On Wednesday, November 17, we got in touch by phone with Leonor Carmo, the coordinator of the center of Portugal that we are going to visit. It was such an interesting conversation and it enriched us so much that we decided not to leave it for later and hold a videoconference the next day in the afternoon to put on a face so that we could all be part of the collaboration. During the call, Leonor provided us with a couple of links to better understand her qualification program for adults:
In this videoconference Leonor Carmo, who is being our link with the Portuguese center, introduced us to her colleagues who will also be with us on the visit: Olivia, Abril and Carla.
We started talking about our centers to get to know each other a little better. They showed great interest in knowing our functions as a center for training and educational innovation for teachers in Castilla y León and our training. For their part, they tell us that in Portugal there is no specific training network for teacher training. Professional updating is required for the performance of their profession, but most must resort to training that the teachers themselves must pay for themselves. Finally, the conversation focused on aspects related to the topics of our project and our visit.
The center that we will visit in Sintra, where qualifications are managed, belong to three Ministries: Industry, Labor and Education. He talks about the AGED, the National Agency for the teaching of the elderly, adult trainers, the professional career of Portuguese teachers. Regarding ICT, we talk about its use, application in both countries and training in its use, as well as the SELFIE platform provided by the European Union. In Portugal, students learn office automation in general. In the qualification centers they normally have 25 hours of office automation to work transversal tools. In short, a very productive video conference. We will keep in touch to specify aspects of our visit to ...
MDS do Algueirão Qualification Center (Sintra)
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