<p>I can speak to the importance of developing those collegial relationships with others in my CTE content area - I am fortunate to have several wonderful faculty teaching in my program and their support, encouragement and willingness to step in and help out has saved me more than once. I had a mentor early on (my first year) but I didn't know what I didn't know and she had never mentored before so it wasn't the most effective / helpful experience. Still, I was grateful to at least have a point person to go to with questions / concerns while I was working on developing relationships with the other faculty.&nbsp;</p>