This site offers information and resources—tools and videos—for readers of When Mentoring Meets Coaching and for clients of the Mentor-Coaching Institute, offered in conjunction with Education Leadership Canada.
Follow the links below to learn more about Education Leadership Canada and to obtain more information about the professional book and institute.
When Mentoring Meets Coaching: Shifting the Stance in Education
Drawing on their shared knowledge and extensive training of mentor-coaches, authors Kate Sharpe and Jeanie Nishimura outline the critical elements of a mentor-coaching relationship, from learning to listen deeply and asking powerful questions to navigating sensitive conversations. The book serves as a guide for new mentor-coaches and as a handy resource for practising mentor-coaches.
Mentor-Coaching Institute
This unique institute brings mentoring and coaching together as powerful allies to support leading and learning in relationships. Acquire and practise the skills inherent in mentoring and coaching relationships, put your learning into action, and develop a mentor-coaching mindset.
Of interest to administrators, supervisory officers, teachers, directors of education, and board employees who want to support capacity building in a variety of educational contexts.
Kate Sharpe, M.Ed., Certified Professional Coach, ACPC
Kate Sharpe is a committed educator, programming consultant, and certified professional coach. The centrality of coaching, as a set of pedagogical and leadership tools to support behavioural change, uniquely positions the reach and impact of her programming and facilitating with students, teachers, administrators, and system leaders.
Kate, together with Jeanie Nishimura, designed, created, and is co-leading the Mentor-Coaching Institute, in partnership with Education Leadership Canada (ELC) and Pearson Canada.
Jeanie Nishimura, M.Ed., PCC, CPCC
Jeanie is an experienced educator and certified professional leadership coach who draws on her background in the arts, curriculum design, adult education, and coaching to foster learning and growth in individuals and groups. Since 2007, Jeanie has collaborated with Kate Sharpe in offering programming that invites educators in all sectors to embrace the skills of mentor-coaching as an impactful framework for building capacity.
Jeanie’s commitment grows out of many years of experience as a drama teacher/consultant, a designer/instructor for the Dramatic Arts Specialist at OISE/UT, and as a founding member of the coaching faculty at Adler Canada.