Abstract:

The issue of the need for improving the quality of the teaching profession currently resonates within Slovak school system and has become a challenge for experts from Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra (the Slovak Republic). The aim of the research project, evaluation of teacher's competences is a priority focus in the search for finding and identifying a set of criteria and indicators for assessing teacher’s professional competences that Slovakia currently lacks. We assume that by designing objectifiable criteria and at the same time developing a creative self-evaluation mechanism the potential for acquiring additional professional skills and consequently the quality of teachers' performance will increase. The research project focuses on three areas of teacher's expertise: competences aimed at student, competences oriented at education process and competences related to the development of personal and professional aspects of teachers.

The paper focuses on the analysis of the essence and nature of the competence to project and plan teaching, which is one of the competences oriented on the process of education. Optimal and appropriate (relevant) setting of aims and objectives is a starting point and an basic prerequisite for successful planning and subsequent effective implementation of the educational process. Identifying and specifying the criteria for assessing the competence is closely related with the Professional standards for teachers. The paper will analyze selected evaluation criteria in application to selected indicators and assessment tools for the assessment of the teacher's competence to plans and project process of education, including the auto-evaluation tools, as the self-evaluation process is considered to be an important part of the upcoming evaluation model.

Keywords:

Teacher, teacher's competences, planning and design of education, assessment, assessment indicators and tools.