The international project Erasmus + KA201
Mentor Training is implemented by 6 higher education
institutions from 4
countries.
Project coordinator
- Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, SK
Project partners
- J. Selye University in Komárno, SK
- University of Ostrava in Ostrava, CZ
- University of Economics and Business in Prague, CZ
- Eszterházy Károly University in Eger, HU
- University of Novi Sad in Novi Sad, RS
Being aware of the crucial role of mentor-teachers in the process of training and educating future teachers and
supporting novice teachers in their retention in the profession, the project partners intend to:
- support the professionalism of mentor-teachers and to equip them with appropriate mentoring knowledge and
skills
- develop innovative modular curricula and training materials for further education and continuous
professional development of mentor-teachers and on their basis create a continuing education course suitable
for face-to-face study as well as self-study of mentor-teachers, which project partner institutions will
submit for accreditation, in accordance with applicable legislation in their countries, and will offer it to
practicing teachers.
Project objectives
Realizing the crucial role of mentors in the process of teacher training and education the objectives set by
project partners are as follows:
- to support mentor teachers professionalism and equip them with relevant mentoring knowledge and skills, thus
to make them more self-confident about their role
- to increase the level of their mentoring competences and understanding of their importance
- to develop an innovative modular mentor training programme for face-to-face and self-study implementation
- to design and develop mentor training materials in five languages (English, Slovak, Czech, Hungarian,
Serbian) reflecting the modular programme
- to run teaching practice of will-be-teachers and induction phase of novices in professional environment and
make them more trainee friendly
- to increase the quality of practical training of future teachers
- to increase motivation and ensure willingness of young teachers to stay in the teaching profession
- to strengthen the profile of the teaching profession
To achieve the above stated objectives, the project partners will make sure the relevant measures are taken within
the life of the project and conditions for their fulfilment are created in their respected institutions which will
provide the trainings in future. This task requires:
- to design an innovative modular curriculum for a mentor-teacher training course, i.e. to design and agree
its content and topics addressed and modes of its delivery
- to develop training materials in compliance with the designed curriculum and make it accessible in the
national languages (Slovak, Czech, Hungarian, Serbian) of the project participants and in English
- to make aware the target groups (existing and prospected mentor teachers and school head teachers) of the
project about the interim project outputs and elicit the discussion about them in order to increase their
relevance and quality, and make them as tailor made as possible for the intended stakeholders
- to make subject methodology teachers and other teaching staff (willing to be involved in the course
delivery) in their institutions knowledgeable about the project objectives and outputs and train them in
short-term staff training events
- to design CPD (continuous professional development) modular training programme in compliance with national
legislation and submit it for accreditation to the relevant legislative bodies in the project partners
countries
- to advertise the programme and use the developed materials in the face-to-face trainings, and for self-study
of mentors
