Professional and career development of primary school teachers in the Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

As part of the process of globalization and advanced technical and scientific development, in order to meet the standards for compatibility, coexistence and effectiveness of the teaching process, the Republic of Macedonia like all other countries in the world also joined the process of change of legal regulation and started the drafting of the National Strategy for the Development of Education in the Republic of Macedonia. For this purpose all teachers are at the center of social development to improve the quality of educational work. The aim of the paper is to review the professional development path of elementary school teachers in RM in the last decade through qualitative analysis of educational legislation as well as all program documents. The quantitative analysis of data processing, by determining the arithmetic mean, standard deviation and t-test, provides the attitudes of teachers and professional associates related to their professional development.

Keywords

• professional development
• professional competence
• standards for professional development