Laser Lessons - Lesson

Support children and young people to achieve their education potential

‘The Learning Mentor Manual’ by Stephanie George, published by SAGE Publications Ltd.

Read the section 'Accountability and monitoring', paying close attention to the sub-sections:'Student self-assessment''Action planning and target setting'

NB. You do not need to buy this book. You should be able to find a copy at your local library service. Laser Learning is not suggesting that this book is more suitable than others available to learners. Be sure to look at a variety of books, including any mentioned in the Extended Learning section of the lesson.

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Practice Guide to Learning Mentoring’ by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
'Integrated working explained’ by Children’s Workforce Development Council
‘The Learning Mentor Manual’ by Stephanie George, published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
Creating practical action plans’ by Triple Creek Associates Inc.
‘Learning Mentor Practice Guide’ by Children's Workforce Development Council
‘A code of ethics for people working with children and young people’ on the International Child and Youth Care Network website
‘Your child’s rights in education’ from the Mencap website
‘The right to education: Introducing articles 28 and 29’ from UNICEF United Kingdom
‘Supporting SEND’ from Ofsted
‘Schools: Statutory guidance’ from the Department for Education
‘Careers guidance and access for education and training providers’ from the Department for Education
‘Key safeguarding legislation and guidance for schools’ webpage on the NSPCC website
‘Learning mentors’ by the Ealing Grid for Learning.
‘Narrowing the achievement gap for disadvantaged pupils’ from Lambeth Council.

Presentation

Click to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Celebrating success and achievement’.
Click to launch this lesson's presentation on ‘Positive reinforcement’.
Click to launch this lesson's presentation on ‘Evaluating action plans’.

Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Click the icon to access the Department for Education’s webpage on the curriculum which lists the requirements for all subjects.
Click on the icon to visit a Gov UK webpage about the support available to children with SEN.
‘Special educational needs and disability code of practice: 0 to 25 years’ by the Department for Education. Click to read this statutory guidance for organisations which work with and support children and young people who have special educational needs or disabilities.
Click to read ‘How Writing Down Specific Goals Can Empower Struggling Students’ on the Mind Shift website.
Click to read ‘Celebrate good times; Ideas and activities to celebrate communication milestones – big and small’ by The Communication Trust. This document contains useful advice, tips, and activities for celebrating achievements related to communication.
Find and read ‘The Learning Mentor Manual’ by Stephanie George, published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Pay particular attention to page 78 ‘Monitoring and evaluating’ and page 92 ‘Celebrating uniqueness’ N.B. You should be able to find a copy at your local library service.
Click to read ‘Why Understanding Obstacles is Essential to Achieving Goals’ on the Mind Shift website.
Click to read ‘Poorer young people more likely to have career aspirations that don’t match their educational goals’ from the Education Endownment Foundation.
This round-up from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation looks at ‘The role of aspirations, attitudes and behaviour in closing the educational attainment gap’.
The Department for Education has published research by Alex Sutherland, Sonia Ilie & Anna Vignoles on ‘Factors associated with achievement: key stage 4’.
Unicef have released this ‘Case study: Educational mentoring’ on the work of the Refugee Support Network (who are now known as Refugee Education UK).
This article by Randy Emelo and Glenn Hughes is on ‘Introducing the mentoring conversations model’.

Extended Learning

Watch the two videos ‘8 ways to praise students - Part 1’ and ‘Part 2’ produced by Teacher Talk. This video is aimed at teachers, but the different types of praise outlined can also be useful for your role.
Part 2

Think And Challenge