(1. Kindergarten English Teacher, Greece; 2. Hellenic Open University, Patra, Greece)

Abstract: The main purpose of the study was to explore how ICTs can be used in order to facilitate the distance communication and collaboration at a peer e-mentoring programme. Moreover there is an attempt to present and discuss the difficulties that the participants may face by participating in a relevant programme. For six weeks (16/1-24/2/2017) five kindergarten teachers who participated in a peer e-mentoring program met through the Greek School Network (GSN) teleconferencing service but also communicated in other ways (by phone, by mail, viber). The purpose of their meetings was to interact and exchange views on the content and course of the lessons related to the innovative programme of teaching English in kindergarten using ICT. The organization of the framework was done by the peer e-mentor while the content of the courses and the planning of the educational process with the active participation of the mentees. At the end of the peer e-mentoring program, the mentees with individual interviews presented their experience. The results of the study were promising and show that peer e-mentoring could be a very effective practice which can help the professional and emotional development of kindergartens mitigating professional isolation.