Category Archives: mentoring

Speed mentoring

While listening to a recent Radio 3 programme on Speed Dating with a Thinker, it occured to me that the speed dating format would make for a great break from workshops at a TEFL conference, and also maybe help people find … Continue reading

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Guest piece- Why I Mentor

A guest piece by Paula Swenson, long term TEFL.net reviewer and all round star “Mentoring, mysteriously, seems to be something of a hot-button topic. You know the type of thing that causes people to write flaming, emotion –laden replies to … Continue reading

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Can teacher development make you happy?

I’m reading The Developing Teacher by Duncan Foord, the latest title from the always interesting Delta Publishing (get hold of free TEFL books like this yourself by clicking here) and it popped into my head that teacher development does provide a … Continue reading

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The TEFL mentoring experiment has begun

It took a while, but after reading Louise Lee’s guest piece calling for an online system of TEFL mentoring, we leapt into action (well, staggered to our feet like we had a makkoli hangover) and a mere 2 months later … Continue reading

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TEFL mentors needed!

A thought- (and hopefully action-) provoking guest piece by Louise Lee “I sometimes think that jumping out of a plane at 15,000ft was a piece of cake compared to my intensive TEFL course followed by the first four months of … Continue reading

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