Conclusions of the Council and of the Ministers of Education meeting within the Council of 14 May 1987 on in-service training for teachers
Date: 1987-05-14
Institutions: Council of the European Union, Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: education policy, teacher training













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41987X0808(01)

Conclusions of the Council and of the Ministers of Education meeting within the Council of 14 May 1987 on in-service training for teachers  


Official Journal C 211 , 08/08/1987 P. 0005 - 0005 





CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE MINISTERS OF EDUCATION MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 14 May 1987 on in-service training for teachers (87/C 211/02)    1. The Council and the Ministers of Education meeting within the Council earlier responded favourably to a memorandum from the Presidency concerning medium-term activities in the field of education which deals, inter alia, with teacher training.       2. They attach special importance to in-service training for teachers, in view of the current social, technological, economic and demographic changes. The stepping-up of efforts in this field matches the growing interest in in-service training for staff in business and industry.       3. They have noted with interest the Commission's study on in-service training for teachers in the twelve Member States which was also submitted to the Standing Conference of European Ministers of Education (secretariat : Council of Europe) in Helsinki from 5 to 7 May 1987. They have asked the Commission to circulate that study widely and to update it regularly with the aid of the EURYDICE network.       4. They consider that to promote in-service training for teachers it is necessary to:      - clarify the objectives,           - be able to offer a variety of consistent and flexible training programmes,           - as far as possible link in-service training programmes to professional development projects devised by the participants themselves,           - devote increased resources to in-service training,           - improve the continuity between initial training and in-service training.         5. They invite the Commission, in order to enrich the developments in this field in the Member States, to:      - encourage meetings between organizers (regional and national) performing the same tasks in the various Member States ; the first of these meetings will be held on the occasion of a university summer school in July 1987 organized by the Spanish Minister of Education in collaboration with the Commission,           - coordinate case studies and analyses of training strategies prepared by officials or experts in the various Member States on key points for the effectiveness of in-service training,           - hold a further meeting of senior officials to examine the results of this work,           - examine, in close collaboration with the Education Committee, other initiatives regarded as necessary in the field of in-service training for teachers.    In all of this work account should continue to be taken of the activities of the OECD and the Council of Europe in the field of teacher training. Close links should also be established with the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP) on teacher training.       6. They invite the Commission to submit a report on the results of the action undertaken by 31 December 1989.