Richard Durant

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Richard Durant

• Mentoring to raise
• achievement

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• Who?
• How?
• What with?

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• Who?

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• The Strategys mentoring programmes are
• Maths Challenge
• Learning Challenge
• Writing Challenge
• Reading Challenge

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• The Challenge programmes are part of the
  intervention
• toolkit that also includes
• Springboard 7 (Maths)
• Targeting Level 4 in Maths
• Targeting Level 4 in English
• The six Literacy Progress Units
• The literacy Foundation Units
• The Y6-7 transition units in maths and English
• The summer school teaching materials
• The Y9 Booster units in science, maths and English

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• selecting and diagnosing

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• The joys of mentoring
• benefits

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• As you watch the video,
• use the grid to note down
• how the six benefits are
• exemplified

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• What happens in
• mentoring sessions?

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• Who are the mentors?

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• Video
• older students as mentors

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• The Challenge programmes have distinct
• organisational steps
• Step 1 Identification of the student group
• Step 2 Recruiting coaches
• Step 3 Diagnosis by the school organiser
• Step 4 Students coached towards their target
• Step 5 Review of progress against target

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Mentoring to raise achievement

• All KS3 Strategy materials are available from
• 0845 60 222 60
• Select 3 on reply