The proposed project is built on a previous KA2/CBHE project – the Proteach project No.573877. In the previous project we developed the MIT (Multiplayer Induction Teams) model for amplifying beginning teachers’ voice during induction in order to sustain teachers’ retention. The model is based on a partnership between the academia, the school and related policy makers that meet once a month in the school to discuss pedagogical and managerial issues that arise from the beginning teachers' work. Although the role of the Mentors is evident in the MIT context, results show that they weren't involved enough with the induction process. In the PROMENTORS projects we will advance the MIT model for a new model of mentors training in Israel. The new model will combine innovative mentors training from EU that emphasis on peer group mentoring and other process that stem from groups' learning and collaborative meaning making. 9 Israeli HEIs and 4 EU partners supported by the Israeli MOE will develop and pilot 18 mentors training MITs to structure a new mentor training course that will be accredited, and will be certificated. The novelty of our approach from the Israeli HEIs perspective is that it brings faculty staff back to school to be part, lead and accompany day-to-day processes in schools through the MIT community. This make HEIs more relevant both for supporting BTs' work and for facilitating teachers’ professional development. The outputs of the project will be a the structured mentor training MITs model ready to be implemented in the israeli educational system. As the project fit both the Israeli MEO and the HEIs polices its impact is evident.
1) Develop and refine via piloting and evaluation an efficient and sustainable mentoring system and implement it at least 18 MIT training courses in Israeli HEIs;2) Train 360 mentors in those courses;3) Facilitate 3 international mobilities and train-the-trainers scheme to support the above;4) Provide a certification system for the mentoring system in Israel as a label of quality through teachers' peer group mentoring;5) Disseminate;6) Ensure traits of communication and sharing using ICT.
PROMENTORS built on a previous CBHE project (PROTEACH), where we developed the MIT (Multiplayer Induction Teams) model to support beginning teachers (BT) during induction and improve their retention. The model is based on a partnership of the academia, the school and related stakeholders that meet to discuss pedagogical and managerial issues relevant for BT. Combining innovative mentors training from the EU, in PROMENTORS we advanced the MIT toward a new model of mentors training in Israel.
<< Background >> PROMENTORS built on a previous CBHE project (PROTEACH), where we developed the MIT (Multiplayer Induction Teams) model to support beginning teachers (BT) during induction and improve their retention. The model is based on a partnership of the academia, the school and related stakeholders that meet to discuss pedagogical and managerial issues relevant for BT. Combining innovative mentors training from the EU, in PROMENTORS we advanced the MIT toward a new model of mentors training in Israel. << Objectives >> 1) Develop and refine via piloting and evaluation an efficient and sustainable mentoring system and implement it at least 18 MIT training courses in Israeli HEIs;2) Train 360 mentors in those courses;3) Facilitate 3 international mobilities and train-the-trainers scheme to support the above;4) Provide a certification system for the mentoring system in Israel as a label of quality through teachers' peer group mentoring;5) Disseminate;6) Ensure traits of communication and sharing using ICT. << Implementation >> 9 Israeli colleges and 4 EU univ. developed and piloted 45 mentors training MITs with 920 participants to create a new mentor course, supported & certified by the Israeli Mtry. of Educ. The colleges also designed 34 M.Ed. courses, accredited (see D5.4), and evaluated them (D4.2). 726 teachers enrolled during 2021-23. Besides monthly follow up meetings, the Israeli team met regularly with MoE’s Induction Unit, which became involved in the implementation toward its future continuation and funding. << Results >> PROMENTORS resulted in a structured mentor-training MITs model ready for implementation in Israel. For HEIs, viewing mentoring as part of teachers’ prof. dev. has achieved the wanted impact with its 34 courses. MoE sees the MIT courses as promoting school absorption of BTs. The increased number of HEIs and schools asking to host MIT courses – 110 in 2020, 200 in 2023 – is also a success. This has led the MoE to extraordinarily fund an extra teaching hour to HEIs carrying the courses in 2023-24.