Mentoring
One-to-one support for educators, educational leaders and owners of small services — a thinking partner who has done the job.
What mentoring looks like
Regular, confidential conversations about your actual work. You bring what’s in front of you — a difficult family, a program that’s gone flat, a team member you can’t reach, an assessment visit looming — and we work on it together.
Mentoring is not supervision and it isn’t consultancy. Nobody reports on you. The purpose is to help you think more clearly and act with more confidence in your own context.
Who it suits
- New educational leaders finding the role bigger than the job description
- Directors of small or independent services without a head office to call
- Educators building a nature-based or Forest School program from scratch
- People stepping up into leadership for the first time
- Owners of small services balancing pedagogy with running a business
How it runs
- An initial conversation to work out whether we’re a good fit — no charge
- Fortnightly or monthly sessions of 60 minutes, online or in person
- Agreed focus areas, revisited every few months
- Between-session email support for the urgent things
- Confidential, always
Cost
Quoted per engagement depending on frequency and length. Small independent services and individual educators paying their own way — tell us; we’ll work something out.
Most educators already know what they want to do. They just need someone to think out loud with.Rachel McLaren
Start with a conversation
The first chat is free and has no obligation attached. Tell us a little about your role and what you’d like to work on.
Get in touch
Enquiries: email [email protected] or use the Enriching Childhood enquiry form. Rachel usually replies within two business days.