International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education: Volume 5 Issue 2

Coaching for professional growth in one Australian school: “oil in water”

Deborah M. Netolicky

The purpose of this paper is to build knowledge around the use of coaching to develop teachers’ professional practice in schools. It surfaces insider perspectives of teachers and…

Judgementoring and how to avert it: introducing ONSIDE Mentoring for beginning teachers

Andrew J. Hobson

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to extend existing knowledge on the nature, reach, causes and consequences of judgementoring; second, to present a new framework for…

Online (web-based) education for mentors of newly qualified teachers: Challenges and opportunities

Göran Fransson

– The purpose of this paper is to report on a research project concerning a web-based (online) course for mentors of newly qualified teachers (NQTs).

Preservice teachers’ professional identity development and the role of mentor teachers

Mahsa Izadinia

The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in eight preservice teachers’ professional identity and the factors contributing to such changes during a four-week block…

The LifeMatters programme for developing life-skills in children: an evaluation

Margaret O'Rourke, Sean Hammond, David O'Sullivan, Ciara Staunton, Siobhan O'Brien

LifeMatters is a cognitive behavioural coaching programme that provides tools and techniques for developing and applying five areas of life skill competency: taking care of the…

Best Practices in Mentoring for Teacher and Leader Development

Rachel M. Lofthouse