Mentoring Religious Education Teachers in the Secondary School: A Practical Guide

This book helps mentors working with beginning teachers of religious education to develop their own mentoring skills, and to provide the essential guidance their mentee needs as they navigate the rollercoaster of their first years in the classroom. Offering tried and tested strategies, it covers the knowledge, skills and understanding every mentor needs. Practical tools offered include approaches for developing subject knowledge and lesson planning, as well as guidance for the effective use of pre- and post-lesson discussion, observations and target setting to support beginning religious education teachers.

Together with analytical tools for self-evaluation, this book is a vital source of support and inspiration for all those involved in developing the next generation of outstanding religious education teachers. Key topics covered include:

Models of mentoring

Your knowledge, skills and understanding as a mentor

Developing mentees religious literacy through classroom practice

Supporting the planning of effective and creative RE lessons

Developing mentees knowledge and skills in the RE curriculum

Supporting the delivery and evaluation of lessons

Observations and pre- and post-lesson discussions and regular mentoring meetings

Helping new Religious Education teachers develop their professional practice

Filled with the key tools needed for the mentor’s individual development, this book offers an accessible guide to mentoring religious education teachers with ready-to-use strategies that support, inspire and elevate both mentors and beginning teachers alike.