For the last fifteen years, Haili Hughes has mentored teachers at all stages of their careers and now mentors ITT students as a Senior Lecturer on the English PGCE at the University of Sunderland. Alongside this, Haili works as Head of Education at IRIS Connect, where she helps to research and create professional development opportunities for teachers using video technology, working with some of the biggest education organisations in the UK. She is currently a fourth-year Doctoral candidate at Glasgow University and a freelance education journalist who regularly writes for education publications worldwide. Her books, ‘Mentoring in Schools,’ ‘Preserving Positivity’ and ‘Humans in the Classroom’ have all received fantastic reviews and she is now working on two titles for Crown House and Routledge. Haili regularly speaks at conferences and events UK wide and runs her own local BrewEd events, as well as her own national mentoring conference, MentorEd.