Promentors Project

Romiță Iucu is professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (University of
Bucharest) and is President of the Board of Trustees of the University of Bucharest,

The founder of The MOFET Institute. From 1992 until 2007, she served as Director of the Department of Teacher Education at the Israel’s Ministry of Education​. She holds a Ph.D. in Practicum in Teacher Education from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem​ and a second Ph.D. in Hebrew Literature from The Center for Yiddish Studies at the Bar Ilan University​.

Halah Habayib, Ph.D is head of the department of early childhood education at Al- Qasemi College of Education.

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.

Certified teacher and researcher at the John Paul II Catholic of Lublin, specializes in the methodology of work with students with a chronic disease. Participates and leads teacher training for teachers who want to work in inclusive education.

Dr. Waleed Dallasheh is a senior lecturer, head of the Master’s Degree Program in Teaching (M. TEACH), Head of the Induction Department & the Promentors Project Manager at the College of Sakhnin.

Researcher at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializes in teacher training for early/elementary education, and psychological aspects of teachers work in classroom e.g. group dynamics, communication between students and teacher, students discipline and motivation, hidden curriculum.

Head of induction year unit. Lecturer at Levinsky college in the field of Social Emotional Learning. Main interest in research: interns, induction year and Sense of Coherence In Teaching Situation (SOCITS) among interns.

Hannu Heikkinen is a professor in education in the Finnish Institute for Educational Research (FIER) located in University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

Shulamit Fischer (PhD) is a lecturer at Kaye Academic College of Education and in Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her main interest, in both institutions, is in Social Psychology issues including innovation, group-dynamics and conflict-resolution.

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.

Researcher at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializes in educational psychology,psychology of disability and moral education. Participates in numerous research projects, among others on teacher students’ motivation and satisfaction.

Head of the Induction unit, New teacher course coordinator, Head of the Department of Literature at Himdat Hadarom College

Dr. Maha Arslan has a PhD in special education from the University of Haifa. Her research field is the parenting style of individuals with children with disabilities and the future orientation of adolescents. She works in different positions at The Academic College of Sakhnin such as: a lecturer in special education and a pedagogical supervisor in special education department, final projects supervisor for M.Ed. students in learning disabilities and coordinator of inclusion.

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)

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.

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.

Ihab is a senior Lecturer, PhD in Clinical and Health Psychology. Coordinator of Mentors and Beginning Teachers at Sakhnin College, where he also serves as a researcher and lecturer in a Special Education Department, Educational Counseling and Learning Disabilities Departments.

A senior faculty member and Head of International Initiatives of the Research Authority at Levinsky College of Education, and adjnct lecturer and researcher at Tel-Aviv University.