TEACHER TRAINING

Teacher training covers initial, specialized and lifelong training.

Initial Training
Kindergarten/pre-school and primary education teachers’ initial training lasts for four years, including a professional training in state or private Colleges of Higher Education leading a degree. Teachers also can graduate from a public or private University and be permitted to teach a specific subject or group of subjects. Secondary education teachers’ training also takes four years at a state or private University and also includes a professional training, leading to a degree. These teachers are awarded qualifications to teach specific areas.

Specialized Training
Kindergarten/pre-school, primary and secondary education teachers can specialize in some areas (e.g. special education, counselling, pedagogical supervising, school administration, curriculum development, and so on).

This type of training lasts for one or two years and takes place at public or private Colleges of Higher Education, it is equivalent to a post-graduation and awards teachers professional qualifications allowing them to work in specialized areas.

Lifelong Training
Kindergarten/pre-school, primary and secondary education teachers may apply to additional different training modalities to update and broaden their knowledge as well as their skills – training courses, action programmes, workshops, studies circle, conferences, among others. The duration depends on the type of training modality chosen.

Lifelong training can be implemented by higher education institutions, by school clusters in training centres, by training centres of scientific or professional associations, by central or local administration centres, all of them accredited by the Scientific Pedagogical Council for Lifelong Training. Training boards are either of public or of private nature and teachers or others, with relevant curriculum vitae concerning a particular area and suitably accredited, can be chosen as trainers. Lifelong training modalities entitle those who attend them to a certificate and to some credits vital to the progress in their career as teachers.