Mentoring Program Materials are at the Learning Together Video Hub

We have published ‘Mentoring programme’ materials with text and video recordings in the ‘Resource Centre’ part of the NUS hub. The programme, which consisted of 6 webinars (1 ECTS credit), was held for teachers of in-service teacher training institutions in June 2022.

The program introduces the concept of the “School as a learning organization” and the main tasks of teachers-mentors in development and implementation of this concept.

In the mentioned video hub at the following link you will find a brief description of webinar topics, videos and presentations arranged in accordance with the webinar program. The materials will be useful for teachers of in-service teacher training institutions, higher education and general secondary education.

Webinar topics

1. How to create a positive school culture based on collaboration?
2. Leadership (management) – school principals – joint leadership.
3. School as a learning organization.
4. Support to teacher training and professional development.
5. Professional development of teachers.
6. Introduction to mentoring.
7. Induction period: tips for intern teachers.
8. Professional development of teachers: digital competence of teachers.
9. Mentoring: the path from a teacher to an expert teacher.
10. Mentoring methods.
11. Key factors of successful mentoring.
12. Peer mentoring – mentor’s and mentee’s tasks, responsibilities and roles.
13. Characteristics of mentoring methods.
14. Mentoring process.
15. Peer group mentoring.

Webinar speakers – Anja Huurinainen-Kosunen and Riia Palmqvist.

Anja Huurinainen-Kosunen – MA in Education, teacher trainer, primary school teacher with around 30 years of teaching and mentoring experience in teacher training schools (University of Helsinki and University of Eastern Finland). Experienced in developing learning materials (in particular digital ones) – textbooks, workbooks. Author of articles on assessment, curricula, computational thinking and integrated learning. Research interests: curriculum development, assessment, personality-focused teaching methods.

Riia Palmqvist – Counselor of Education at Finnish National Agency for Education, MA and PhD in Education, teacher for children with special educational needs, primary school teacher, student counselor with 20 years of teaching experience in schools and vocational schools. Research interests: student well-being, flexible individual learning trajectories.