Coaching and mentoring

Internationally there has been an increasing interest in the potential of coaching and mentoring for learning and teaching. Coaching and mentoring strategies are being employed in a wide range of situations including:

• to develop leadership practice
• to support CPD

The CPD Team over the last few years has engaged with a wide range of educational professionals in Scotland to determine the difference coaching and mentoring is making. The resulting resource  includes commentary on:

• case studies describing how coaching and mentoring contributes to professional development and practice
• accounts of school leaders who are incorporating coaching into their leadership
• examples of how coaching approaches are being used with pupils
• case studies of the development of coaching culture in schools and in education and children’s services organisations
• how coaching is seen as the centrepiece of Flexible Route to Headship