RESOURCES

The idea for our book, When Mentoring Meets Coaching: Shifting the Stance in Education, grew out of past participants’ requests for a resource that captured the theoretical and, to a degree, the practical aspects of the training they had received through our program. We wrote this book to serve those who read independently and those who will read this book as part of our Mentor-Coaching Institute training.

This gorgeous collection of 30 cards showcases a different photograph on every card. Each image has been selected specifically to evoke a response, and this exercise allows your mentee to connect with themselves, in the moment, and become more aware of their own internal state. MCI Coaching cards can also help expand awareness through metaphor at any time during the coaching conversation.

As mentor-coaches, adopting an inquiring stance invites us to ask questions that truly support the mentee’s learning and growth. In this section, we offer a curated sampling of questions that will not only help you embrace a more open stance as “thinking partner”, but will also provoke the mentee to inquire, reflect and stretch beyond their perceived limits and choices.

As part of the Mentor-Coaching Institute training, we provide tools to help establish the mentor-coaching relationship, navigate the mentor-coaching conversations, and support mentees in their journey of growth and transformational change. There are 17 tools divided into 3 major categories: Beginning the Mentor-Coaching Process, Navigating One Conversation at a Time, and Supporting the Mentee in Building Capacity.

We recognize that the rigour required in holding the mentor-coaching frame brings with it real and deep behavioural change and that embracing and inhabiting this stance is not easy. In this section, you will find a series of demonstration videos that are intended to provide you with deeper insights into the mentor-coaching process and set you up for success.