Sarah

Just catching up with a flood of email, apologies - one paper is
accepted in Teaching Education date to be confirmed and the other is
with Journal of In-Service Education (but is delayed as somehow the
manuscript got lost in the post!).  I am planning to write one based on
the BERA paper for the Oxford Review or BERJ, but time is the issue at
present.

Best wishes

David

>-----Original Message-----
>From: BERA-MENTORING-COACHING 
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of 
>Sarah Fletcher
>Sent: 14 July 2006 07:47
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: re. Congratulations (and Questions)
>
>Hello, David,
>
>Thank you very much for writing in. I have been hoping that 
>you would, knowing that we'll have your presentations to look 
>forward to at BERA.
>It's so good to have the benefit of your expertise and 
>experience in our SIG and I'm keen to extend my learning about 
>coaching with your help.
>
>When will your papers with Rachel be published and in which journals?
>
>Best wishes,
>Sarah
>
>--- D J K Leat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>>  Dear All
>> 
>> I am one of the quiet ones  - always a bit busy and it is nice to 
>> listen.
>> 
>> Anyway a bit of biography.  I was a PGCE tutor for
>> 11 years and had
>> responsibility for PGCE mentor training.  Along the way, via a 
>> research interest in Thinking Skills, we started using 
>coaching which 
>> become a masters module in the late 90s.  From 2001-2004 I was on 
>> leave of absence with the then KS3 Strategy, where I was responsible 
>> for writing a lot of modules including Coaching Modules in the 
>> Sustaining Improvement folder.  Came back to the university and have 
>> taken over as director for the Research Centre for Learning and 
>> Teaching.  I was also part of the National Mentoring and Coaching 
>> Advisory Group which produced the M&C framework.  I have a couple of 
>> papers to come out in journals soonish with my colleague Rachel 
>> Lofthouse
>> 
>> Coaching has assumed new significance over the years for me, as a 
>> cultural signifier.  Have conducted a non-funded project on coaching 
>> with Rachel which we will report on at BERA, with data from 
>interviews 
>> from coaches, coached teachers and some LEA consultants.  We have 
>> almost been fortunate enough to get a contract with CfBT and NCSL to 
>> do some more research on what actually happens in coaching sessions 
>> and what impact this has on classroom teaching - will 
>involve a lot of 
>> video.
>> 
>> We have some links in Holland with Nijmegen Univesity with 
>plans for a 
>> symposium for EARLI next year, but that is not solid yet.  The Dutch 
>> seem to have many of the same problems that we encounter in making 
>> coaching work at an organisational level.
>> 
>> Best wishes
>> 
>> David Leat
>> 
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: BERA-MENTORING-COACHING
>> >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of
>> >Sarah Fletcher
>> >Sent: 13 July 2006 04:13
>> >To: [log in to unmask]
>> >Subject: Re: re. Congratulations (and Questions)
>> >
>> >Dear Emma/Everyone,
>> >
>> >Thank you so much for your generous comments about
>> my work -
>> >they mean a great deal to me.
>> >It's because of the opportunity to work with
>> colleagues and
>> >continue to feed my hunger to learn by attending
>> conferences
>> >that I feel energised.  Sometimes it can be a
>> struggle but
>> >it's so worthwhile.
>> >
>> >I am looking forward with excitement to our BERA
>> conference in
>> >September and all our symposia. 
>> >Proposals accepted by members of our SIG cover such
>> a wide and
>> >fascinating array of themes in mentoring and
>> coaching and I am
>> >hoping we can not only support every member but
>> attract new.
>> >
>> >I am aware that there are several of us on this
>> list who
>> >listen in but have not (yet) posted publicly.  
>> >May I take this opportunity of saying Thank You for
>> joining
>> >our list and ask if you would post too?
>> >Please write and share your experiences, interest
>> in and
>> >questions about mentoring and coaching. 
>> >
>> >Very best wishes,
>> >
>> >Sarah
>> >
>> >PS ... and if you look at the time of this posting
>> you can see
>> >just how addicted to mentoring I am!
>> >
>> 
>
>
>Sarah Fletcher
>http://www.TeacherResearch.net
>