Areas of Expertise - Mentor-Coaching
“Our staff talked about creating a mentoring program to support our newer teachers, but we needed some help. ECA continues to show us new tools for making our mentoring program a great success.”
Lead Teacher
Salt Lake City, UT
In every realm of our society – from playgrounds to corporate headquarters – mentor-coaches are at work changing lives for the better. Mentor-coaches, “don’t teach, they help people understand their world and understand themselves.”
Early Childhood Associates, Inc. offers the latest techniques in mentor-coaching for educators. We individualize our training resources to meet your needs, whether you are building, enhancing, or evaluating your organization. Our specialized team will help you assess and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of your existing professional development programs, put a successful ten-step mentor-coaching plan in place, and promote mentor-coaching within your organization. We utilize culturally sensitive strategies to evaluate the impact of the mentor-coaching program on your program and improve overall quality.
Our Educators’ Package:
- Improves instructional practices and increases program quality
- Retains workforce and increases job satisfaction
- Helps teachers reflect on their work with children and colleagues
- Introduces the Professional Conferencing process – observation, feedback, and reflection
- Creates communities of learners, where both children and adults are encouraged to reach their full potential
- Utilizes a model of mentor-coach interventions that is linked to child outcomes.
