Resumen de An attempt to study different forms of supportive roles in school based professional development: significant elements and similarities
In this paper an attempt is made to review five supportive roles related to four different frameworks of school based professional development, namely, the roles of facilitator and critical friend in action research, the role of critical friend in school self-evaluation, the role of tutor in fostering teacher leadership and the role of mentor in mentoring within the Greek context. This review focuses on experiences from Greek and international projects carried out in Greek schools as well as on specific characteristics of each of the four frameworks. Through comparison of these roles, differences and similarities emerge amongst them as well as particularities in their function concerning the feasibility to find and train them personnel to assume such roles in schools. Additionally, the possibility of using the advantage of this review in the official planning and attainment of professional development in Greece is briefly discussed.