Sustain and Grow - Group Coaching for Parent-Teachers (Tuesday Cohort)

Teaching and leading in our schools can feel all-encompassing at the best of times. Add a young family into the mix and life can quickly become overwhelming and stressful. At The MTPT Project, we see too many amazing, experienced teachers and leaders burn out, feeling forced to choose between their careers and their families.

But teaching and leading can be compatible with family life - even the most family-friendly career choice going!

Join us on our Sustain and Grow group coaching programme this September to take control of your work and home lives.

Dates

Sessions will run online (Zoom) on Tuesdays, 15:30-16:30, on the following dates:

• Tuesday 23rd September
• Tuesday 14th October
• Tuesday 25th November
• *No December session
• Tuesday 13th January
• Tuesday 10th February
• Tuesday 10th March

We will ask you to confirm your place on the programme by the first week of September when you are more likely to know the details of your timetable and school calendar.

If you cannot attend the live dates, hybrid or fully recorded access to the programme is available.

What will the programme cover?

As part of an empowering community of parent-teachers in similar situations, we'll explore six key topics over six monthly sessions:

• Reducing Overwhelm
• Managing Time and Energy
• Rationalising the Inner Critic
• Living our Values
• Strengthening Boundaries
• Brave Conversations

Who is the programme for?

Parents of young children who are in teaching, leadership, central Trust or support staff roles in our schools. The programme is suitable for colleagues who have recently returned from parental leave, all the way up to parents with a child aged five or younger.

Our Sustain and Grow group coaching programme is fully inclusive of all parents - it's not just for mums!

Who is our facilitating coach?

Emma Sheppard is the Founder of The MTPT Project. With twelve years' experience of teaching and leading in challenging contexts, working both full and part-time as a middle leader and mother to two young children, she knows the emotional, logistical and physical battles that we go through as parent-teachers.

After founding The MTPT Project in 2016, Emma qualified as a coach in 2022, secured her ACC with the ICF in 2023 and has been delivering 1:1 and group coaching since 2017.

Emma creates a calm, open space where coachees feel confident to share and move forwards with their goals in a safe space where challenge is gentle but insightful, and the focus is on making things better.

Unfunded Regions

We are working on fully-funded access for the academic year 2025-26. As of July 2025, the following regions are not funded:

• North East: Northumberland, Durham, Tyne and Wear, West Yorkshire - funding unavailable

• East Midlands: Lincolnshire - funding unavailable

• West Midlands: Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Birmingham - funding unavailable

• London: Hillingdon, Harrow, Ealing, Hounslow, Richmond, Merton, Wandsworth, Hackney, Barking and Dagenham, Havering - funding unavailable

• South Coast: Surrey - funding unavailable

Please note: we are optimistic that this funding situation will change rapidly between June and September 2025. Please book your place, even if you work in an unfunded region, and we will update you on our funding status by the start of the academic year (September 2025).

Funding details last updated: Monday 21st July.

Independent school colleagues and colleagues working in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland or outside the UK can also request funding from their school or union to join us.

Fully-Funded Access

National Funders

Thanks to Mosaic by Penrose and The Ogden Trust for contributing to our funding, nationwide. If you are a trainee, ECT or Physics teacher working in a state school, you can enjoy fully-funded access to our programmes, regardless of where you work.

South East

Fully funded access for state-school colleagues in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire thanks to Alban Education, Chiltern Teaching School, Astra AB, OTSA, TSH Berkshire and NEU Wokingham, West Berkshire and Bracknell Forest.

North West

Fully funded access for state-school colleagues in Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, and Merseyside thanks to Generate TSH, Bright Futures TSH, Cheshire East and West NEU, and East Manchester TSH.

East of England

Fully funded access for state-school colleagues in Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex thanks to Inspiration TSH, The Julian TSH, Unity TSH, Cambridgeshire Secondary Heads and Harris Institute.

South West

Fully funded access for state-school colleagues in Gloucestershire, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset and Cornwall thanks to SWIFT, One Cornwall TSH, Five Counties TSH, OTT SCITT and Greenshaw Learning Trust.

East Midlands

Fully funded access for state-school colleagues in Nottinghamshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire thanks to Redhill TSH, Northamptonshire TSH, Spencer TSH and Leicestershire and Rutland TSH.

West Midlands

Fully funded access for state-school colleagues in Dudley and Sandwell, Shropshire and Warwickshire thanks to Haybridge TSH, Coventry and Central Warwickshire TSH and Shropshire and Telford Education Partnership.

South Coast

Fully funded access for state-school colleagues in Hampshire, East Sussex, West Sussex and Kent thanks to HISP TSH, the Diocese of Chichester Academy Trust and South Kent NEU.

London

Fully funded access for state-school colleagues in all London borough other than the unfunded boroughs listed above, thanks to Harris Institute, Thames South TSH, London South Learning Partnership, NEU Tower Hamlets and NEU Kingston upon Thames.

North East

Fully funded access for state-school colleages in South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Hull and East Riding thanks to Vantage TSH, Hull Learning Partnership, Astrea Academy Trust and Pathfinder TSH.