The primary aim of this module is to empower teaching practice supervisors and school-based mentors to develop and implement appropriate mentoring programmes to support teaching practice placements in schools. However, as will be seen, the competences associated with mentoring can also be applied more widely.
The learning guide of this module addresses four key questions as follows:

• What has changed/is changing in the schooling system and what are the roles of supervisors and school-based mentors?
• What is mentoring?
• What are the personal and professional qualities of effective mentors?
• How can we manage the establishment, monitoring and evaluation of a school mentoring programme to support teaching practice placements?