Role of Teaching, Coaching, and Mentoring in Mentee Development

Table of Content
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INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY............................................................................................................................................2
Task 1.....................................................................................................................................................2
Analyse the similarities and differences between teaching, coaching and mentoring and
summarize the responsibilities that your role entailed.....................................................................2
b) Review the effectiveness of your role in helping the mentee achieving goal as a coach, or
mentor or as a teacher......................................................................................................................4
c) Review the processes involved in one-to-one coaching, mentoring and teaching in relation to
emotional, intellectual and social benefits for mentees....................................................................5
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Task 2.....................................................................................................................................................6
a) In your role, identify at least FIVE strategies that you used in helping the mentee and state why
you chose those strategies................................................................................................................6
b) Review the resources required for an effective multi-agency approach and explain the factors
that influence the referral process....................................................................................................7
Factors that influence the referral process........................................................................................8
Task 3.....................................................................................................................................................9
a) Analyse the effectiveness of own practice and your own strengths and areas for improvement in
relation to one-to-one role with mentees.........................................................................................9
b) Develop a Five point action plan, identify your own strengths and area for development to help
improve your skills in relation to one-to-one teaching and learning situations...............................10
CONCLUSION.......................................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES.........................................................................................................................................12
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Books and Journals..........................................................................................................................12
INTRODUCTION
Coaching and mentoring play a vital role in the life of mentee as they come to know the
reality of life with the help of proper coaching and mentoring. Teaching is a process that
helps to increase the knowledge of mentee enhances skills and gives lessons that help in
every part of life. It helps to the mentees to understand themselves and decide their future
goals.
This report is based on role of teaching, mentoring and coaching (Germeroth and Sarama,
2017). There is discussion related similarities as well as differences teaching, mentoring and
coaching. It helps to provide guidance, motivation and helps mentees to live an effective life.
Teacher plays a vital role in life of a mentee and helps him to achieve the goals and
objectives. There is further discussion related to one-to-one coaching, mentoring and
teaching. In the next part of this report strategies that help the mentees and explained.
Resources that are required for effective multi-agency approach are also mentioned in this
part of the report. In the last part there is discussion related strengths and weakness and how
to improve them. In the end of the report SMART objectives that help in development of
skills is also mentioned.
MAIN BODY
Task 1
Analyse the similarities and differences between teaching, coaching and mentoring and
summarize the responsibilities that your role entailed
Teaching: It is a profession that assists mentees. It is a process that helps mentees to learn. It
plays a vital role in life of a mentee. A teacher is a person that understands the needs and
wants of mentees and provides them knowledge (Palmer, 2018). It is not easy to understand
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the mentees and make them understand the concepts and lessons of life. Teacher helps to
motivate, guide and provide direction to the mentee.
Mentoring: It is a process to maximise the performance of an individual by helping the
person to learn the concept rather than to teach him. It is a continuous process and
involvement of both parties is important. It is seen that the mentor prepared questions and ask
them. The lesson plan is created and the help to guide the mentee. A mentor plays attention
and solves all the problems that come in the life of mentee (Bentley, Workman and Overby,
2017). It can be said that mentoring plays a role vital in learning and development of
individual. It can be better understood with example. At the time of my training a mentee was
assigned to me and I was a mentor. I use to have regular interaction with the mentee. I
realised that he is lacking in IT skills, organising skills and also academic skills so I worked
upon improving communication skills. I as a mentor started taking sessions so that the skills
can be enhanced.
Coaching: It is a process that helps to identify the needs and wants of mentee. It helps to
know about the strength and weakness of the mentees and then teach him.
Similarities among teaching, coaching and mentoring are mentioned below:
No doubt all of these activities are different but the main aim behind them is similar, the most
common elements are discussed below:
A learning conversation: Me as a mentor focus on learning of the mentee. The aim is to
make the mentee know and grab more knowledge and learn new things (Grant, 2020).
Making them learn will help the mentee.
Agreed outcomes: I being a mentor always focus and promises the mentee to help them to
achieve the agreed outcomes. All of them make efforts by understanding the mentee and help
him to achieve the objectives in the life. They promise them and then fulfil the outcomes. As
when I was a mentor I analysed that I use to work on the goals that are decided at the initial
level. Then let the mentees work as per the goals and achieve the desired outcomes.
Focus on learning and teaching: All these activities basically focus on making the mentee
learn new concepts and various aspects that are important in the life. All of them focus on
teaching them proving those lessons. I as a mentor used to take care of the learning of a
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mentee and make all efforts so that they can learn. As the IT skills are not good I used to
focus on them.
Mutual benefit: Teaching, mentoring and coaching always benefits the mentee as the
process leads in development of the mentee. All these activities focus on proving them lesson
and motivating them to achieve goals and objectives in life(Jenkin, 2020). Along with that the
mentor and teacher gets benefit as it is achievement for the mentor, teacher or coach. All of
them are involved and get benefit from the success of mentee.
Confidentiality: It is analysed that I always focuses on maintain confidentiality. All the
personal and important information related to the mentee is kept confidential. They never
disclose information and data of mentee with anyone. No doubt I did know that my mentee
lacks various skills like IT skills, academic skills and organising skills I never shared it with
others and motivated my mentee to develop these skills
Above mentioned points shows the similarities among the three activities. All the mentors,
coaches and teachers are important in the life of a mentee. It is seen that all of them focus on
the development of mentee.
There are many differences between the roles, all roles have their own responsibilities. The
difference between coach, teacher and mentor on the basis of their responsibilities is
mentioned below:
Coach Teacher Mentor
Coach always focuses on
area that needs improvement
in the area where there is
requirement.
They are always present as
guidance for the mentees
and make all the efforts to
satisfy the needs of the
mentees.
There way if providing
coaching is by setting the
targets and then helping the
A teacher is specialist in a
subject and helps the
mentees to gain knowledge
about the subject.
They take responsibility of
the mentee and understand
their needs(Noon, 2018).
They focus on working in
groups and they also prepare
for working individually.
The focus on teachers in
always on the learning
Mentor always forms
relation as a ‘Critical friend’.
As it helps them understand
the things better.
They provide proper
direction to the mentee. The
guidance help to live life
happily and helping them to
overcome the obstacles.
The strategy that is followed
by a mentor is proactive
rather than structured
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