NQT-COME

The Nordplus Horizontal Programme is a cross- sectoral programme involving activities such as workshops, conferences, studies, innovative courses and so on.

What are the aims of NQT-COME?

The aim of the project is to promote professional learning of newly qualified teachers in the induction phase through developing systems of support. One of the most promising methods to promote new teacher's professional learning is mentoring, in its various forms, including one-to-one mentoring, peer mentoring and group mentoring. The project focuses on sharing research based evidence and best practices of mentoring through a series of seminars and workshops for mentors, researchers and teacher educators.

What is NQT-COME?

NQT-COME is an international project (2009-12), launched by the NQTNE network and funded by Nordplus Horizontal programme. In the project, there are representatives of teacher education and educational research institutes, teacher unions and municipatities.

NQT-COME participants in Tallinn meeting in September 2010

How does the project work?

The NQT-COME project organizes a series of seminars 2009 – 2012, based on the comparative research done by the research and development network Newly Qualified Teachers in Northern Europe (NQTNE). The series of seven seminars and workshops will be circulated in the five participant counties: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The seminars will be organized in collaboration with national teacher education institutions, municipalities and schools, and teacher unions. The aim is to develop support systems for NQTs through international sharing of best practices and comparative research work.

Series of workshops and seminars

2009 October 26th-27th Gävle, Sweden; Comparative Perspectives on Supporting Newly Qualified Teachers
2010 January 11th-13th, Copenhagen; Denmark: Team Work and Mentoring as School Development
2010 June 7th-9th Jyväskylä, Finland; Promoting Learning and Well-Being of Students and Teachers
2010 September 15th-17th Tallinn, Estonia; Education for Mentors: Sharing the Best Practices
2011 March 30th-31th, Norway; Becoming a professional teacher: Novice Teachers in Schools and Daycare Institutions
2011 September 19th-20th, Jyväskylä, Finland; Practice Architectures of Teacher Education
2012 May 9th-11th, Tallinn, Estonia; Supporting New Teachers in Europe