In a knowledge-based society, where teachers’ competences constitute a fundamental condition for the quality of education provided to students, access to relevant and flexible continuing professional development opportunities becomes a systemic priority. The creation of viable mechanisms for continuous professional growth, adapted to the contemporary pace of pedagogical and technological innovation, represents, according to the research literature, one of the most important factors of deep and lasting change in education (Fullan, 2008; Darling-Hammond, Hyler & Gardner, 2017).
Against this background, the iTeach platform (iteach.ro / suntprofesor.ro), developed by the Institute for Education (Bucharest) in partnership with Social IT, proposes an integrated ecosystem of continuing professional development, whose components – including the online course offering – directly address the needs of teachers in Romania. With a community of over 35,000 registered teachers and a library of more than 11,000 open educational resources, iTeach has established itself as the most comprehensive digital educational ecosystem dedicated to practitioners in Romanian pre-university education.
iTeach Online Courses – A Continuous Professional Development Pathway for Romanian Teachers