How can new teachers make their relationship with their mentor work?

Beyond Survival: The New Teacher Podcast

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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