3.0 Learning Outcome
Learning Outcome
By the end of this chapter, the agency mentors, apprentices, and faculty will:
- Engage with mentoring practices as part of their practicum experience.
The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image but giving them the opportunity to create themselves
—Steven Spielberg
To begin, let us look at how our regulatory body, the College of Early Childhood Educators, defines Mentoring:
“A reciprocal, relationship-based and process-oriented professional learning experience between two individuals (a mentor and a mentee) in the early learning and care sector. The purpose of the relationship is to learn and improve professional practice through reflective practice, self-directed learning, and collaboration”. A Mentor is an individual who shares and uses their knowledge, skills, and experiences to support and guide a mentee to improve their practice and acquire new skills” (College of Early Childhood Educators, 2018, p.2).
