The Student Practice Teaching and Mentor Education Programmes
In the academic years 2001-2, 2005-6 and 2007-8 our Faculty succeeded in getting funds (through the Operational Programme for Education and Initial Vocational Training O.P. "Education"- ΕΠΕΑΕΚ ΙΙ – Ενέργεια 3.4β΄) in order to materialize two programmes/aims: a) the Programme Practice Teaching of Students, which, inter alia, gave the opportunity to students to function as paid student teachers for two months in public and private primary or secondary schools and b) the Programme Mentor Education/Training through which we were given the opportunity to train the English language teachers that supervised our students during their practice as Mentors and to develop accompanying mentor training Handbooks .
More specifically, in 2001-2, through the Programme 20 third year students were appointed for two months in primary or secondary schools or other institutes offering TEFL, as teaching assistants or in banks, companies or publishing houses as translators. In 2005-6 and in 2007-8, 60 student teachers and 100 student teachers respectively took part in the Programme functioning as paid student teachers for two months in public and private primary or secondary schools. In addition, during the academic year 2005-2006 the Mentor training Programme was launched which gave the opportunity to train our cooperating teachers in their role as “mentor”.
The Programme "Student practice teaching of the University of Athens" is jointly funded by the European Union and national funds and is part of the Operational Programme «Education and Life Long Learning» of the Ministry of Education, Life Long Learning and Religious Affairs. For the academic years 2010-11 and 2011-12 our Faculty was awarded funding to extend and further establish and develop teaching practice course. For the duration of the Programme 253 students were appointed in various primary and secondary schools acting as paid student teachers for two months.
The Student Practice Teaching and Mentor Education Programmes