In this episode, we speak with one of our mentor’s, Jim Strachan. Jim authored the work Mentoring For All and has been instrumental in developing successful mentorship programs here in Ontario. 

Stick with us and you’ll hear enlightening moment after enlightening moment. Jim shares how to apply some easy to remember (but hard to do) mentoring moves. He helps us learn how we can build foundational elements of mentorship and how being an effective mentor makes an effective teacher and vice versa.  


You’ll Learn: 

• How to be a “saucy” mentor;
• How to apply some easy to remember (but hard to ‘do’) mentoring moves;
• Why congruence between what you say and what you do is necessary to build trust;
• How using a “3rd point” can assist in building trust with a new mentee;
• What techniques and actions are key when mentoring

Resources: 

Jim Strachan’s Mentoring For All Website

Teacher Learning and Leadership Program - https://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/11/TLLP-Executive-Summary-2018.pdf

NorCan - https://www.otffeo.on.ca/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/NORCAN-%E2%80%93-Ontario%E2%80%99s-Learning-Journey-A-report-of-the-NORCAN-Ontario-partners-June-2019.pdf

Mentoring for Mentors site - https://sites.google.com/view/mentoringforall

2022 Mentoring eBook as a pdf - https://sites.google.com/view/mentoringforall/updated-ebook

Appreciative Inquiry - https://express.adobe.com/page/hdrBCPMp4PvZS/

Building Trust - https://express.adobe.com/page/ILRon40Cwtwbu/

Looking in the Mirror - https://express.adobe.com/page/vsU2SatIm6pUt/

Mentoring Webs - https://express.adobe.com/page/77mXiLAbyORIK/

Roles & Stances of an Effective Mentor - https://express.adobe.com/page/SO71hkeEZpsX2/

Coaching Conversation Map - https://express.adobe.com/page/7tx3uF2insMZN/

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