Novice Educator Support and Training – NEST
| Program | Erasmus+-KA3 |
| Sub-Program | Support to policy development and cooperation |
| Project name |
Novice Educator Support and Training – NEST |
| Projekt acronym |
NEST |
| Number |
626151-EPP-1-2020-2-BG-EPPKA3-PI-POLICY |
| Project partners |
Teach for Bulgaria Ministry of Education and Science, Bulgaria Bildungsdirektion für Wien, Österreich Ministère de l’Education de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgien Brussels Education Centre, Belgien Ministry of Education and Research Romania Consejería de Educación e Investigación de la Comunidad de Madrid, Spanien Departament d’Educació de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Spanien Universität Duisburg-Essen, Deutschland Secrétariat Général de l’Enseignement Catholique, Belgien Teacher’s Trade Union, Labor Confederation “Podkrepa”, Bulgarien Teach for Austria Teach for Belgium Teach for Romania Empieza por Educar, Spanien Teach for All, Großbritannien |
| Projekt Dauer | 28.02.2021 – 28.02.2024 |
Mentorship is critical for supporting newcomers to the teaching profession particularly in disadvantaged schools, yet structured induction programmes remain rare and few novice teachers have access to high-quality mentorship. However, the effective mentoring of newcomers could save time and costs, increase the effectiveness, job satisfaction, retention and attractiveness of the profession.
NEST will design and pilot a new, adaptive mentoring model for novice teachers working at disadvantaged schools as a relevant and effective solution to the need to increase effectiveness, motivation and retention and to boost the attractiveness of the profession. The outcomes of the project will provide authorities, policy makers, universities, and non-governmental organizations with guidance as they likewise seek to introduce adaptive support for newcomer teachers in their own contexts.