Mentoring Teachers Course
Education studies
A course by
UC Online
Grow your educational leadership skills and learn how to mentor pre-service and in-service teachers with guidance from UC education experts. This micro-credential provides practical tools and cultural perspectives for supporting and developing teachers.
NZ$328
inc GST
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Core skills this course teaches
Differentiate between mentoring and coaching
Understand and explain how mentoring is distinct from coaching in an educational context.
Establish effective mentor-mentee relationships
Develop tools and strategies for building strong and supportive mentoring relationships with teachers.
About This Course
This micro-credential is designed for qualified teachers seeking to become mentors or expand their educational leadership skills. Delivered online by University of Canterbury experts, the course covers foundational principles of mentoring and coaching, a Māori worldview of mentoring, facilitation of learning conversations, creation of SMART goals, and supporting teachers at various career stages. The content is culturally responsive and ideal for those in educational leadership or management roles across early childhood, primary, or secondary sectors.
Course Content
- The difference between mentoring and coaching
- Building effective mentoring relationships
- A Māori worldview of mentoring, with principles of Te Tiriti
- Facilitating difficult learning conversations
- Creating SMART goals
- Module 1: Te Pakiaka o te tōtara – Establishing mentor relationships
- Module 2: Te Taitea o te tōtara – Applying Māori mentoring principles and Te Tiriti in mentoring
- Module 3: Te Taikaha o te tōtara – Ako: Listening for Learning skills
- Module 4: Te Taikaha o te tōtara – Wānanga: Types of feedback and educative mentoring approaches
- Module 5: Te Karamatamata o te tōtara – Facilitating learning conversations and professional goal setting
- Assessment via quizzes (15%), forum participation (20%), and final assessment (65%)
Entry Requirements
Be a qualified teacher
Build towards these roles
Mentor teacherEducational leaderManager in education settingsSupport roles for pre-service and early career teachers
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