{"id":3471,"date":"2026-10-06T10:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2026-10-06T10:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:39:29","slug":"teaching-teachers-strategies-for-mentoring-student-teachers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/2026\/10\/06\/teaching-teachers-strategies-for-mentoring-student-teachers\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Teachers: Strategies for Mentoring Student Teachers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Teaching Teachers: Strategies for Mentoring Student Teachers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat teachers don&#8217;t just teach, they mentor the next generation.\u201d As a School-Based Teacher Educator (SBTE) in Scotland, your support could make all the difference for a student teacher as they prepare to enter the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This new five-week course from experts at the University of Edinburgh helps new and experienced mentors develop the skills to:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Build effective mentoring relationships<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Support student teachers emotionally and professionally<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Develop reflective learning conversations<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em> Deliver constructive feedback that encourages growth<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Join a community of educators shaping the future of teaching in Scotland. Enrol for free today:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/edin.ac\/4xp1ZRj\">https:\/\/edin.ac\/4xp1ZRj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>View the trailer for the course here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/media\/Mentoring%20Student%20Teachers%20Trailer\/1_3gztwn8u\">https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/media\/Mentoring%20Student%20Teachers%20Trailer\/1_3gztwn8u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Any questions or for further information, please do not hesitate to contact my colleague Dr Mike Lynch at: <a href=\"mailto:michael.lynch@ed.ac.uk\">michael.lynch@ed.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching Teachers: Strategies for Mentoring Student Teachers &nbsp; \u201cGreat teachers don&#8217;t just teach, they mentor the next generation.\u201d As a School-Based Teacher Educator (SBTE) in Scotland, your support could make all the difference for a student teacher as they prepare to enter the workforce. &nbsp; This new five-week course from experts at the University of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9334,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9334"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3472,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions\/3472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/professionallearning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}