International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education: Volume 7 Issue 1

The role of the mentor in professional knowledge development across four professions

Gillian Peiser, John Ambrose, Beverley Burke, Jackie Davenport

Against a British policy backdrop, which places an ever- increasing emphasis on workplace learning in pre-service professional programmes, the purpose of this paper is to…

The six “P” model: principles of coaching for inclusion coaches

Tiffany L. Gallagher, Sheila M. Bennett

The purpose of this paper is to identify a set of principles that are necessary to overcome the challenges that inclusion coaches encounter with teachers as they transition into…

Developing student teachers’ teaching self-efficacy through Shared Mentoring in Learning Environments (SMILE)

Estella W. Chizhik, Alexander W. Chizhik, Catherine Close, Margaret Gallego

The researchers developed a model of mentoring student teachers, known as Shared Mentoring in Learning Environments (SMILE), to provide opportunities for classroom teachers to…

Understanding the nature of mentoring experiences between teachers and student teachers

Semiyu Aderibigbe, Donald S. Gray, Laura Colucci-Gray

Mentoring is widely recognised as an effective strategy for supporting the professional learning of teachers and student teachers across different educational contexts. Yet, its…

Understanding how diversity training impacts faculty mentors’ awareness and behavior

Stephanie C. House, Kimberly C. Spencer, Christine Pfund

The purpose of this paper is to explore how a mentor training intervention affected research scientists’ perceptions of diversity and their subsequent behaviors.

Community college minority female administrators as mentors of minority female students

Maureen Fonts

Minority female students are increasingly faced with issues such as financial instability, work-family imbalance, and few growth opportunities in their careers. Within the context…