1. ISFEC Aquitaine provides initial teacher training and continuous professional development for teachers in the Aquitaine region of France. 2. It offers preparation for competitive exams to become a teacher, as well as induction support for new teachers and short courses on topics like didactics, digital skills, and pedagogy. 3. Training is delivered both through courses at ISFEC Aquitaine's campus as well as directly in schools, and aims to meet the needs of teachers as defined by the Ministry of Education and school leaders.

1. ISFEC Aquitaine
FRANCE
BORDEAUX

2. France
FRANCE
Ministère de l’Education Nationale
Public schools (80 %)
Private Schools under conctract with Ministery of
National Education (Catholic Education) (20 %)
The ministery of Education decides of :
- programs
- teachers recrutement and evaluation
- 19 competences (14 general + 5 specific)
AQUITAINE
Catholic Education Schools : 350
Teachers some 20 000
A large territory of 5 departments
2 main poles :
Bordeaux and its area
Bayonne-Pau and its area

3. Becoming teacher
MASTER 2
Competetiive exam OK
Master 2 MEEF half
time in school and
training
Not OK
Master 2 MEEF
CompetitiveExam
Not Ok
Other Masters 2
MASTER 1 MEEF
Competitive exam Discovery of teaching
Licence 3
2 years of Master Profession of Teaching, Education and
Training (MEEF):
- Year 1 : A competitive exam (written + oral exams)
- Year 2 : A year half time in a school half time training

4. Teachers continuous training in France
For all the teachers in Aquitaine
Defined by :
- institutional instructions (Ministery of National Education, competences reference documents…)
- needs of the schools and teachers (from teachers themselves, from headmasters, from Diocesan
Directors...)
- financers evaluations
Not compulsary
Two types :
- a catalogue: training sessions at ISFEC Aquitaine or in other places (Pau, Bayonne, Limoges)
- answers to specific needs of school (intra) or group of schools (réseau/network) in the schools

5. ISFEC Aquitaine
organization
The Staff
8 permanent employees :
 1 director
 3 administratives
 3 advisors : 1 for initial training, 2 for starting teachers and
continuous training
 1 in charge of development, communication and numeric
learning
The public
350 trainers, most being full time teachers in schools, some
professionnal trainers on specific topics
240 students : 110 preparing competitive exams, 140 « new
teachers »
700 teachers in professional development
A small structure, dynamic
Institut Supérieur de Formation de
l’Enseignement Catholique
Under contract with Ministery of
National Education

6. Two deparment
INITIAL TRAINING
1 advisor
1 administrative
Long term training (1 year)
Preparation for competitive exams
Primary school teachers
Secondary school teachers (history, French and Spanish)
In institute and e-learning
Action-research
CONTINUOUS TRAINING
2 advisors (starting teachers and continuous
training)
1 administrative
Short term trainings (1 day to 3 weeks)
Training :
catalogue
in schools and school
other training
All over Aquitaine

7. Continuous training
CATALOGUE
Didactic
Numeric
Pedagical
Neurosciences
Professionnal development
Languages
SCHOOLS
Schools project
Teams

8. Our actions
Training session
Conferences
Long and short courses