaching and professional development;

The content of the module will typically cover:

• The nature of professionalism within the current policy context
• Theoretical perspectives applied to mentoring and coaching
• Learning within a workplace community of practice
• Models of teacher and lecturer development
• Developing reflective practice in others
• Current frameworks for mentoring and coaching practices
• Instructional Coaching
• Research into mentoring in national and international contexts

This module is taught entirely online. A typical 'lesson' would include:

• Lectures - delivered live via the university's web conferencing system (Blackboard Collaborate) or as pre-prepared videos
• Lecture notes - written by the module tutors
• Selected readings - from the prescribed core texts
• Written tasks - submitted via private blogs or discussion forums
• Engagement with case studies
• Individual and Group tutorials (online)

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.