Mentoring 201: Bringing out the Best in EC educators (Synchronous e-learning)
About This Course
This course builds on Mentoring 101 and focuses on equipping learners with concepts and skills to mentor Beginning Preschool Teachers. Learners will develop an understanding of the needs, examine and apply the strategies for supporting the beginning preschool teachers. Learners will deepen the mentoring relationships via different forms of professional conversation and collaboration; thereby, deepening the professional learning that such relationships enable.
What You'll Learn
1. Examine the needs of beginning preschool teachers
2. Identify critical tasks that beginning preschool teachers must know in the early childhood setting
3. Examine the 4Cs strategies for supporting beginning preschool teachers
4. Apply GROW coaching model through effective questioning and probing skills
5. Apply the four types of professional conversations to determine the support for the beginning preschool teachers
6. Apply the process of classroom observations to support professional learning of beginning preschool teachers
Entry Requirements
1) Be ECDA-certified as L2 teacher
2) Have completed an ECDA-recognised certificate or diploma in early childhood care and education
3) Currently employed in a childcare registered or licensed with ECDA
4) Have at least 3 years of trained teaching experience
5) Completed Mentoring 101: Bringing out the Best in EC educators