Effective Coaching and Mentoring for Educators

Bob Craig is a freelance trainer, coach, consultant and therapist with over twenty years’ experience in learning and development contexts as an English teacher, curriculum manager and learning and development manager. He has written nationally accredited courses in teacher training (e.g. PGCEs) and led many action learning and sustainable quality improvement initiatives. In 2011, he set up Bob Craig Learning and Development Ltd (BCLD) and since then he has supported over 70 FE Colleges, schools, local authorities, ACAS, BUPA, Rolls Royce, Smurfit Kappa, the AA (cars not booze) and others. He led a major culture change and training transformation project with the Ministry of Defence bringing together technical training provision for the Army, Royal Navy and RAF. As a cognitive behavioural hypnotherapist and therapist, Bob uses his skills and expertise to support the mental health and wellbeing of students and staff. This might be directly as a counsellor, by delivering training sessions to students, teachers, support staff, managers and senior leaders, or on a consultancy basis, helping organisations to create and implement joined up and coherent approaches to supporting mental health and wellbeing. Bob is particularly experienced in helping students and staff with their own and each other’s emotional resilience. Bob is a massive advocate of coaching and mentoring in a wide range of learning, leadership and therapeutic contexts. He is a very experienced coach and his company is an ILM Centre, delivering courses at Levels 3, 5 and 7. In all his work he strives to nurture self-efficacy and emotional resilience in other people, and enable leaders, students and staff to be authentic, reflective and independent. Bob delivers workshops and keynote speeches at national conferences on topics relating to: coaching and mentoring, mental health and wellbeing, nurturing ‘can-do’ growth mindsets, cultivating curiosity for learning and life, developing resilience and promoting deep and sustainable learning. Bob walked from Lands’ End to John O’Groats last year (52 days) raising money for a homeless charity in Sheffield. Other than walking, he plays tennis, enjoys reading novels, going to gigs and music festivals and spending time with his wife, friends and family. – 1:2:1 coaching – Coaching training for teachers and support staff – Coaching training for managers – Coaching training for senior leaders – Coaching and mentoring training for students – Delivering accredited coaching and mentoring courses