Promoting Mentors’ Work in Education
Improving the quality of teacher-training in Israel through an efficient and sustainable mentoring system based on best EU practices.
ABOUT PROMENTORS PROJECT
This is an Erasmus+ three year project that aims to expand the successful MIT models (Multiplayer Induction Team) that was developed in the PROTEACH ERASMUS+ project. The MIT models will serve as a basis for a new model of training for mentors that is carried out by teacher-training academic colleges in Israel.
PROJECT’S TIMELINE
THE PROMENTORS BLOG
My Academic and Personal Exploration in Lublin
Go Visit Schools!
Being a Catholic in Lublin!!
Can an MIT Incubator Wander? In Hemdat Academic It Can!
Peer-Group Mentoring for Teacher Development in Finland
Partnerships in Training – Amazing Experience Under the Umbrella of the Promentors Project
Community Mentoring – Benefits & Risks
So how did I end up here? PROMENTORS & I
The Cheesecake Story: my Insight on Partnership and Promentors
NEWS AND EVENTS
European Conference on Educational Research ECER 2022- In Person (August 23-25, 2022), ECER 2022 Plus- Online (September 1- 10, 2022)
PROMENTORS – Promoting Mentors’ Work in Education John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland May 9-12, 2022
Promentors PGM Seminar in Jyväskylä, Finland, October 11-14, 2021
PROMENTORS Kick-Off Meeting, February 2020- Talpiot College, Holon
OUR TEAM

Huwaida Alatawna-Alhuashla
Huwaida Alatawna-Alhuashla
A lecturer at Kaye College, facilitator of internship and mentoring courses, and coordinator of a leadership program for excelling Bedouin students. She is also the manager of the Lakiya MIT and coordinator of towns MITs at Kaye Induction Unit. Huwaida is a certified educational counselor and a graduate student at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Sarit Linker
Sarit Linker
Sarit Linker (M.Ed) is head of the induction unit at Gordon Academic College of Education. She is a lecturer and pedagogical instructor at the special education training program, and a facilitator of internship courses. Sarit is a doctoral student at the University of Cordoba, Spain.

Dr. Marta Buk-Cegiełka
Dr. Marta Buk-Cegiełka
Researcher at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializes in teacher training for pre-school, elementary and primary education. She also conducts research into integral development of children in early childhood.

Bryan Smith
Bryan Smith
Bryan is a Lecturer in Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter and Subject (more…)

Pnina Fux
Pnina Fux
MEd in teaching English as a second language. A pedagogical advisor and lecturer in the English department at the Gordon Academic College of Education, Haifa, Israel. Leads internship and professional development courses for English teachers at Gordon.

Dr. Sameer Magadly
Dr. Sameer Magadly
Head of the Teachers Induction Unit at Al Qasemi Academy
Lecturer at the Education department and a Moderator of the Internship Workshop, Internships mentor, and Executive Director of Challenges Project
His areas of research are Organizational Culture, and teachers induction

Dr. Iman Garra-Alloush
Dr. Iman Garra-Alloush
Iman Garra-Alloush is Students’ Dean at alQasemi Academy, lecturer in the English department and a pedagogical advisor and internship mentor. Her areas of research are Sociolinguistics, Comparative Literature (English vs Arabic), and EFL in higher education and education colleges (including teacher education)

Dr. Erez Zavlevsky
Dr. Erez Zavlevsky

Malka Zinker
Malka Zinker
Malka, has a M.A. in Mentoring Teachers from Haifa University. She is a pedagogical advisor and a member of the academic teaching faculty of the English Department at Gordon Academic College of Education. In addition, Malka is a leading pedagogical advisor in the special Academic Peer program (Amit Academia) at Gordon College.

Dr. Elena Marin
Dr. Elena Marin
An educational expert and lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (University of Bucharest).

Dr. Haya Kaplan
Dr. Haya Kaplan
Haya Kaplan (PhD) is a Senior Lecturer at Kaye Academic College of Education. She is the head of Kaye Induction Unit and the head of the Center for Motivation and Self Determination. She is also the head of the Educational Counseling M.Ed program in the College and manager of the PROMENTOR team at Kaye College.

Dr. Idit Pasternak
Dr. Idit Pasternak
Idit Pasternak is head of the Induction Unit and lecturer at Talpiot College in Holon. Main interests in research – New teachers and their integration into teaching.

Dr. Ina Ben-Uri
Dr. Ina Ben-Uri
The Head of Educational- counseling M.Ed. Program in Beit-Berl Academic College. Manager of the College team in the ProMentors Project.

Dr. Iwona Szewczak
Dr. Iwona Szewczak
Researcher at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializes in in the theory of upbringing (anthropological, axiological and teleological basics). She is a Principal Coordinator of internship at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Marsha Hachmon
Marsha Hachmon
Marsha Hachmon is a lecturer, pedagogical advisor, and internship facilitator at Talpiot College. Research focuses learning communities and Communities of Practice in Practical Training.

Dr. Agnieszka Linca
Dr. Agnieszka Linca
Researcher at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializes in general pedagogy and psycho pedagogical counselling. Involved deeply into teacher students curriculum designing.

Dr. Dalia Imanuel -Noy
Dr. Dalia Imanuel -Noy
The head of Curriculum & Assessment M.Ed. Program in Beit-Berl Academic College, And Coordinator of the MITs for Beginner Teachers – Ministry of Education – Israel. Researcher at the
College team in the ProMentors Project.

Dr. Anna Szudra-Barszcz
Dr. Anna Szudra-Barszcz
Researcher at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializes in philosophy of education, educational ethics, ethical aspects of special pedagogy. Involved in the activities for people with ASD.

Dr. Safieh Hassonah-Arafat
Dr. Safieh Hassonah-Arafat
The head of Porsim Kanaf Unit and The internship coordinator at the Arab Academic Institute forEducation in Beit-Berl Academic College. Researcher at the College team in the ProMentors Project.

Matti Pennanen
Matti Pennanen
Works as a project researcher at the Finnish institute for Educational Research, University of Jyväskylä. His research interests are focused on teachers’ professional development and collaborative practices in the Finnish education system. Pennanen is finalizing his doctoral studies to Faculty of Education
and anticipates to defend his thesis in 2020.









