Fifty educational institutions of Moldova will be chosen for a pilot national continuous professional formation program intended for teachers. Minister of Education and Research Dan Perciun told a news conference that the trainer of the continuous formation institution will come to the educational institution and will work with the whole school community so that new knowledge and skills are really implemented at the institution and new approaches are supported by the entire teaching staff, IPN reports.

According to the minister, the quality of teaching depends on the teacher’s skills and competence. Through this pilot project, the Ministry of Education and Research suggests rethinking the continuous formation process, the training of teachers. They aim to build relations of mentorship between the continuous formation institution and the educational institution so that there is a long-lasting relationship.

Dan Perciun also said that the treated subjects were consulted with trainers and with educational institutions for these to meet the needs of teachers. Among the treated subjects are emotional intelligence, proper state of teaching staff, organizational culture at the institution, efficient communication with students, relations between teachers and parents, inclusive education. About 50 teachers will be trained at each of the 50 institutions, which is a total of 2,500 teachers or about 10% of all the teachers working in Moldova’s schools.

The program will last by the end of this year and will include 75 hours of direct contact, 100 hours of individual study, 35 follow-up hours to assess the results, progress at the institution as a result of the training and 90 mentorship and counseling hours for each educational institution. If more institutions apply to take part in the program, priority will be given to those with a larger number of teachers.

The application forms were transmitted to each education division and will be distributed to educational institutions.