Mentorship as a Professional Learning Approach

Belonging Early Years Journal  •  Volume 4 Number 2  •  2015

by Kat Wieczorek-Ghisso

“Since the introduction of the National Quality Standard in 2011, early childhood educators have sought support to implement what they consider to be a very complex set of measures. Coupled with their lack of experience, one of the main challenges with implementing the standards is the growing divide between theory and practice, especially given that many educators undertook their training well over 20 years ago.”