National Leadership Mentor Program for School Teachers: Scaffolding
Beginner Teacher towards Leading School
Abstract
This policy paper proposes a model for, ‘National
Leadership Mentor Program for School Teachers’ on the lines of
recommendations of National Education Policy 2020 of India for setting
up National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) and National
Mentoring Mission (NMM). The objective of the paper is to review two
documents on National Professional Standards for Teachers & National
Mentoring Mission developed by National Council for Teacher Education,
India and propose the mentoring model, which integrates the mentoring
aims with the career progression targets. The purpose of the model is to
develop a system of scaffolding teachers by drawing in from the
mentoring pool, prepared specifically for the skill sets and standards
of particular level. The methodology adopted is qualitative research
with documentary content analysis method. The key finding is that there
is a need to integrate NPST with NMM for ensuring excellence in
acquiring standards and movement through career progression. The
proposed model provides the basis for implementation of NMM at a
National Level.