Mentoring

The EMCC define mentoring as:

“... a learning relationship, involving the sharing of skills, knowledge, and expertise between a mentor and mentee through developmental conversations, experience sharing, and role modelling. The relationship may cover a wide variety of contexts and is an inclusive two-way partnership for mutual learning that values differences”.

I provide professional mentoring in the following areas:

Leadership - helping leaders at any stage of their career, and in any industry, develop the art of leadership. Mentoring sessions provide a space to navigate professional challenges, grow in confidence, and build competence, empowering you to lead with purpose.

Teaching - For new and experienced educators, I offer mentoring to help you become a highly effective teacher. We will work together to navigate the unique challenges of the profession, helping you develop a strong sense of identity and empowerment in your role.

Early Career Teachers (ECTs) - If your school or college lacks the internal capacity to mentor ETCs, I can step in as the official ECT mentor. My services support Early Career Teachers through the two-year ECT programme, providing a valuable solution for schools that want to hire new talent but need external mentoring support to be able to do so.

Wellness - I work with individuals to help them achieve their wellness goals. Mentoring focuses on changing habits, behaviours, and mindsets to promote overall wellbeing, enabling you to truly flourish and thrive.

My Purpose

A a mentor, I:

create a safe space for you to explore topics, challenges and opportunities to enable you to identify solutions and ways forward.

act as a sounding board for your thoughts and ideas.

offer advice and guidance based upon my knowledge, understanding and experience.

signpost you to resources, development and opportunities that you may find useful.

suggest possible solutions and approaches that may be beneficial to your situation.

connect you to a wider network that will offer opportunities for growth and development.

work through challenges alongside you, offering different perspectives.

encourage critical reflection through using reflective frameworks that support your development and critical thinking.

My Philosophy & Approach to Coaching

My Mentoring Approach

As your mentor, I act as a trusted sounding board. I use my professional knowledge, skills, and experience to work alongside you, helping you to develop, grow, and flourish.

My role is not to solve your problems for you, but to offer advice, guidance, and different perspectives.

We will work together to help you establish a solution, develop a new idea, or address a specific challenge.

I approach every session with an open mind and use a range of proven tools and models to support our work.

Through strategic questioning, feedback, and critical reflection, we can explore how your feelings and emotions may be impacting your behaviors, beliefs, and performance.

My ultimate aim is to support your growth, help you achieve your goals, and enable you to truly flourish.

Creating a Safe Space

Great work happens when you are fully committed to the process.

To help you feel authentic and vulnerable, I build an environment that is not only physically but also psychologically safe.

By creating a foundation of trust and rapport, you can feel confident bringing your whole self to each session.

A typical mentoring package includes...

An introductory Meeting

This allows us to explore your needs and expectations, my approach and way I work, logistics and explore your potential goal and consider whether we are a good fit as mentee and mentor.

The introductory meeting normally last approximately 45 minutes, is free of charge* and there is no obligation to commit to a coaching package at this stage. In fact, this meeting will help you decided whether mentoring is right for you.

These meetings can take place face-to-face or via Zoom.

*There is a £5 charge for booking which will be taken from the cost of your mentoring package or refunded should you attend the introductory meeting and subsequently decide not to continue with mentoring.

Mentoring Sessions

I offer three different mentoring packages that vary in the number and length to meet both your time and budget constraints.

Mentoring packages include:

A series of mentoring sessions, usually lasting one or one and a half hours each.

Conducted over a period of 6 to 12 months (all can be extended beyond this point).

However, if you have previously engaged in mentoring with me, it may be you require a top-up package with fewer sessions over a shorter timeframe or book a one-off stand alone mentoring session.

Mentoring sessions can take place face-to-face in a mutually agreed location, or at my home office or online via Zoom.

Communications

The day before your mentoring session is due to take place, I send an email reminder.

After the mentoring session, I email a brief summary of the session that will include links and attachments to resources and further information.

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Location

The location of our mentoring sessions will be discussed during our initial meeting, taking into account both location and your preferences.

While I can offer in-person sessions at my home office, your workplace, or another mutually agreed-upon location (potentially incurring a travel fee), the majority of my mentoring is conducted online via Zoom.

This virtual format eliminates geographical barriers, allowing us to work together effectively regardless of your location, even internationally (considering time zone differences).

Therefore, location is not a constraint to us collaborating.

