Assessment for Teachers
The teacher’s certification is an external assessment for teachers. It contains standardized testing, self-assessment and the study of their work experience.
Teachers participate in the certification voluntarily. Successful certification leads teachers to salary increases. The certification aims to find and motivate highly professional teachers who have mastered competency-based teaching techniques and up-to-date educational technologies and promote the dissemination of these techniques and technologies.
Each year the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine decides on the number and the categories of teachers to participate in the certification.
In 2019–2023 only primary school teachers could participate in the certification.
The Certification consists of three consequent stages:
1) Standardized testing conducted by the Ukrainian and Regional Centers for Educational Quality Assessment;
2) Participants’ self-assessment facilitated by the State Service of Educational Quality and its territorial bodies; and
3) Teachers’ practical experience analysis conducted by the State Service of Educational Quality and its territorial bodies.
These stages are subsequent, and the teachers can get to the next stage only having passed the previous one.
In 2023, for the first time, teacher’s certification will be available for the secondary school teachers of mathematics, Ukrainian language and literature.
The teacher’s certification is an external assessment for teachers. It contains standardized testing, self-assessment and the study of their work experience.
Teachers participate in the certification voluntarily. Successful certification leads teachers to salary increases. The certification aims to find and motivate highly professional teachers who have mastered competency-based teaching techniques and up-to-date educational technologies and promote the dissemination of these techniques and technologies.
Each year the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine decides on the number and the categories of teachers to participate in the certification.
In 2019–2023 only primary school teachers could participate in the certification.
The Certification consists of three consequent stages:
1) Standardized testing conducted by the Ukrainian and Regional Centers for Educational Quality Assessment;
2) Participants’ self-assessment facilitated by the State Service of Educational Quality and its territorial bodies; and
3) Teachers’ practical experience analysis conducted by the State Service of Educational Quality and its territorial bodies.
These stages are subsequent, and the teachers can get to the next stage only having passed the previous one.
In 2023, for the first time, teacher’s certification will be available for the secondary school teachers of mathematics, Ukrainian language and literature.