Project description

As presenting at conferences or professional events is one practice of leadership, and in collaboration with EVE group, HUPE CROATIA will offer a leadership mentoring programme to train 8 selected Croatian female classroom teachers to become professional conference presenters. The selected participants will receive mentoring offered by EVE-ELT mentors for 3 months. The aims of this mentoring are to equip the participants with the necessary skills to present at international conferences, online and local professional development events. Upon their successful completion of the training, the participants will be added to the HUPE CROATIA list of webinar speakers where they share and showcase the knowledge and experience gained from the mentoring programme. After the success of this first pilot mentoring, and to maximize the benefits of their successful participation, HUPE CROATIA and EVE may encourage the successful trainees to apply for the IATEFL conference scholarships and support them through the process to present at IATEFL or HUPE CROATIA International conferences. The successful trainees will also be granted a complimentary one-year-membership of HUPE CROATIA.

HUPE CROATIA aims to empower Croatian teachers to share their knowledge and expertise locally and internationally. However, one challenge remains; that is identifying members who are capable of innovation inside their classrooms but are not visible enough because they are shy or may lack the public speaking skills to share their ideas and expertise through actively participating in professional conferences and organized professional development presentations. By bringing these examples of successful classroom teachers to the forefront and training them on presentation and public speaking skills, HUPE CROATIA aims to highlight the amazing work done by Croatian classroom teachers and inspire others who may be intimidated to become professional conference presenters to share their stories.  

The successful candidates should have the following:

• Experience as classroom teachers, preferably in a rural area (connectivity issue may be a challenge though)
• Evidence of active participation in their local teacher community or teacher association (initiated a project or led a teacher club, etc.)
• Willingness to learn and receive critical feedback to improve performance 
• Commitment to cascade the training they receive with teachers in their school/community
• Internet connectivity that allows them to participate in the online mentoring

Important Dates:

Programme start time: January 2024
Duration:  6-10 hours of mentoring over 3 months 

How can I join the programme?

Complete the application form you can find here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vGrqj4nuf_LMEhHEeIs-vJdTqqmVB3hiAImOHWUO7QM/edit

Here you can find more information about EVE: https://evecalendar.wordpress.com/

Schedule for EVE and HUPE Croatia Mentoring Programme