Educational partnerships in building quality teacher education

Abstract

The article is devoted to the actual problem of the influence of partnership relations between pedagogical universities and employers on improving the quality of teacher training. The paper considers modern mechanisms of interaction between pedagogical universities and general education organizations that affect the improvement of the quality assessment system of teaching staff: a demonstration exam in the system of higher pedagogical education; professional and public accreditation of teacher training programs, as well as the formation of a professional expert community to assess the training of teaching staff and targeted training. The authors conclude that the training of qualified teaching staff requires the improvement of the educational process of pedagogical universities, and educational partnership is a condition for improving the quality of training of teaching staff. The empirical material was the results of a survey of the heads of educational organizations in the east of the Kaliningrad region. The practical significance of the article consists in the use of the results obtained in the system of higher pedagogical education in order to ensure high-quality professional training of graduates.

Keywords

• educational partnerships
• quality assessment
• teacher training
• education system
• interaction
• employers
• professional and public accreditation
• demonstration exam