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| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2027-01-26 | - |
Program Overview
Leading & Mentoring in Education
Overview
The module Leading & Mentoring in Education is designed to provide participants with skills and knowledge concerning professional mentoring and coaching.
- Module Code: EDUC44210
- Module Title: Leading & Mentoring in Education
- Subject Area: Education
- Credits: 10
- NFQ: 9
- EFQ: 7
- Start Date: 26 January 2026
- Duration: 12 weeks
- Mode of Delivery: Online - Pre-recorded
- Course Leader: Professor Deirdre Raftery
- Fee: 1,273
- Application Deadline: 13 January 2026
Description
This module addresses the role of mentoring in the creation of sustainable learning communities, giving participants new skills. It is beneficial for those involved in education leadership, including school leaders, aspiring school leaders, administrators, and coordinators.
Who Should Apply?
- Teachers
- School leaders
- School administrators and coordinators
What Will I Learn?
At the end of this module, students will be able to:
- Articulate ways in which mentoring plays a key role in the creation of sustainable learning communities.
- Consider the broader, global context for leading, learning, and mentoring.
- Describe various conceptual frameworks, models of school leadership, leading, and learning in schools.
- Outline the mechanisms, processes for teacher and staff development in schools.
- Critically reflect on the role of mentoring in terms of school leadership, teacher and staff development, and the creation of sustainable learning communities.
- Describe the key concepts in mentoring, mentoring practice, and purposes of mentoring.
- Assess the need for mentoring in their school (or other) site of practice and plan for implementing a mentoring programme based on this need.
- Describe the process of monitoring, evaluation, and reviewing a mentoring programme.
Syllabus
The indicative content includes:
- Introduction
- Leading for Learning & Quality Education II
- Leading for Learning in Education III
- Contemporary Issues in Education Leadership
- Schools as Learning Organisations
- Teachers as Collaborators
- Mentoring & Coaching in Education
- Mentoring: Theory & Practice
- Coaching and Professional Development
- Mentoring in Practice I
- Mentoring in Practice II
- Mentoring in Practice III & Assignment Review
How Will I Benefit?
The module will give participants the knowledge and confidence to develop mentoring and coaching in their professional contexts. It will provide participants with leadership skills that can be used in the workplace and enhance their knowledge of new education theories and developments.
How Will I Learn?
The module is designed as a flexible programme of learning, comprising 12 units taught asynchronously in pre-recorded two-hour sessions, supplemented with online live tutorials/drop-in clinics with teaching staff. Key teaching methodologies include active/experiential learning, peer learning, reflective practice, and review.
Assessment
- A short recorded ppt presentation (40%)
- A written assignment of 3,000 words (60%)
Course Outcomes
On successful completion of this micro-credential, participants will receive credits as per the European Credit and Transfer System, recognised by the awarding institution as credits aligned to learning completed at postgraduate level.