Mentoring Teachers Course
Grow your educational leadership skills
Boost your capability as a current – or future! – education leader. Whether you’re looking to become a mentor teacher or grow your existing education and leadership skills, learn from our UC education experts in Mentoring Pre-service Teachers.
Overview
Seeking the next step in your education career? Whether you’re looking to become a mentor teacher for the first time, or want to boost your existing educational leadership skills, gain the tools you need to effectively support and mentor the people in your kura | school.
With our Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury education experts, you’ll learn more about education and leadership, including how to facilitate positive outcomes, te ao Māori mentoring principles, and growing empowering mentor-mentee relationships.
Whether you’re in early childhood, primary or secondary education, you can use these educational leadership skills to support Pre-service, Tōmua | Provisional and Tūturu | Full Practising teachers, as well as laying the foundation for your future in education management.
This course is ideal for
- ECE, Primary and secondary teachers
- Educational leaders and managers
- People interested in beginning a career in educational leadership or management
Testimonials
What you'll learn
- The difference between mentoring and coaching
- How to build effective mentoring relationships
- A Māori worldview of mentoring and how the principles of Te Tiriti influence relationships
- How to facilitate difficult learning conversations
- How to create SMART goals
Course outline
Our courses are flexible, enabling you to plan your study around your other commitments. You can choose to study when it suits you during the learning period (7 October – 8 December, with a one-week study break from 4-10 November), followed by a 2-week review period for marking and feedback (9 –22 December).
We recommend completing around 6 hours of study a week during the 8-week learning period (excluding the study break)– you can view the course overview here for more details on assessment timings.
Module 1: Te Pakiaka o te tōtaraAssessments
- 2 Module quizzes = 15%
- Forum participation = 20%
- Final assessment = 65%
Upon successful completion of the course you will be issued a digital badge to recognise your learning achievements. This can take up to 2 months to be delivered after the marking and feedback period.
Requirements
To take this course, you must:
- Be a qualified teacher
- Have a teaching degree and/or extensive and relevant previous teaching experience
Technology requirements
We recommend a laptop or desktop computer and a reliable internet connection. For most courses you'll need to download and populate assignments. These are usually available in Microsoft Word.
Course fees
Course fees must be paid before learning can begin, either via online credit-card payment, or by contacting info@uconline.ac.nz to request an invoice. Please note: fixed invoice payment dates apply, so we recommend getting in touch with us as soon as possible to request an invoice, as this option is subject to availability.
Group discounts
Get your colleagues together to take advantage of our group discounts:
- 10% for 3 - 6 learners
- 15% for 7+ learners
Contact our Partnerships Manager to learn more and enquire now.
Cap & minimum enrolment threshold
A minimum number of learners is needed for effective interaction and feedback, while a maximum cap of learners ensures high quality learning and support. If the minimum number of enrolments required for a course isn’t met, or the maximum cap is exceeded, learners will be given the option to defer their study or receive a refund.
Crediting this course towards a degree
In certain cases the points from this course can be credited towards further study with UC. Learn more about cross-crediting and recognition of prior learning.
Our people
![Grant Buchanan](https://uconline.ac.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/Instructor%20Images/Grant.png?width=800&height=800&name=Grant.png)
Grant Buchanan
Lecturer | School of Teacher Education
Grant also teaches Physical Education courses with primary pre-service teachers and works as a professional practice lecturer. He completed a master’s thesis on mentoring in primary schools in New Zealand. His research focuses on understanding the ecological nuances of mentoring teachers and using mentoring to build professional capability.
![Nikki Tod](https://uconline.ac.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/Nikki.png?width=800&height=800&name=Nikki.png)
Nikki Tod
Lecturer | School of Teacher Education
Nikki's professional background includes ten years of classroom teaching in primary schools. This includes senior leadership positions, mentoring pre-service and beginning teachers, and lecturing in Initial Teacher Education at UC for over twenty years.
![Sandra Williamson-Leadley](https://uconline.ac.nz/hs-fs/hubfs/Sandra.png?width=800&height=800&name=Sandra.png)
Sandra Williamson-Leadley
Senior Lecturer | Education
Sandra's professional background includes 17 years as a primary school teacher in NZ. This includes senior leadership positions, mentoring pre-service and beginning teachers, and ten years as a teacher educator.
Her doctoral research focused on the perspectives of primary teachers regarding the impact of professional development when integrating educational technologies in their classroom practices. She's been involved in mentoring as a student and associate/mentor teacher, and is now a professional practice lecturer for initial teacher education students on placement.
Please note: our academic team develop and present video content within their courses, but are not always the course facilitator. The course facilitator will engage with learners in the course forums, answer queries and mark assignments.
$309 NZD
incl GST where applicable$971 NZD
incl GST where applicableEnrolments close 3 October
3 February 2025
28 April 2025
14 July 2025
29 Sept 2025