EDPROFST 762 : Mentoring Professionals
Education and Social Work
2023 Late Year Term (1237) (30 POINTS)
Course Prescription
Course Overview
Coaching and mentoring can be highly productive forms of professional learning. Unfortunately, this is only sometimes the case, so a critical purpose of this course is to understand how to realise the potential of coaching and mentoring to make a difference where it matters most–for students. This course focuses on leading coaching and mentoring, so you'll not learn how to coach and mentor. Instead, you'll learn about the theories underlying coaching and mentoring and consider how to select and plan a coaching|mentoring approach to achieve specific purposes in your educational context.
Capabilities Developed in this Course
| Capability 1: | Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice |
| Capability 2: | Critical Thinking |
| Capability 3: | Solution Seeking |
| Capability 4: | Communication and Engagement |
Learning Outcomes
- Develop and communicate an understanding of different theories, approaches and practices of mentoring/coaching informed by research, theory and practice (Capability 1 and 2)
- Critically engage with the tensions between different theories and approaches of mentoring/coaching (Capability 1 and 2)
- Understand how adaptive expertise is developed through coaching (Capability 1)
- Apply understanding of effective mentoring approaches and practices to plan a mentoring programme for a specific purpose in context (Capability 1, 3 and 4)
- Locate, retrieve, interpret and critique relevant scholarly literature in coaching and mentoring in order to plan a mentoring programme (Capability 4)
- Critically examine how purpose, approach and context inter-relate in coaching and mentoring programmes to produce improvement (Capability 1 and 2)
- Understand the role of leadership in coaching/mentoring programmes that impact student learning (Capability 1)
Assessments
| Assessment Type | Percentage | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | 30% | Individual Coursework |
| Assignment 2 | 50% | Individual Coursework |
| Assignment 3 | 20% | Individual Coursework |
| 3 types | 100% |
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To pass this course, students must submit all assessments and achieve at least 50% for the overall course.
Workload Expectations
This course is a 30-point course, and students are expected to spend 25 hours per week engaging with course activities and readings and assignment-related preparation. Full participation in and completion of all online activities aids success.
Some weeks you will spend more time on discussions and assignments than in other weeks, where the workload will be somewhat less. It is essential that you keep up with the prescribed readings and weekly discussions, engage with your lecturer and peers on discussion boards and complete all assigned tasks on time. We encourage you to attempt all activities and questions as they appear throughout the content. This will assist in reinforcing the learning objectives for that module and help you self-diagnose how you are going in each module. It will also give you an accurate point of reference when seeking help from your lecturer.
Students are urged to discuss privately any impairment-related requirements through electronic communication (verbal or written) with the course director or lecturer.
Delivery Mode
Online
Course learning material is provided on CANVAS. Weekly CANVAS modules contain learning resources, readings and interactive activities constituting essential learning. While students can flex the completion of modules to suit their lifestyle and responsibilities, completing a module a week best supports success.
Additionally, synchronous weekly discussion activities and drop-in sessions will be held. Attendance at these events is optional. Where appropriate, aspects of these synchronous sessions will be recorded for students to watch later.
This course runs to the University's late year term timetable and all the associated completion dates and deadlines will apply.
Learning Resources
Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).
Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.
Student Feedback
At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.
Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.
Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.
Academic Integrity
The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.
Class Representatives
Class representatives are students tasked with representing student issues to departments, faculties, and the wider university. If you have a complaint about this course, please contact your class rep who will know how to raise it in the right channels. See your departmental noticeboard for contact details for your class reps.
Inclusive Learning
All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.
Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website http://disability.auckland.ac.nz
Special Circumstances
If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.
If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.
This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.
Learning Continuity
In the event of an unexpected disruption, we undertake to maintain the continuity and standard of teaching and learning in all your courses throughout the year. If there are unexpected disruptions the University has contingency plans to ensure that access to your course continues and course assessment continues to meet the principles of the University’s assessment policy. Some adjustments may need to be made in emergencies. You will be kept fully informed by your course co-ordinator/director, and if disruption occurs you should refer to the university website for information about how to proceed.
Student Charter and Responsibilities
The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html.
Disclaimer
Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.
In this course students may be asked to submit coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. In exceptional circumstances changes to elements of this course may be necessary at short notice. Students enrolled in this course will be informed of any such changes and the reasons for them, as soon as possible, through Canvas.