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

Dr. Romiță Iucu
Dr. Romiță Iucu
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,

Bosmat Bar-Nadav
Bosmat Bar-Nadav
A lecturer at Kaye Academic College of Education. Program evaluator at the research and evaluation authority and at Kaye Induction Unit. Bar-Nadav evaluates the PROMENTOR program at Kaye College. She is also a doctoral student at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

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.

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. 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. Klaudia Martynowska
Dr. Klaudia Martynowska
Researcher at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializes in educational psychology, in particular leadership, emotional intelligence, proactive behaviour and other factors stimulating better functioning of the individual in an organizational context. Conducts counseling, coaching and training for adults, including teachers.

Dr. Sara Ziv
Dr. Sara Ziv
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.

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. 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. Alona Forkosh-Baruch
Dr. Alona Forkosh-Baruch
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.

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.

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. Rimona Cohen
Dr. Rimona Cohen
The Coordinator and Mentor of beginning teachers at Porsim Kanaf Unit in Beit-Berl Academic College. Manager of the College team in the ProMentors Project.

Dr. Tami Reuveni
Dr. Tami Reuveni
The head of the Teaching Department at Levinsky College of Education and a member of the managerial forum. She is in charge of certification programs for pre-service teachers and courses for novice in-service teachers and mentors. Her major research area is teacher training.

Dr. Shulamit Fischer
Dr. Shulamit Fischer
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.

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.

Dr. Bilha Bashan
Dr. Bilha Bashan
The Head of the Continuous Education Department, and the head of Research Authority in Talpiot College Holon, Israel and the Promentors’ Project Coordinator

Dr. Orit Dahan
Dr. Orit Dahan
An Expert and Mentor of students and beginning teachers with special needs in Beit-Berl AcademicCollege. Researcher at the College team in the ProMentors Project.

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. Reuma De-Groot
Dr. Reuma De-Groot
The head of the European Union unit for projects’ coordination at Mofet Institute. She has extensive experience in management of EU-funded large-scale European projects and other complex inter-institution collaborations.









