Project plan

Overview

Project goals

The "EduMento" project focuses on the development of a multilingual online training course for mentors who provide practical guidance to mentees in schools. On the one hand, the online training is intended to train teachers with a mentoring function in Europe and offer them support in the mentoring process. On the other hand, it serves the target group of mentees, as they can work together professionally with their mentors using the app developed for this purpose.

Target groups

Mentors

• Teachers who supervise prospective teachers
• Colleagues in supervision
• ...

Mentees

• Prospective teachers (e.g., during internships, practical phases during teacher training)
• Young teachers
• ...

Project plan

The EduMento project is to be implemented over a period of three years from November 1^st, 2023. After the design phase, the results will be tested at the partner schools and then disseminated.

Phase 1: Conceptual development

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A training course and associated tools for planning and observing lessons are being developed for mentors in teacher training. The training and tools are to be made available via a free app.

The Training is made available via a multilingual Moodle course. The course content includes the basics of the following topics:

• Teaching - e.g., "What is good teaching?"
• Assessing and advising - e.g., "How can mentors organize reflective discussions on lessons?"
• Cooperation - e.g., "What are the conditions for success in a mentor-mentee relationship?"
• Education - e.g., "How can classroom disruptions be prevented?"
• Professionalization - e.g., "What significance does theory have in teaching practice?"
• Teachers' health - e.g., "What support systems are there?"

The Tools are divided into the following components:

• Analysis sheets for analyzing your own teaching, taking quality features into account
• Observation assignments for analyzing other teachers' lessons
• Digital tool for lesson planning

Phase 2: Testing and revision

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During meetings at the participating schools, results from Phase 1 are tested in the classroom and revised afterwards.

The first working meeting took place at the German School in Rome in November 2024. The focus was on testing the first version of the web app, including the analysis sheets and observation tasks.

The second working meeting was hosted by the 8th Lyceum in Kraków in March 2025. Here, revisions to the web app were reviewed, and the focus shifted to the lesson planning tool.

The third working meeting took place at the German School in Lisbon in October 2025. As well as re-evaluating all the updates to the web app, we filmed videos for our Moodle course and a project teaser with the LMU film team.

Phase 3: Dissemination

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The project results were disseminated through teacher training courses, scientific publications and conference contributions.

As part of a fourth working meeting at the German School of Athens, we presented our dissemination reports to one another and made plans for the wider dissemination of EduMento beyond the project’s duration.