ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF MENTORS IN PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM: PERSPECTIVE OF THE ROLE OF MENTORS IN THE FUTURE

One of the compulsory courses for prospective teachers in the Teacher Education Program is the Field Experience Program. In the implementation of this Field Experience Program, students are accompanied by Field Supervisors and Mentor Teachers. Field Supervisors and Mentor Teachers are positioned as mentors for prospective teacher students as mentees. It is suspected that Field Supervisors and Mentor Teachers have not carried out their functions as mentors properly. This study aims to identify nine mentor roles in mentoring prospective teacher students, so that it can be analyzed which mentor roles are effective and which mentor roles need to be improved so that in the future the mentoring of prospective teacher Field Experience Programs will be better for producing professional prospective teachers. The findings show that the dominant mentor role of the mentor is the role as a resource person, co-learner, supporter and role as a counselor. There is a difference in the dominant role between field supervisors and mentor teachers, namely that field supervisors are dominant in the role as counselors and co-learner while mentor teachers stand out in the role of role models and supporters. The future outlook for the role of mentors in field experience program assistance still revolves around the nine mentor roles, with an emphasis on improving roles that are still weak.