The Formation of Mentor Teachers and their Role in Professional Development of Rural Teachers at Scale in the COVID Lockdown Period in India

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dc.contributor.authorCharania, Amina
dc.contributor.authorWolfenden, Freda
dc.contributor.authorSarkar, Durba
dc.contributor.authorCross, Simon
dc.contributor.authorSen, Sohini
dc.contributor.authorPaltiwale, Sumegh
dc.contributor.authorAdinolfi, Lina
dc.coverage.placeNameIndia
dc.coverage.spatialAsia
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-10T06:28:13Z
dc.date.available2022-08-10T06:28:13Z
dc.date.issued2022-09
dc.description.abstractPCF10 Sub-theme: Inspiring Innovations // The COVID Lockdown Period (CLP) pushed many teachers including rural teachers from India to embrace technology enabled teaching. Continuous Professional Development (CPD) of these teachers to improve equity, scale, and quality needed experienced and motivated mentors to offer online support to teachers. The National Education Policy (NEP, 2020) in India suggests a mission for mentoring and various CPD tools for tracking the career progression of teachers. The purpose of the study is to understand the CPD process of teacher turned mentors, and in what ways prior experience of CPD supported their mentoring role and motivation as mentors in the new context. The paper made suggestions on systemic integration of mentor teachers in state machinery, advocate career advancement for the mentor teachers to scale and sustain quality CPD in the system. // Paper ID 0650
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.56059/pcf10.650
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11599/4104
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCommonwealth of Learning (COL)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectTeachers
dc.subjectProfessional Development
dc.subjectRural Communities
dc.subjectTechnology-Enabled Learning (TEL)
dc.titleThe Formation of Mentor Teachers and their Role in Professional Development of Rural Teachers at Scale in the COVID Lockdown Period in India
dc.typeWorking Paper
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