Advanced Early Years Mentoring

Course Title: Advanced Early Years Mentoring Qualification

Level: 4

Suitable for: Teachers, childminders, creche workers, room leaders, playworkers, managers and support staff in early years settings. This training is for those who are looking to grow their understanding of the complexities around the underlying theories of Advanced Early Years Mentoring and the decisions that mentors make.

For the Advanced Early Years Mentoring course, participants are required to have previously completed a Level 3 (Practitioner) qualification.

Core Modules:

Foundations of Mentoring

This module covers the theories which underpin mentoring relationships, including: stages of mentoring relationships, functions of mentoring, and successful pairings

The Mentoring Approach

This module examines the different choices mentors make in their support, including: types of mentoring and coaching approaches, purposes of relationships, developmental (planned) activities, and clear (unplanned) activities

Reflective Practice

This module explores effective reflection of your mentoring practice as well as the self-development opportunities provided by supporting others, including: mentoring dispositions, emotions, developing others, and self-development

Researching a Mentoring Topic

We support you to research a topic of your choice based on your mentoring practice to date, including: undertaking research, applying research outcomes, and impact of this research

Application Module:

This module expands on the Core Modules to embed your learning within your mentoring. You will explore additional factors which can impact mentoring and consider how they can influence your own practice.

This includes:

  • Internal and external barriers
  • Resources
  • Services
  • The role of the mentee
  • The role of others
  • Making progress towards identified goals

Assessment:

Submission of a portfolio developed over the duration of the course. Sections are completed on a module-by-module basis, then submitted as a full portfolio upon completion of the course.

Duration: 4 months

Cost: £1440, with the option of breaking this down into a payment plan of 6 payments of £240

For more information contact us by email hello@thementoringschool.com or by phone 02381 120010

Single Payment

£1,560

£1500 + VAT

Monthly payments

£260
per month for 6 total payments

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