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

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

Dr. Thomas Ralph
Dr. Thomas Ralph
Tom is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter. He is Programme Director for the Secondary PGCE programme and Subject Leader for Secondary PGCE Mathematics.

Dr. Raul Drachman
Dr. Raul Drachman
Economist and projects initiator and manager, formerly at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, presentlyin the Mofet Institute and Talpiot College. Experience covers university lecturing, economic modeling and consulting, and bank management. Inventor and patents holder, loves science, math, classical music, nature walking and fishing.

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. Einat Bracha
Dr. Einat Bracha
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.

Dr Ewelina Świdrak
Dr Ewelina Świdrak
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.

Dr. Erez Zavlevsky
Dr. Erez Zavlevsky

Dr. Ainat Guberman
Dr. Ainat Guberman
The Head of the Research Authority at The MOFET Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is a lecturer at David Yellin Academic College of Education, as well as in the Department of Education at the Hebrew University, both located in Jerusalem, Israel. Her main fields of interest are teacher educators’ professional development as well as cognitive development in early childhood.

Dr. Lidia Pietruszka
Dr. Lidia Pietruszka
Researcher at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Her main research interests focus on the issues of social orphan-hood, foster parenting, preventive and compensatory measures undertaken for children whose development is at risk, as well as social work and social assistance. She works also as a student teacher internship supervisor.

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. 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. Ihab Zubeidat
Dr. Ihab Zubeidat
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.

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. Aleksandra Borowicz
Dr. Aleksandra Borowicz
Researcher at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; specializes in the methodology of auditory and language education of deaf and hard of hearing children; conducts research among teachers regarding their openness and preparation for inclusive education; consultant in the project of creating a model of centers supporting inclusive education; sign language lecturer and cued speech method instructor.

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.

Dr. Simona Iftimescu
Dr. Simona Iftimescu
Simona Iftimescu is an educational expert, lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (University of Bucharest) and Secretary General of the Romanian Educational Research
Association.

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. Drorit Ram
Dr. Drorit Ram
Dr. Drorit Ram is a pedagogical counselor for teaching English as a foreign language in high schools, a coordinator of practicum in schools, and a lecturer at Levinsky College of Education, Tel-Aviv

Dr. Mihaela Stîngu
Dr. Mihaela Stîngu
A lecturer at Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences and coordinator of Center for Development and Training in Higher Education at the University of Bucharest.

Dr. Ainat Guberman
Dr. Ainat Guberman
The Head of the Research Authority at The MOFET Institute, and a lecturer at David Yellin Academic College of Education, and the Hebrew University.









