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. Cochava Farjun
Dr. Cochava Farjun
Dr. Cochava Farjun is a pedagogical instructor, internship coordinator and head of the simulation center at Hemdat Hadarom College.

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.

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

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. 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. 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. 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.

Dr. Tareq Murad
Dr. Tareq Murad
The Training Supervision Department and a lecturer of English Department at Sakhnin College for TE

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.

Dr. Haneen Magadlah
Dr. Haneen Magadlah
An educator, social worker, and social activist. Holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and a master’s degree in non-profit management, and Phd degree all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She holds a teaching certificate in psychology and sociology from the Hebrew University’s school of
education,.

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

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. 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. 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.

Dr. Waleed Dallasheh
Dr. Waleed Dallasheh
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.

Dr. habil. Professor Dorota Kornas-Biela
Dr. habil. Professor Dorota Kornas-Biela
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.

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.

Vardit Israel
Vardit Israel
Vardit Israel is a lecturer at Kaye College, facilitator of internship and mentoring courses, and mentoring coordinator at the college. She is also a PhD student at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Vardit is a certified educational counselor and she also works as an advisor for the Ministry of Education Psychological and Counseling Services.

Mgr. Agnieszka Amilkiewicz-Marek
Mgr. Agnieszka Amilkiewicz-Marek
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. Rhonda Sofer
Dr. Rhonda Sofer
Rhonda Sofer is an applied anthropologist and an expert in designing and implementing international educational programs. She is the Director of the International Center at Gordon Academic College of Education located in Haifa, Israel.









