Coaching and mentoring for teachers: leading from the classroom
About this course
This coaching and mentoring course for teachers is for classroom teachers who want to support colleagues, guide new teachers and help students grow, without needing a formal leadership role. Many of the most important changes in a school start in the classroom, with teachers who share their experience, ask good questions and help others find their own solutions. The course shows you how to take on that role with confidence.
Over five days, you will learn the key principles and practical tools of coaching and mentoring. These include active listening, powerful questions, simple coaching models such as GROW, goal setting and constructive feedback. You will practise peer coaching with colleagues, explore how to mentor newly qualified and less experienced teachers, and discover how coaching techniques can boost student motivation, reflection and independence. Sessions are hands-on, with real school scenarios, coaching practice in pairs and trios, and plenty of time to reflect on your own practice.
You will leave with a coaching toolkit, a set of ready-to-use questions and conversation structures, and a plan to start a simple peer coaching or mentoring initiative in your school.
COURSE OVERVIEW
- Integrate a coaching approach into your daily conversations with colleagues and students.
- Lead a small peer coaching or mentoring initiative in your school.
- Evaluate and adapt your coaching style to different people and situations.
- Share coaching and mentoring practices with colleagues to build a culture of support.
- Use active listening and powerful questions to guide colleagues and students towards their own solutions.
- Apply the GROW model to run a short, structured coaching conversation.
- Plan and carry out a mentoring conversation with a new or less experienced teacher.
- Create simple coaching activities to develop student reflection and goal setting.
- Give constructive, supportive feedback after a lesson observation.
- Understand the difference between coaching, mentoring, teaching and giving advice.
- Identify the key skills of an effective coach and mentor in a school setting.
- Recognise simple coaching models, such as GROW, and how they structure a conversation.
- Explain how coaching and mentoring support teacher development, new teachers and student learning.
NEXT COURSES
Our Pricing
100% funded by the Erasmus+
Services included
- Pre-arrival information.
- Tuition & training materials.
- Admin & organizational costs.
- Documentation support.
- Coffee break.
*Please check our Terms & Conditions for details of the items included in the Coffee Corner.
services
- Accommodation (hotels & self-catering apartments).
- Half-day and one-day trips.
- Cultural activities.
- Airport transfer.
- Local transport.
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