PROMOTING TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES: PROPOSAL OF A FRAMEWORK-SYLLABUS

The aim of this research is the proposal of a framework-syllabus of teachers’ professional skills and competencies. It involved 207 Italian school teachers. The methodology used was based on different focus groups interspersed by individual moments of self-inquire and self-reflectioncarry out by the teachers. The methodology included the use of an online survey, too. The survey was used to determine the grade of importance assigned by the participants to the different competencies. The outcome of this study is a framework-syllabus composed ofseveral skills and competencies that characterizethe expert teaching profession. The framework-syllabus is structured in 3 macro-areas(professional, teaching and organizing) and 16 competencies expressed in 77 different behavioral indicators. These different competencies delineatefour teacher’s profilesof “middle management” in the school’s context.