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Letter to my mentor

Dear Mentor,
I am Mavis Amankwaah and l would like  you to mentor me for my VIT registration. I would ike to share with you my expectations in this whole process. As part of my philosophy is build positive relationships with people around me which makes me feel belong and respected and thats what l'm seeking for as suggested by (Hamre & Pianta cited in Peterson et al 2010, p.155) that ' A caring and responsive mentoring relationship cam provide social and emotional support to help reduce stress that may impede early educators from providing responsive care to children''. I would need your guidance on what l have to work on and motivate me on my strengths.

Again l am keen to advocacy and activism and given children their voice. I would love your support and directions on this too. Thank you

Warm regards

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My dear future mentor,
I imagined the day when I met you with anticipation and nervousness. Because the arrival of that day means that I am willing to become a qualified teacher.
In my opinion, a qualified teacher should have the following characteristics：
1, Quickly establish good interpersonal relationships and communicate effectively with children, colleagues and parents.
2, Have the courage and ability to lead a team and also able to be an awesome team member.
3, Understand the differences and needs of each child.
But I know there are more and that it is not easy to have all these characteristics, so could you please guide me with your years of educational experience so that I can continue my educational beliefs and become a better self?

Warm Regards

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Dear Mentor,
I would love to have some feedback on the day I was in charge of the room when you were on leave. I have tried my best and still I believed that there were some missing communication between us.
I would really appreciate if you could have informed me about your leave as i am a part time permanent.
These are main points that I would love to discuss about to avoid any misunderstanding:
-what will be the routines
-planning together for the activities and how should i deal with other educators who came and just sitting down.
-respect towards me is my main priority.
- provide me the opportunity to approach to families to share the ordinary moments of their child.
- teamwork

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Teamwork

Understanding

Contribution

Positive relationship of trust and respect

Goals

motivation

Ramzia

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Hello to my future mentor,
As an educator and a preservice teacher, my expectations would be guidance, inspiration and feedback which will help me to grow and develop the knowledge and skills required. Nurturing relationship, open ended communication, trust and respect would also be an important part of our relationship.

Support I need: I started as a relief educator to now being a permanent position. Both roles have varied expectations. So, in my new role I beginning to understand more about planning, understanding more about being a part of an organization, making relationships with families and need support and guidance with the same.

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I think from my point of view, that I prefer Administrative Leadership which means they are capable of dealing with a wide range of challenges and can always come up with a better solution.
In order to achieve this goal, I believe that actual practice is assisting me greatly in gaining more experience and mastering new talents. Following that, a good mentor is assisting me in coming up with new ideas when facing problems.
To better understand this role, I think understanding the main philosophy of the centre, as well as the centre's policy, is necessary.

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I want to share some of my relationship qualities and leadership concepts with you. I believe learning involve social interaction. With the support of the mentor I will be able to achieve successively more complex skills, understanding and independent competence by observing you in the classroom. If our expectations met, relationships between us will be supportive and positive. To build our relationship I would like to communicate very often and the good enough time of practice led better relationships and more learning opportunities.

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Dear Future mentor,
Thank you to accept to mentor me in advance. I hope we will have a good time together.
I am an open mind person. I love hearing feedback, bits of advice and suggestions. So, please free feel to provide me feedback, advice and suggestion to support me grow. I also like to get connecting with you. I think communication is the best way for us to build a good connection We can communicate in person (that is what I prefer :D) or through a dialogue journal.
I would like you to guide me back on the right track if you found I am lost. Also, please be patient with me if you found I am a bit confused/ stupid :p.

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Hi Mentor,
I am a student who wish to feel belonged in the space and be a part of the team while I am on placement. Count me in as a responsible person who could run errands when you cant leave the room with the children. I  will be open to any changes that you might suggest and would love to know the reason behind your decisions with children.

I would need support to build respectful relationships with you, children and their families.
I would like you to be open and keep the student notified on any changes and improvements

To improves ways in supporting children in building resilience and strong relationships.

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1.  value my strengths and experiences
2.develop a good team culture
3.  leading quality practice.
4. discuss what works and what doesn't works in my daily activity
5. role model how to build good relationships with children, families and colleagues.
6. contribute to the critical documentations such as program plan

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Dear Future Mentor,
Although we have not met yet, I wanted to share with you what qualities I am seeking when you accept to mentor me for my VIT registration.
-First of all, a bit about me- list what type of relationships qualities and leadership concepts from your philosophy will work best with you (100 words)

-What support I need in ECE (base this on how much experience you have had, current experience or role you are fulfilling) (100 Words)

-Link to concepts and sources throughout session 4 and 5.- can be dot point