{"id":325,"date":"2025-10-07T18:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/?p=325"},"modified":"2025-10-07T18:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:21:13","slug":"case-study-senior-mentor-and-mentor-working-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/case-study-senior-mentor-and-mentor-working-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: Senior Mentor and Mentor working together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rachel Brooke, Senior Mentor, and Celina Tinker, Teacher Mentor, talk about their shared experiences of working together on the Wipro Programme and what they have learned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-325-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Rachel-and-Celina-Audio.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Rachel-and-Celina-Audio.mp3\">https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Rachel-and-Celina-Audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Rachel-and-Celina-Transcript.pdf\">Rachel and Celina Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_332\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Rachel-photo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-332\" data-attachment-id=\"332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/case-study-senior-mentor-and-mentor-working-together\/rachel-photo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Rachel-photo.jpg?fit=236%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"236,302\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Rachel-photo.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Rachel-photo.jpg?resize=144%2C144&amp;ssl=1 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rachel Brooke, Science Teacher, Chapel-en-le-Frith School<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_330\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/files\/2025\/10\/Celina-photo.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330\" data-attachment-id=\"330\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/wiproteacherfellow\/case-study-senior-mentor-and-mentor-working-together\/celina-photo\/\" 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