Describe the importance and value of coaching and mentoring.
Discover the importance and value of coaching and mentoring in early childhood education and child care centers. Learn effective techniques used in successful coaching and mentoring to enhance the growth and development of children.Trainings incorporating this outcome
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Related Outcomes
- Describe ways that coaches and mentors can observe and assess coachees and mentees.
- Describe the value of mentoring staff in early education.
- Demonstrate understanding of the importance of professional etiquette while coaching and mentoring.
- Describe nonverbal communication as it relates to coaching and mentoring.
- Describe techniques used in successful coaching and mentoring.
- Describe what is a professional growth plan for coaching and mentoring.
- Describe the importance of monitoring the family child care environment for potential risks.
- Describe the steps to use when collaborative coaching with teachers are not a match.
- Describe the importance of responding sensitively to differences in individual communication styles.
- Describe the importance of social emotional skill development in children entering kindergarten.
- Explain the rewards of coaching and mentoring.
- Identify the criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of a coaching and mentoring programs.
- Identify coaching and mentoring strategies.
- Describe the importance of reading aloud and storytelling in early childhood.
- Demonstrate understanding of theory of coaching and mentoring.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the underlying psychology of mentoring and coaching of Alfred Adler and Martin Seligman.
- Distinguish between coaching and mentoring.
- List strategies for coaches and mentors on how to apply DEI practices in child care.
- Identify the different roles and responsibilities of a coach and of a mentor.
- Describe the importance of learning centers in the early childhood education environment.
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