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SCITTELS

Mentoring and Wellbeing

Support to grow. A place to belong.

Develop your teaching with guidance, encouragement and time to reflect.

Learning to teach is rewarding and demanding. At SCITTELS, mentoring helps you connect your training with classroom practice, recognise your progress and work through challenges.

Your wellbeing matters throughout the year. We encourage you to ask questions, share concerns early and speak with us about the support you need.

Your support network

Your school-based mentor

Your mentor supports your development in school, helping you understand classroom practice, reflect on your teaching and identify manageable next steps.

Your SCITTELS Lead Mentor

Your Lead Mentor helps you connect professional and subject training with your school experience, recognise your strengths and focus on priorities for development.

Your training community

Training alongside others gives you opportunities to exchange ideas, discuss experiences and learn together. Your fellow trainees bring different perspectives that can enrich your learning.

How mentoring helps you develop

Regular feedback and professional conversations help you understand what is working, what pupils are learning and what to practise next.

Understand teaching decisions

Discuss the thinking behind classroom approaches. Connect what you observe with your training and consider how it applies to the pupils you teach.

Turn feedback into action

Use feedback to identify a clear focus for improvement. Practise an approach, reflect on its impact and refine it with guidance from your mentor.

Recognise your progress

Take time to notice the knowledge, skills and confidence you are developing. Reflecting on progress helps you recognise your strengths alongside your next steps.

Build confidence gradually

On our tuition-fee routes, you begin with small-group teaching and build towards teaching the whole class. Mentoring supports you as your responsibilities grow.

Your wellbeing matters

Training brings new responsibilities alongside commitments outside school. We encourage open conversations about workload, confidence and any circumstances affecting your experience.

If something is becoming difficult, speak with your mentor or the SCITTELS team early. Together, we can discuss the concern, clarify priorities and consider appropriate next steps.

Developing sustainable working habits

Plan and prioritise

Plan time for teaching preparation, reading and any academic work. Ask for clarification when expectations are unclear and discuss competing priorities with your mentor.

Learn with others

Make use of professional conversations and shared learning. Ask colleagues about useful approaches and resources, and adapt these thoughtfully for your pupils.

Make space to recharge

Consider how to protect time for rest, relationships and activities outside training. Discuss workload concerns when they arise so they can be addressed.

Support that recognises your circumstances

Trainees bring different backgrounds, experiences and responsibilities. We welcome conversations about disability, health conditions, caring commitments or other circumstances that may affect your training.

Contact us to discuss access needs or adjustments before or during your course. This helps us understand your circumstances and explore suitable support with you.

Wherever possible, we also consider travelling distance when arranging placements, recognising the demands of the training year.

Start a conversation

Your school-based mentor can help with questions about classroom practice and your day-to-day school experience. Your SCITTELS Lead Mentor or the wider team can help you discuss training concerns and support needs.

If you would prefer to raise a concern directly with SCITTELS, contact us at scittels@colegrave.newham.sch.uk .

Get to know the support around you

Meet our team and ask questions about mentoring, wellbeing and training with SCITTELS.

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