The Importance of Mentoring for Heads and Teachers of Preschool Educational Organizations
Аннотация
The aim of the work is to substantiate theoretically and identify experimentally the attitude of the heads of preschool educational organizations, as well as teachers working in them, to mentoring in theory and practice and to determine the range of professionally significant competencies necessary for specialists in the field of preschool education. The research method is the author’s questionnaire, which is an express questionnaire to identify the focus of the heads of preschool organizations on mentoring activities for mentees. The main research method is a theoretical analysis of domestic and foreign sources on the introduction of mentoring in a preschool organization. The respondents assumed success and achievement of the educational goals in the preschool educational organization. 68 % of respondents think about the positive interaction between a mentor and a mentee, while the remaining 32 % prepare for the assigned tasks, and how the relationship develops is irrelevant. “This is work that needs to be done” – this quote supported the arguments of 32 % of respondents. The result of the study is the identification of the attitude of mentors and mentees to mentoring activities, as well as the definition of professionally significant competencies for a preschool organization. This study can be used in the preschool education system by both heads and mentees, as well as students – future teachers.