If you are a mentor who has not attended an online or face to face event with London Met, there are two alternative ways to access essential guidance:
- New mentors - Access recordings of Sessions 1,2 and 3, designed to introduce you to mentoring at London Met and provide foundational support.
- Returning or experienced mentors - Watch the Refresher Training Recording, tailored to help you revisit key mentor principles and updates.
Please see the links below to access the relevant recordings. These links have been updated in January 2026 for School Experience B.
Session 1: Inroduction to mentoring at London Met
- To introduce the specific focus and values of our London Met ITT programme
- Gain an understanding of the statutory requirements of the PGCE / Apprenticeship Courses
- Become familiar with the course content and curriculum
- Deepen your understanding of the Mentor role - the requirements and the non-negotiables
- Understand the systems and the tools available to you
- Know who to go to for support, including understanding the layers of support in place at London Met
See recording for Session 1 - New Mentor training - session 1
Session 2: Supporting the planning of effective lessons
- To share good practice
- To discuss the planning needs of novice teachers
- To layout our curriculum, frameworks and sources for teaching planning
See recording for Session 2 - New mentor training - session 2
Session 3: Assessment, target setting and difficult conversations
- To continue to build your confidence as a mentor
- To explore how mentor meetings are recorded in the Professional Development Journal (PDJ)
- To discuss trainees' assessment using the Trainee Progress Booklet and Progress points
- To discuss how mentor meetings link with the ITTECF in order to create a structure to develop reflective classroom practitioners
- To increase your understanding of what makes an effective target
- To share some of the challenges of mentoring, including difficult conversations
- To explore the personal rewards of being a mentor
See recording for Session 3 - New mentor training - session 3
Our one hour refresher training is for experienced / returning mentors and covers the following aspects:
- Gain an understanding of the statutory requirements of the PGCE / Apprenticeship Courses
- Share with the course content and curriculum
- Be reminded of the requirements of the Mentor role (including the non-negotiables)
- Explore the systems and tools available to you
- Know who to go to for support at London Met
Returning mentors or experienced mentors - Refresher mentor training
As part of our quality assurance process we kindly request that you complete this short questionnaire after viewing the mentor training sessions. Completion of this questionnaire is required in order for schools to claim the ITT General Mentor Grant:
