Portuguese Teacher Placement System: issues and solutions

Abstract

Portuguese teacher placements’ system is a centralized system managed by the Portuguese government, specifically by the Ministry of Education and Science. It is a system with some issues and, therefore, has been criticized by its stakeholders, mainly by teachers. This paper aims to do a systematic review and a meta-analysis of the Portuguese teacher placements’ system. An objective is to understand and describe how this system works in European Union countries. Another objective is to interview school leaders to find solutions for teacher placements’ system. Finally, from solutions from European Union countries and from solutions arising from schools’ leaders, a set of requirements is identified that the teacher placements’ system should take into account, in order to avoid the issues identified. Keywords: HighSchool; Teaching System; Teacher Placement.