{"id":20615,"date":"2018-01-26T15:12:54","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zaednovchas.bg\/?p=20615"},"modified":"2019-04-05T10:47:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T07:47:13","slug":"peeva-newtt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zaednovchas.bg\/en\/peeva-newtt\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe need to have clear expectations for what the role of a teacher is and more rigorous criteria for the people who go into teaching,\u201d Evgenia Peeva"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teach for Bulgaria\u2019s Chief Executive Officer presented \u201cA New way for new talents in teaching” in Brussels.<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Challenges in teaching \u2013 the topic of the special work meeting at the European Parliament \/ Photo: Provided by the Press Office of Eva Maydell, MEP\u201cInstead of defining how exactly teachers should be teaching or how they should be trained, we need to have clear expectations for what their role is and what their students\u2019 outcomes should be. We should also have more rigorous criteria for people who go into teaching.\u201d<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cInstead of defining how exactly teachers should be teaching or how they should be trained, we need to have clear expectations for what their role is and what their students\u2019 outcomes should be. We should also have more rigorous criteria for people who go into teaching.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is what Teach For Bulgaria\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Evgenia Peeva-Kirova stated during the First European Education Summit<\/a> in Brussels. The summit took place on January 25. and was attended by Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth, and Sport, Krasimir Valchev, Minister of Education and Science in Bulgaria, representatives of the education and civic sector, and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n

Evgenia Peeva-Kirova presented the project NEWTT \u2013 \u201cA New Way for New Talents in Teaching\u201d at the summit. NEWTT is an Erasmus + project which involves collaboration between the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science, Plovdiv University, and Teach For Bulgaria. The project consortium includes partners from four other EU member countries \u2013 the Basque region in Spain, Austria, Romania, and Latvia. The Erasmus + projects sets out to find solutions to EU-wide education challenges such as teacher shortages, social exclusion of vulnerable communities, and the discrepancy between education curricula and labor market requirements. NEWTT involves two pilot master\u2019s programs for teacher certification which allow for professionals from different sectors to be recruited and trained to become teachers. The pilots require all applicants to go through a rigorous selection process and involve practical school-based training, new university courses such as teaching 21st-century skills, working with parents, teaching with the help of modern technology, project management, etc.<\/p>\n

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More about NEWTT<\/h4>\n

NEWTT\u2019s impact is assessed by a team from the University of Duisburg-Essen. They compare NEWTT trainees\u2019 initial skills, competencies and mindsets to those of beginner teachers trained in a traditional four-year university program. The interim report results indicate that NEWTT trainees and beginner teachers enter the profession with different job motivators \u2013 the main ones being social responsibility and working with children for NEWTT trainees and job security and subject-specific motivation for the control group.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have clear evidence that alternative pathways to teaching bring motivated professionals with the skills to contribute to their students\u2019 success, their schools, and the education system,\u201d stated Evgenia Peeva-Kirova at the summit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She also pointed out that a rigorous selection process is key\u00a0if we want highly motivated professionals to serve students in need and contribute to society. In order for the rigorously selected professionals to be effective teachers, they need continuous training based on identified needs, as well as coaching and mentorship. Allowing for autonomy in teaching and celebrating students\u2019 success is also important.<\/p>\n

\u201cTomorrow\u2019s investments in good education start with today\u2019s investment in Bulgarian teachers,\u201d Krasimir Valchev<\/h4>\n
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The First European Education Summit took place in Brussels, on January 25. \/ Photo: Provided by Teach for Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe greatest challenge that the system of education is facing in Bulgaria at the moment is teacher shortages and the necessity to meet the needs of children from the most vulnerable communities. Tomorrow\u2019s investments in good education start with today\u2019s investment in Bulgarian teachers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is what Krasimir Valchev, Minister of Education and Science, stated at a special work meeting with members of the European Parliament on January 24. He added that the ministry is going to work in partnership with the teacher unions, the universities, and Teach For Bulgaria to recruit highly-motivated and well-trained teachers who will teach in regions of Bulgaria where they are most needed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe average age of teachers in Bulgaria is 50 years which increases teacher shortages every year. That is why we need to prioritize taking measures for the recruitment of young teachers,\u201d Eva Maydell, the host of the work meeting and Bulgarian MEP (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria\/European People\u2019s Party), commented.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maydell added that NEWTT is a step in that direction and that it is a project supported by MEPs active in education policy from Belgium, Ireland, Romania, and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

Members of the European Parliament \u2013 actively involved in education and youth policy attended the meeting: Asim Ademov (Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria\/European People\u2019s Party), Filiz Hyusmenova (Bulgaria, Movement for Rights and Freedoms\/Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe), Svetoslav Malinov (Democrats for Strong Bulgaria\/European People\u2019s Party), Georgi Pirinski (Bulgarian Socialist Party\/Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats), Sean Kelly (Ireland, European People\u2019s Party), Tom Vandenkendelaere (Belgium, European People\u2019s Party), Emilian Pavel (Romania, Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats), Tom\u00e1\u0161 Zdechovsk\u00fd (Czech Republic, European People\u2019s Party).<\/p>\n

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