And that's why our recovery package put a lot of emphasis on teacher training, teacher recruitment, teacher retention, professional development.
Strong technical and professional experience in higher education, teacher training, teacher-related education policies, trends and development, preferably within the Latin America and the Caribbean context, would be an advantage.
However, he warned that continuing to "dramatically reduce our teacher training intake" could damage the viability of the two local teacher training colleges - Stranmillis and St Mary's in Belfast.
The event will be attended by major national and international experts who will discuss topics such as teacher training in the United States and the European Union, the importance and limits of comparative education in teacher training.
Trainees wishing to follow the postgraduate teacher training programme must have a degree, but those who do not, have to go on an undergraduate teacher training courses.
Moreover, 42% said they did not get any relevant training during their teacher training.
The training agency (TDA - formerly the Teacher Training Agency) is provisionally allocating 15, 253 places for would-be primary teachers with training institutions for 2006-07, which is 4% fewer than this year.
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The key to sustainability is the involvement of both the Ministries and the teacher training institutions staff development programmes and incorporating the teacher professional modules into national in-service programmes.
The weaknesses found in pre-service training are exacerbated by problems that most people entering teacher training college bring with them from their own primary and secondary education.
They include the Dublin-based European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), and the European Training Foundation (ETF), which deals with teacher training and the skills profiles of migrants.
And he also called on the Training and Development Agency for schools to review how initial teacher training equips new teachers to deal with challenging behaviour.
"We will be able to provide support for developing the education service in Madagascar, teacher training in effect - it's part of our expertise, " added the head teacher.
He recalls having had a place in teacher training college, but trying out accountancy instead.
Private schools recruit, for the most part, from the same teacher training "colleges" as state schools.
In 2003, the agency - then called the Teacher Training Agency - made a similar appeal.
Participating teachers were also offered separate teacher training workshops on education for human rights.
These will be enforced through teacher training, curricula development, literacy and non formal education.
The government is expected to publish details on Monday of changes to teacher training.
The dialogue opened areas for cooperation, including education for sustainable development, gender mainstreaming and teacher training.
Demand for teacher training has risen as graduates struggle to find other work during the recession.
The overall increase in applications for teacher training for England, Wales and Scotland is 18.1%.
The new scheme for teacher training is largely based in schools, rather than full-time courses.
After leaving his City job he set up his own recruitment agency before starting his teacher training.
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The government wants more teacher training to be delivered 'on the job' instead of in university-based courses.
For teacher effectiveness in Corpus Christi, Texas, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they're able to focus on teacher training.
Google is also sponsoring ICT teacher training via a scheme in conjunction with the Teach First charity.
The General Teaching Council Scotland is consulting on revised qualifications for access to teacher training from August 2014.
It offers teacher training courses and a full range of degree courses in the humanities and social sciences.
Neither the two teacher training colleges, St Mary's and Stranmillis, nor the Open University will lose any places.
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But ministers said the profession had been hit by public spending cuts and have reduced teacher training places.
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