Continuing pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment (CPD) of VET teachers and trainers is widely reco­g­nis­ed as crucial for their skills, teaching per­for­mance and well-being. However, there is a lack of com­pa­ra­ble evidence on its effec­ti­ve­ness, drivers and barriers across the European Union. In this fourth Policy learning forum on VET teachers and trainers, Cedefop will offi­ci­al­ly launch its new European Vocational Teacher Survey (EVTS): Supporting VET teachers’ pro­fes­sio­nal development.

Invited par­ti­ci­pan­ts are the members of the EVTS Stakeholder Group set up by Cedefop to support the EVTS planning and imple­men­ta­ti­on. This is composed of around 100 members repre­sen­ting: Cedefop project team members; the con­trac­ted research team Verian; the Commission’s Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL); relevant Ministries from the par­ti­ci­pa­ting countries (mini­stries of education and labour market); as well as, European and national members of the European Trade Union Committee for Education (ETUCE), and the European Federation of Education Employers (EFEE). Other Cedefop’s key stake­hol­ders will be also invited including repre­sen­ta­ti­ves from OECD, the Joint Research Centre, the European Training Foundation, and other European and inter­na­tio­nal organisations.

Participants will have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn about this new survey as well as to debate pressing topics that concern VET teachers, such as teachers’ shortages, workload, working con­di­ti­ons, career oppor­tu­ni­ties, access to quality CPD, CPD for inclusion, CPD to support the digital and green tran­si­ti­on, etc.

The event will take place in a hybrid mode allowing the physical presence of par­ti­ci­pan­ts at Cedefop head­quar­ters as well as giving the oppor­tu­ni­ty to attend it online.