Packages & Pricing

The Flourish Package:

This package offers 90-minute sessions that are designed for deep and focused transformational work. This time allows us to explore situations in depth, and from differing perspectives, work through potential solutions and ways for, identfying additional learning and support as well as ways forward.

The Flourish mentoring package includes:

An introductory meeting: This is where we'll get to know each other and discuss your needs.
A pre-mentoring activity: This helps me understand you and/or your role before our first official session.
12 x 1.5-hour tailored mentoring sessions: A total of 18 hours of mentoring designed to meet your specific needs.
Flexible scheduling: You can schedule your sessions to suit your diary over a period of up to twelve months.
Session summaries: You'll receive a session summary and any agreed-upon resources or links after each session.
Support and challenge: This package provides a supportive yet challenging environment to enable you to flourish in life and work.
A psychologically safe space: This is a safe space where you are free to be your authentic self.

£1500

The Thrive Mentoring Package:

This package offers one-hour sessions that are designed for both personal and/or professional mentoring. They give us space to explore key issues, projects, ideas and challenges and to come up with potential solutions, explore new approaches and to develop thinking.

The Thrive Mentoring package includes:

An introductory meeting: This is where we'll get to know each other and discuss your needs.
A pre-mentoring activity: This helps me understand you and/or your role before our first official session.
12 x 1-hour tailored mentoring sessions: A total of twelve hours of mentoring designed to meet your specific needs.
Flexible scheduling: You can schedule your sessions to suit your diary over a period of up to twelve months.
Session summaries: You'll receive a summary and any agreed-upon resources or links after each session.
Support and challenge: This package provides a supportive yet challenging environment to enable you to thrive in life and/or work.
A psychologically safe space: This is a safe space where you are free to be your authentic self.

£999

The Grow Mentoring Package:

This package is perfect if you're looking to dip your toe into mentoring or are looking for mentoring over a shorter time-frame. This package is also idea if you have had mentoring with me before and wish to engage in some additional mentoring sessions.

The Grow mentoring package includes:

An introductory meeting: This is where we'll get to know each other and discuss your needs.
A pre-mentoring activity: This helps me understand you and/or your role before our first official session.
6 x 1-hour OR 4 x 1.5-hour, tailored mentoring sessions: A total of six hours of mentoring designed to meet your specific needs.
Flexible scheduling: You can schedule your sessions to suit your diary over a period of up to six months.
Session summaries: You'll receive a session summary any agreed-upon resources or links after each session.
Support and challenge: This package provides a supportive yet challenging environment to begin or to continue personal and/or professional growth.
A psychologically safe space: This is a safe space where you are free to be your authentic self.

£499

The Grow mentoring package can be extended should you wish to and this can be discussed at any point during the six-month period.

One-off Mentoring Sessions:

These 60-minute standalone mentoring sessions are designed for instant access, whenever you need it.

These sessions are perfect for you if you feel you could benefit from the advice, guidance and knowledge of a mentor to explore something specific that you feel you would benefit from external help with. Just bring a clear focus, and we'll dive right in.

Sessions take place online via Zoom, so you can connect from anywhere in the world!

To book, simply click, select your time, and complete your payment.

(Please note: Payment is non-refundable.)

An one-off mentoring session includes:

A 1 hour mentoring session: There's no introductory meeting or follow-up, just focused mentoring.
Support and challenge: This package provides a supportive yet challenging environment to explore the specific focus or topic you bring.
A psychologically safe space: This is a safe space where you are free to be your authentic self.

£99

For ALL mentoring programmes, various payment plans are available *not applicable to one-ff mentoring sessions

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Testimonials

I valued the opportunity to think about myself as a leader – who I am and who I want to be.

I really enjoyed the opportunity to set goals that were measurable and which I knew I would be held to account for achieving the next time we met – this was good motivation to ensure the things I agreed would happen did happen!

Ruth; Director
Keele and North Staffordshire Education

Catherine is a fantastic coach who brings a wealth of insight, empathy, and practical strategies to every session. Her ability to truly listen and tailor her approach to individual needs makes a real difference.

Working with Catherine has been both inspiring and empowering—I’ve gained clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of direction

Karen; Managing Director
Williams Electrical

The space you created gave me space to breathe, whilst being challenging too. I quickly felt secure in being brutally honest about areas of my personal and professional life that I knew were impacting on my performance and appreciated the no-judgement approach to our conversations.