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Mentoring, precepting and workplace tutoring: Developing the supervisor role for new staff and apprentices

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for experienced staff taking on a mentor. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 11 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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The Mentoring, precepting and workplace tutoring: Developing the supervisor role for new staff and apprentices course as a learner first sees it

Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Why watch-and-pick-it-up went wrong · 7 min

    Before you begin · Two starts · What would you have done?

  • Lesson 2: Your role and its boundaries · 7 min

    Four hats · Whose job is it? · Check

  • Lesson 3: Expectations, a learning plan and the first weeks · 7 min

    The mentoring cycle · Plan the first week · Plan check

  • Lesson 4: Coaching, feedback and the hard moments · 7 min

    Coach or tell? · The struggling mentee · A gap in your own knowledge

  • Lesson 5: Wellbeing, safety and speaking up · 7 min

    What to watch for · A disclosure · Support and adjustments

  • Lesson 6: Assess, record, close and final assessment · 5 min

    Close the placement · Practice

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

When someone is first assigned a new starter or apprentice, at the start of each placement cohort, and as an annual refresher for current mentors.

Experienced staff taking on a mentor, preceptor, workplace tutor or apprentice supervisor role for the first time or formalising existing practice; run by the head of L&D, a training academy lead, an apprenticeship programme manager or a staff-development lead.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Ld contact
  • Training standards link
  • Mentor role requirements
  • Placement record rule
  • Concern route
  • Support and adjustments route
  • LMS or record system
  • Next course link
  • Course URL
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