Training mentor teachers across the career-span

Teacher Education in the twenty-first century must therefore be ‘capable, agile and sustainable’, which will itself shape an agile teaching workforce. Educating the teacher workforce to be agile is achieved through carefully designed professional development and training opportunities across the three-phase continuum of teacher education. Research participants comprised six university tutors (UTs) and ten Physical Education (PE) mentor teachers across the three research sites. According to the Queensland Department of Education and Training, mentoring plays a pivotal role in the professional development of an agile workforce. The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) has its genesis in the information technology (IT) industry. The Capability Maturity Model for Mentor Teachers (CM3T) Chart helps the mentor trainer to diagnose the positioning of the mentor in the Mentor Career Cycle and the capability level the mentor must attain within this phase.