Adult Supervision and Mentoring in Early Care and Education

This course addresses the methods and principles of supervising, mentoring, and coaching student teachers and other adults in early care and education settings. The course presents the strategies and skills necessary to support the development of adult learners as effective mentors, coaches, and teachers. There is an emphasis on the individualized, relationship- and strengths-based approaches, reflective practices, and constructive communication skills. The course covers characteristics and roles, career requirements and pathways, and use of evaluation in setting professional learning goals. Students are required to observe licensed and license-exempt programs in their community. This course satisfies the adult supervision requirement for the Master Teacher and Site Supervisor levels of the Child Development Permit Matrix Advisory: LIBR C100, ENGL C101