Lean on me: stories of coaching, mentoring and teacher resilience
DivyaMadhavan
Of all the amazing things teachers achieve in classrooms around the world every day, one of the most
amazing is perhaps how much teachers show up. Even when it's messy, even when it's underpaid, even
when it's exhausting - we teachers have this incredible capacity to show up, to be there, to ensure
presence.With this constant and reassuring presence, we shape learners and learning environments
within (and sometimes despite) education systems. Teachers have always been the heroes of quieter
revolutions, such as tolerance and understanding, achieved only through education. And as teachers of
the world's international language, we know this reality of fostering understanding and acceptance
through better communication all too well.We have always been the ones who fight the good fight that is
education.
So, who shows up for teachers?When we're overwhelmed, feel undervalued, or are simply just tired: who
do we lean on? How do we find ways to look after teachers continuously and not just in specific moments
of training?Whose responsibility is teacher well-being?Where do we start? In this talk, I will explore a
couple of starting points for developing teacher well-being and resilience, which are the informal and
organic practices of coaching and mentoring that occur naturally in ELT environments. I will map out how
coaching and mentoring initiatives can be embedded into organisations and how they can transform
interactions and relationships through finer-tuned perceptions of self. Through stories of strong teachers
who have built resilient

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