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Centre for Teacher Competence Development
🔹 Mission
To build and strengthen the professional competencies of teachers in general secondary education through the delivery of continuing professional development (CPD) programmes, micro-credentials, webinars, and practice-based learning formats that respond to the evolving demands of modern schooling.
🔹 Vision
To become the leading regional centre for teacher professional development in general secondary education — a hub where every educator has equitable access to high-quality CPD courses, webinars, workshops, and accredited micro-credentials, regardless of their school or location.
The purpose of the Centre is to ensure the systematic renewal of the professional potential of general secondary education teachers by creating an accessible, innovative, and practice-oriented learning environment that fosters the continuous improvement of teaching quality.
Leadership
Kristina Petryk
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy
Head of the Department of Pedagogy
Center team
Hurenko Olha Ivanivna
Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Social Work and Inclusive Education
Ihor Lyman
Doctor of History, Professor, Honoured Worker of Education of Ukraine
Iryna Shkola
PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages and Teaching Methods
Synytsya Alina Oleksandrivna
Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Psychology and Speech Therapy
Bondarenko Valentina Mykolayivna
IT-Manager
Video tour of the center
News
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Contacts
📍 Ukraine, Zaporizhia, 55A Universytetska St., room 116