ITTE Mentoring and Coaching SIG Newsletter

Hello folks

This Newsletter is to formalise the information which I've previously emailed to you. The ITTE website now includes this Newsletter function which I am trialling to find out how and if it works. So apologies for bombarding you with yet more information but hopefully this newsletter facility will greatly ease the burden of disseminating information to you all.

SIG Area on ITTE website

If you have not already done so, can you register on the new ITTE website (www.itte.org.uk) and access the Mentoring and Coaching SIG area. I've posted an account of our first meeting at the conference there and would like your views on its accuracy. As I did not make any notes in the meeting, this account is going to be very selective and partial (in both senses). Please let me know if I've missed, misrepresented or generally misgotten any views expressed.

Discussion forum

Therer is also a discussion forum for the SIG in which I am canvassing your views as to what should (or should not) be included in the ITTE online resource to support mentoring and coaching (assuming that the funding is released by the TDA). Please feel free to brainstorm any ideas you might have. I can't promise to include or implement them all but I would appreciate any suggestions you have. The resource will ultimately be made available for all providers and not just for ITTE members. However, as the funding is part of the eCommunities development pot, it makes sense for ITTE to make the bid on behalf of all providers. As soon as I have any information on the funding I will let you know.

AOB

Have a restful summer break and hope to maintain contact with you in the coming year.

All the best

Rik

Has this worked?

Remit

The remit for the Mentoring and Coaching SIG is to provide a platform for members of ITTE interested in exploring common issues and working together in a community of practice to share experiences and develop strategies for enhancing the quality of mentoring and coaching in providers and across their partnerships.

One of the key issues which is particular to the ITTE membership is the provision of high quality experience in ICT education for those training to become teachers - whether in secondary or primary education. Another area of common interest is making use of ICT-based solutions to some of the difficulties of maintining effective and positive relationships between provider institutions and schools.

SIG members are interested in pooling their experiences and sharing in examples of good practice which they have encountered.

If you are interested in joining the SIG, please email thew convener, Rik Bennett (r.bennett@chester.ac.uk) to become included in the email list and to receive news updates and information about SIG related events.