Cantabria Gives the Green Light to a Program to Train Novel Teachers

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The Government of Cantabria has approved a training program for new teachers that will have a financial allocation of million euros. The program, which will run for four months, aims to provide newly qualified teachers with practical training that will allow them to start in the profession with the best guarantees. The program, called Scholarships for Initiation into the Teaching Profession (BIP), is aimed at people who have obtained a bachelor's or master's degree in Early Childhood, Primary, Secondary or Vocational Training. Applicants must be registered in Cantabria for a minimum of one year and have a B2 level of English.

The scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis and will last four months, with a dedication of 20 hours per week. During this period, the scholarship recipients will receive practical training in an educational center, under the Phone Number Data supervision of a tutor with teaching experience. Practical training will include aspects such as planning, teaching and evaluation. Topics related to school coexistence, educational inclusion and attention to diversity will also be addressed. The training program for new teachers in Cantabria joins other similar initiatives that are being developed in other autonomous communities.



These initiatives aim to improve the quality of teaching and ensure that newly qualified teachers have the necessary skills to carry out their work successfully. Current data in Spain According to data from the Ministry of Education, there are 800,000 active teachers in Spain. Of them, 20% are new teachers, that is, they have been practicing the profession for less than five years. The training of new teachers is one of the main concerns of the Spanish educational system. In recent years, various initiatives have been launched to improve the training of these teachers, such as the scholarship program for new teachers in Cantabria.