5 Criteria for Professional and Educational Standards for College Lecturers in Vietnam

What are the professional and educational standards for vocational education teachers in Vietnam?

According to Article 4 Circular 05/2024/TT-BLDTBXH, the professional and educational standards for vocational education teachers is a system of criteria regarding the minimum professional competencies that a teacher must achieve to serve as the basis for teaching plan allocation and arrangement; recruitment, utilization, training, and professional development of teachers.

What are 5 criteria for professional and educational standards for college lecturers in Vietnam?

The 5 criteria for professional standards of teachers at the college level are as follows:

Criterion 1: Educational Qualifications:

According to Article 5 Circular 05/2024/TT-BLDTBXH, the educational qualification criteria are defined as follows:

- The educational qualifications of teachers at the college level must comply with the provisions in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 54 of the Vocational Education Law 2014.

- Occupational skills certificates for teaching practical sessions at the college level are defined as follows:

+ Title of Meritorious Artist, Distinguished Artist, Meritorious Doctor, Meritorious Teacher, or higher.+ First-level specialization doctor degree or higher; Engineer degree.

+ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent level in certain fields such as Arts (excluding fields like: Theory, History and Criticism of Fine Arts; Theatre; Cinema, Television; and Dance), Physical Education, Sports (excluding Sports Management); Computer Science and Information Technology; