Promentors Project

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.

Information manager at The Mofet Institute, specializing in knowledge management and serves as a member in the managing team of the Promentors.

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. Yaser Awad has Ph.D. in applied statistician Actuary Science and research methodology, who has been working in the field of teacher training for over 14 years. He is Vice-President for research, planning and strategic, the head of the advanced studies unit, Director professional development Center, Director of Pre- preparatory academic program, head of the International Relations Unit, and the LEAR of the College in Erasmus+ program.

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)

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.

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

The Training Supervision Department and a lecturer of English Department at Sakhnin College for TE

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 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. 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

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.

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.