Developing Teacher competencies for a comprehensive VET system in Albania

The project TEAVET (Developing TEAcher Competences for a Comprehensive VET System in Albania) aims at the development of academic expertise through the establishment of specialised centers in Albanian universities and delivery of high quality standard training programs in the field of lifelong professional competencies development of teachers in Albania. These aims will be achieved by: • Creating a new strategy of teacher training for a high quality of the teacher qualification process lifelong according the needs of teachers. • Establishing new expertise and standard of teacher training in Albanian universities through organizing seminars in Albanian universities and training visits in European universities. • Establishing specialized centers of teacher training in Albanian cities. • Developing training course programs for different levels of education in scientific methodologies, pedagogical issues, ethics and ICT use in learning. • Applying for credits in 16 training courses with 2 credits each and discover the equipment to support the training process. • Developing digital structures (video projectors, interactive laboratories, smart board, laptops, etc.) in Albanian universities that support training process for teacher qualification and their lifelong learning. • Developing a national management system & database of teacher training that is able to register teachers in training courses, to manage the assessment processes, exams, course materials delivery, etc. The project is co-ordinated by the University of León (Spain). The Department of Interactive Media and Educational Technologies is leading the work package “Design of training courses and creation of LLL Centers”.