Mentoring and Coaching for Professionals: a Study of the Research Evidence

Contents Acknowledgements i Executive Summary ii 1 About this study ii 2 Mentoring and coaching: definitions, approaches and models iii 3 Mentoring and coaching: impacts for teachers, schools, other professionals and organisations iv 4 Mentoring and coaching: challenges and effective features v 5 Mentoring and coaching: promotion and support for teachers and activity and awareness in schools vi 6 Conclusions and recommendations vii 1 About this study 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Focus of this study 2 1.3 Methodology in brief 2 1.4 About the selected sources 4 1.5 Structure of this report 9 2 Mentoring and coaching: definitions, approaches and models 10 2.1 Summary and key findings 10 2.2 What definitions are there for mentoring and coaching? 11 2.3 What approaches and models for mentoring and coaching are used? 14 2.4 Variations in approach by intervention 25 2.5 Variations by sector and by context 25 3 Mentoring and coaching: impacts 27 3.1 Summary and key findings 27 3.2 Impacts for mentees and coachees 31 3.3 Impacts for mentors and coaches 33 3.4 Impacts for organisations (schools and social care organisations) 34 3.5 Impacts for young people 37 4 Challenges and effectiveness 39 4.1 Summary and key findings 39 4.2 Challenges of mentoring and coaching 40 4.3 Effectiveness: organisation and management 45 4.4 Effectiveness: the mentoring/coaching relationship and mentor/coach qualities and skills 52 5. Mentoring and coaching: promotion and support for teachers and activity and awareness in schools 55 5.1 Summary and key findings 55 5.2 What is the extent of promotion of mentoring and coaching on local authority websites? 56 5.3 What definitions of mentoring and coaching are being used and promoted by local authorities? 58 5.4 What approaches, models or frameworks for mentoring and coaching are being used and promoted by local authorities? 59 5.5 What activity and awareness of mentoring and coaching is there amongst teachers and in schools? 61 5.6 About the 30 local authorities 63 5.