Today’s episode is the 100th episode of the podcast! Great to reach this milestone, and thank you so much to all the listeners for the support. 

 On this episode I am joined by Dr Kathleen Forbes. Kathleen is a senior consultant clinician for Place 2 Be, a mental health charity. For the past seven years Place 2 Be has been working with new teachers to improve their wellbeing and reflective capacity. 

In this interview we answer the question: how can new teachers make their relationship with their mentor work?

 In answering that central question we also answer: 

  Could you tell listeners about the work Place 2 Be does with new teachers?

  From your experience, what are some of the challenges new teachers can face in working with mentors? 

  What work can new teachers do to prepare themselves for the mentor-relationship before it begins? 

  What general strategies do you think will help a student-teacher during the mentor relationship?

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