Guest speaker: Mentoring as an attendance strategy – the what, the who and the how?
At a glance
Guest speaker
Rory Gaskin
Webinar duration
2 hours
Suitable for
Thrive Licensed Practitioners
CPD
Worth 5 CPD points
Price per place
£75 excl. VAT
Course Outcomes
‘Mentoring as an attendance strategy – the what, the who and the how?’ is worth 5 CPD points to Thrive Licensed Practitioners.
During the 2-hour session, you will:
- Explore the unique nature of ‘attendance’ mentoring and its function(s) as an attendance strategy.
- Recognise the stakeholders critical to effective attendance mentoring, including the key challenges involved in their engagement.
- Learn actionable insights and practical skills to effectively implement mentoring as a school-wide attendance strategy.
Who is it for?
Thrive Licensed Practitioners from primary and secondary settings.
Introducing guest speaker: Rory Gaskin
Rory Gaskin is an award-winning educator, leader and academic with more than a decade’s experience of supporting students through holistic, relational learning.
Rory is the Founder and Managing Director of The Learners Collective (TLC), an online learning service which connects students with exceptionally talented Scholars from diverse backgrounds for a blend of tutoring and mentoring – building grades, alongside life skills, self-belief and character. He oversees the delivery of their DfE-approved School Programme, in partnership with Oxford University, which supports FSM-eligible students with role models who guide and inspire students to aspire, achieve and succeed in exams and beyond.
As a consultant, Rory works closely with Schools and MATS, providing strategic advice on effective strategies to positively transform student outcomes, including attendance. Working in partnership with the DfE as a delivery partner of its Attendance Mentoring Pilot Expansion (AMPE), Rory designed and delivered TLC’s three-part training programme on the effective implementation of relational mentoring as an attendance strategy.
Rory is also a recent graduate of the University of Oxford. Battling c-PTSD and overcoming immense adversity, he ranked #1 out of 252 students, the first Black heritage student to ever do so.
What you'll learn
This session explores how mentoring can be used as an effective attendance strategy. Tailored to the specific school context, we will examine mentoring through three fundamental questions:
- What exactly is mentoring?
- Who are the key stakeholders that need to be engaged?
- How can mentoring be implemented as an effective attendance strategy
Course structure
2-hour webinar.
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