Personal Mentorships

Audience: Professional Educator, Levels 2-3

Personal Mentorships match a motivated educator with a qualified Academy mentor who then work together to design and carry out learning activities tailored to the educator's specific professional development interests, needs, and goals. The objective of this type of mentorship is to help the educator expand and enhance his/her professional competence and knowledge in educating gifted and talented students.

The Personal Mentorship option begins with a face-to-face meeting between the Academy mentor and the educator mentee, at which time a mentorship plan is developed. The mentorship then takes place over a course of time, perhaps up to 18 months. The length of the Personal Mentorship is dictated by the mentee's interests and planned learning activities and by mutual agreement between the mentor and mentee.

Personal Mentorships require strong motivation and discipline on the part of the educator mentee in order to sustain personalized professional development. However, this mentorship approach usually creates a more satisfying and deep learning experience, as well as stronger professional competence and confidence, than other mentoring approaches.

For more information and/or to request an application for the Personal Mentorship program, contact info@coloradogtacademy.org.