Mentoring Early Career Teachers with Lucy Donovan and Sharne Watkins

As an initial teacher education (ITE) institution, we spend a lot of our time thinking about mentoring student teachers, especially how to support our school-based colleagues who undertake this vital role. Our colleagues in the regional school improvement consortia think about it too, especially with their responsibility for mentoring newly-qualified teachers (NQTs).

One consortium, Central South Consortium, carried out an appreciative enquiry to try and get hold of the very best mentoring practice out there in South Wales, and that's what we're talking about in today's episode. Joining us in the studio are Lucy Donovan from CSC, and Sharne Watkins from Cardiff Met.

What is an appreciative enquiry? How can I be a great mentor? Is mentoring student teachers and NQTs different? Have a listen and find out, and then get yourself straight to the CSC website to have a read!

You can listen to this episode wherever you get your podcasts, or watch us in action on our YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@talkteachingpod

Podcast artwork: Beth Blandford (blandoodles)

Music: Cameron Stewart

Editor: Tom Breeze

Studio Manager: Adrian Rapps

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Recorded in studio B2.15 at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cyncoed campus on 11th November 2023.