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

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.

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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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.

Dr. Erez Zavlevsky
Dr. Erez Zavlevsky

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

Dr. Elena Marin
Dr. Elena Marin
An educational expert and lecturer at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (University of Bucharest).

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. 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. Iwona Szewczak
Dr. Iwona Szewczak
Researcher at John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializes in in the theory of upbringing (anthropological, axiological and teleological basics). She is a Principal Coordinator of internship at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

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. 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. 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. 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,.

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.









