The RESPOND Project

Investment in provision for teacher professional development is a signif icant part of educational policy and budget expenditure worldwide. Within the European context, in recent years there have been several commitments to this goal. The European Commission (2020) affirmed that “teachers and trainers need continuous opportunities for professional development” (Para. 2.4) and underlined the need to “launch a number of initiatives to better sup port the competence development and career paths of teachers, trainers and school education leaders, and to support the attractiveness of the education profession. These initiatives will help improve professional development op portunities and the recognition of individual competence development achieved in different contexts. They will promote the diversification of ca reer opportunities for teachers, trainers and school leaders and benefit per sonal, school and system development” (Para. 3.4).