Teacher Education and Educational Leadership

Expertise for the improvement of the quality of education: professional development programmes and development cooperation projects. Support stretching from school development to educational system reforms.

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Services

Jamk School of Professional Teacher Education is a Finnish teacher education institute originally founded in 1962. We provide the pedagogical qualifications required of teachers, special education teachers, and study guidance and career counsellors working in both secondary (comprising both general and vocational education and training - VET), and higher education in Finland. To do so, we offer three study programmes: Professional Techer Education, Vocational Special Needs Teacher Education and Study Counsellor Education. The Professional Teacher Education programme is also available in English.  

In addition, the School provides its in-house expertise for the improvement of the quality of education around the world. It offers a wide range of professional development programmes for education professionals both in Finland and abroad.

Our experts also engage in development cooperation projects, in addition to which the School provides support stretching from school development to educational system reforms.

Capacity-building programmes for teaching personnel and educational leaders

The capacity-building programmes are ideal for educational institutions wishing to take the pedagogical competence of their teaching staff to the next level. Besides boosting the capacities of individuals, our training programmes are designed to develop school communities as a whole.

Consultancy

Drawing on our in-house expertise in the systematic development of teacher education, we also provide consultation services e.g. for the development of teacher education programmes, curricula for various school levels and types, and teaching methods and practices.

A consultative development process provided by the School includes a baseline study and a tailor-made capacity development process for management and/or teaching personnel. As development is practical work, the process also entails guided small-scale development projects to support the overall aim of the process, as well as to strengthen the capabilities of the participants to facilitate development processes in the future.

Hence, special attention is given to both individual and organisational capacity building in a way that takes into account the needs set by the local context.

Some examples of our work

What can we do for you? You might get a better idea through our customer stories.

Customer story

Finnish Pedagogy Diploma Programme for K-12 teachers, Qatar, 2019

The programme was created to strengthen the capabilities of the locally hired teaching staff of Qatar-Finland International School to apply pedagogical approaches and practises widely used in schools in Finland.

Contact information

Eeva Lehtonen

Asiakkuuspäällikkö, Key Account Manager
AOKK TKI&Palvelut, Professional Teacher Education, RDI and Services
Ammatillinen opettajakorkeakoulu, Professional Teacher Education
+358504355340

Read more about our school

School of Professional Teacher Education

Jamk's School of Professional Teacher Education offers post-degree programmes for professionals from different fields of expertise, who aim for a career as a teacher or who wish to develop themselves as facilitators of learning.

Professional Teacher Education

At Jamk's School of Professional Teacher Education, you can study the pedagogical qualifications (required to work as a teacher in Finland). Our International Professional Teacher Education is available in English as hybrid studies.

Projects of Innovative learning

We develop in collaboration with our domestic and international partners pedagogically justified learning environments and educational solutions that strengthen future competences.