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Monday 11th January: Network-meeting starting with lunch 13.00-17.30
Tuesday 12th January: Possibility of intrest-groupmeetings 9.00-9.45, National conference 10.00-17.00
Wednesday 13th January: Network meeting until 13.00 (School visit at Busse’s School with focus on support to new teachers through team work, + evaluation of the whole 3-days network meeting)
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Danish network conference: MENTORSHIP FOR NEW TEACHERS, -how to do it in the best way?
Conference venue: UCC University College, Titangade 11, 2200 København N
The main aim of this conference is to promote the professional learning of newly qualified teachers during their induction phase.
One of the most promising methods to promote new teachers’ professional learning is mentoring in its various forms.
The conference focuses on sharing research-based evidence and best practices of mentoring in Denmark as well as in other Nordic countries through a series of seminars and workshops for mentors, school staff, municipality staff, teacher union representatives, researchers and teacher educators.
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9.30 Registration and coffee
10.00 Welcome and keynotes
The Development of mentorship – a comparative introduction by Egon Hedegaard, project leader and senior lecturer, UCC University College, Denmark
”From leading the way to finding the way together”. New understandings of mentoring in theory and praxis by Hannu L. T. Heikkinen, PhD, Senior Researcher, Adjunct Professor. The Finnish Institute for Educational Research. University of Jyväskylä (Language: English. A short written summary in Danish is provided)
11.00 Two parallel keynotes:
1. ”Why mentorship for NQTs? – To vitalize teacher cooperation through joy and involvement” by Lisbeth Lunde Frederiksen, senior lecturer, Ph.D. VIA University College, Teacher Education in Århus, Denmark (Language: Danish)
2. Results of the Danish national survey on support to new teachers – best examples and worst cases. By Egon Hedegaard, UCC (Language: English)
12.00 Lunch & informal networking
Poster & book session: All participants are invited to exhibit posters and books on supporting NQT´s.
13.00-14.15 Workshops - Round 1
1. The techniques, possibilities and pitfalls of mentoring with experienced mentors as negotiators through an exchange of experiences. Lilian Rohde, lektor, UCC University College, Denmark (Language: Danish)
2. "Early career support: What urgent situations may occur, how to deal with them, and how to support professional development through mentoring" Workshop activities on the basis of fragments of the Dutch film ”Miss, What keeps you going?” dealing with the development of a young teacher in the first years of her career. We will identify her challenges in becoming a “professional” teacher and discuss how to organize mentoring and induction at school level to support young teachers in an optimal way. The international model of guidance and induction developed in the COMENIUS-project IGNATIUS (Induction & Guidance of Newly Appointed Teachers) will be introduced to structure the results of this discussion. Mark Hoeksma and Hans von Linden. Facilitator Betty Sander Laursen, UCC University College, Denmark (Language: English)
3) Qualifications and training needed by mentors. Swedish, Norwegian and Estonian examples to be presented by Kathrine Poom-Valickis, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Estland; Göran Fransson, University of Gävle, Sverige og Paul Robert Sundar, Høgskolen i Oslo, Norge. Facilitator: Birte Peuliche, UCC University College, Denmark (Language: “Nordic”)
14.15 Coffee break
14.30-16.00 Workshops - Round 2
1. Is supervision in school practice (for student teachers) and mentoring for NQT´s two sides of the same coin? Is it possible to bridge the gap between students’ practice teaching and the induction period of NQTs through supervisors becoming mentors for their new colleagues? Wiebke Klages, Høgskolen i Oslo and Helen Nyboe, UCC University College, Denmark (Languages: Danish/Norwegian)
2. What do we understand by good mentorship and good organisational frames?
Six kinds of Nordic input followed by round table discussions
The Norwegian example: Development projects leading to ”veiledning” for all. Paul Robert Sundar, Høgskolen i Oslo.
The Swedish Example: Mentorship as a right, as an obligation or as an offer? Lee Gleichmann Linnarsson, Lärarförbundet and Anna Jändel-Holst, Lärarnas Riksförbund.
The Finnish Example: Research & Development with a focus on group mentoring. Hannu Jokinen, University of Jyväskylä.
The Estonian example: A fifth year of mentorship as part of an ”induction year" for all NQT´s. Eve Eisenschmidt, Tallinn Pedagogical University.
Danish examples: Points of view from 2 Heads of Schools: A municipal school ("Folkeskole"): Nils Danielsen, Rosenlundskolen, Ballerup, - and an independent school ("Friskole"): Bjarne Højlund, Busses Skole, Gentofte
This workshop is mainly based on input from members of the NORDPLUS-project NQTNE-COME (Supporting Newly Qualified Teachers through Collaborative Mentoring)(på engelsk)
16.15 Panel discussion
Representatives of signatories to the invitation comment on the day’s programme (succeeded by a short debate) Participants: Per Ungfelt, Skolelederforeningen; Uffe Rostrup, Frie Skolers Lærerforening; Margit Thorsvang, Det landsdækkende netværk: Støtte til nye lærere, Carl-Erik Olesen, Børne- og Kulturchefforeningen og Jette Worm, Læreruddannelsen, Professionshøjskolen UCC
16.50-17.00 Closing the conference
ocusing on future partnerships and network activities by Egon Hedegaard
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Danmarks Lærerforening
Frie Skolers Lærerforening
Skolelederforeningen
Børne- og Kulturchefforeningen (BKF)
Center for Grundskoleforskning, Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitetsskole
COMENIUS-project “Induction & Guidance of Newly Appointed Teachers in European Schools” (IGNATIUS)
NORDPLUS-project “Supporting Newly Qualified Teachers through Collaborative Mentoring” (NQT-COME)
The Danish national network “Support to New Teachers”
Professionshøjskolen UCC
In this Danish conference the Danish participants will be joined by members of the NORDPLUS-project ”Supporting Newly Qualified Teachers through Collaborative Mentoring ”(NQT-COME) , and the COMENIUS-project ”Induction & Guidance of Newly Appointed Teachers in European Schools” (IGNATIUS) as participants and instructors.
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In general everybody engaged in supporting NQT´s during their induction period - especially all mentors. By ”mentors” we understand everybody involved in supporting NQT´s through direct support from experienced colleagues to NQT(s) (in different organizational ways whether these are called mentoring, coaching, supervision, buddy-arrangements, group supervision or the like).
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