“Stay curious, keep learning and keep growing. Always strive to be more interested than interesting.” – Jane Fonda
ActiveMe 360 offers 360 teacher mentoring as a service to all schools to help teachers develop their knowledge and delivery of PE within schools. As part of the programme, all teachers are given a 360 mentoring folder at the start of their journey to help plan, monitor and evaluate their mentoring progress. We also offer 360 mentoring as CPD for teachers as we understand the importance of feeling confident in teaching all subjects, including PE.
In the blog below, our Account Manager, Emily, explores what our 360-teacher mentoring programme means to her, as a mentor…
When I was first asked to be a ‘mentor’, I really didn’t know what to expect. I thought it would be a one fit for all approach and oh how I was wrong!
Being a mentor has shown me that I am constantly learning and growing everyday whilst giving others an environment to be able to do the same.
I have gained so many important skills that help me to be a successful mentor, and for the teachers I am mentoring to be successful. The programme has helped to improve my personal relationships and highlighted how different every teacher is compared to the next. I had to learn to adapt quickly and change my approach towards learning and mentoring for every adult as well as children within their class.
Every day, mentoring brings amazing successes for each teacher and the children they teach. It has been amazing to create such fantastic relationships with my schools, I feel like they’re not just becoming great PE leads, but I’m also able to get to know them on a personal level which builds trust throughout the whole mentoring journey. It feels like they’re becoming great friends too!
After speaking to many teachers’, physical education seems to be an area within their training that doesn’t get the time and attention it needs. Physical education is extremely important for all children and adults throughout their life to improve their physical, mental and social wellbeing.
When starting the mentoring journey, we discuss targets that the teacher would like to achieve as well as what they would like their class to achieve within this journey. These targets could be anything from delivery, assessment, engagement from your class and improved confidence level within teaching PE. Nothing is off limits to what your target could be.
Start your mentoring journey with us today, and we will work with you to create a tailored programme, specific to each and every one of your teachers needs and the children within your school. Get in touch by sending us an email [email protected] or giving us a call on 02382 511844.