Just another meeting?: Investigating mentoring for early childhood teachers in Victoria Nolan,AC and Morrissey,A 2015, Just another meeting?: Investigating mentoring for early childhood teachers in Victoria, Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 40-48. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads nolan-justanothermeeting-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 190.63KB 460 Title Just another meeting?: Investigating mentoring for early childhood teachers in Victoria Author(s) Nolan,AC orcid.org/0000-0003-3519-6317 Morrissey,A orcid.org/0000-0002-7753-4858 Journal name Australasian Journal of Early Childhood Volume number 40 Issue number 2 Start page 40 End page 48 Publisher Early Childhood Australia Publication date 2015-05 ISSN 1836-9391 Summary IN A TIME OF REFORM FOR children’s services in Australia, this paper explores the currentmentoring programs on offer to the early childhood sector in the state of Victoria. Thecommissioned research involved the mapping of existing mentoring programs, supported byan extensive literature review. A thematic analysis of the data identified the following aspectsas impacting on the success of the programs: the value placed on mentoring; the mentor’s role;the level of support and training for mentors; the availability of resources; the divisions betweenmentoring and other management functions; tailoring of mentoring to individual professionaldesires and needs; and the presence or absence of formal evaluations to inform the futuresuccess of programs. The questions raised by this research prompt further consideration as towhat mentoring for early childhood practitioners should look like in the future, especially relatedto collaborative practice and the balance between autonomy and guidance. Field of Research 130102 Early Childhood Education (excl Maori) Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2015, Early Childhood Australia Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30073718 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 06 Jun 2015, 14:28:29 EST Mon, 15 Jun 2015, 15:19:23 EST Tue, 16 Jun 2015, 05:00:07 EST Tue, 16 Jun 2015, 08:30:46 EST Tue, 16 Jun 2015, 16:15:28 EST Thu, 18 Jun 2015, 12:55:32 EST Sat, 20 Jun 2015, 06:17:48 EST Tue, 23 Jun 2015, 12:04:40 EST Tue, 23 Jun 2015, 12:05:26 EST Thu, 25 Jun 2015, 16:08:31 EST Mon, 12 Oct 2015, 16:08:25 EST Thu, 03 Mar 2016, 13:08:33 EST Mon, 18 Jul 2016, 15:37:30 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 09:27:56 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 06:15:13 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:33:20 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in TR Web of Science Cited 3 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 658 Abstract Views, 463 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 15 Jun 2015, 15:19:23 EST