‘MOSSY’ MENTORING for ‘CUTIES’

Recent Developments in Romanian Mentoring

Monica Marasescu

Empowering by Mentoring

TrainingStandardisationNetworkingPRESETT-INSETT/Beyond ITT and ELT

ExpertiseResourcesSustainability Problems

Training

ELT

Mentor Trainers

Non-ELT

GAINS personal interpersonal professional status and recognition institutional partnerships resources

Standardisationharmonisation/status/recognition/certification/accreditation

Mentee Evaluation InstrumentsMentor Occupational StandardsMentor Evaluation StandardsCourse design (Ro, Hu, Bul, Lv, Ru, Ukr, etc)

Mentor Observation and Support Scheme

Mentor Observation and Support Scheme/MOSS

AIM: to meet needs for standardisation

and good quality mentoring of increasing no of Ms for ITT and induction

PRODUCT: Guide/instrument of observation and

assessment by self/peers/STs/Meths

MOSS vs MESS/Mossy vs Messy

‘A rolling stone

gathers no moss’

Definition (Collins Cobuild English Language Dictionary):

‘ a person who keeps wandering casually from place to place will never enjoy the benefits of a settled life, such as a

family, a home, a career, or close friends; will also

avoid responsibilities….’

Networking

Conferences (national/follow-up; international)

Networking lists/directoryAsMeRo/Romanian Mentor Association

Newsletter and web pageInternational

courses/Consultancy

PreSeTT&InSeTT/Beyond ITT and ELT

NQT Project (ELT)

training workshopsmentoring for

induction (portfolios for NQT and M)

NQT resource centre

START Project (non-ELT)

training MTstraining Ms for

inductionstandards for

teacherspilot schools

Expertise

Trained Mentors Mentor Trainers (all subjects)

Know-how Mentors for induction

Resources

Mentoring booksMentor course packs Course reportsStandards PortfoliosGuide to Mentor EvaluationNewsletterWeb

Sustainability Problems

Recognition vs Accreditation(courses, certificates, standards, programmes)

Parallel developments?Mentor status/payPartnershipFunding National vs international recognitionCommunication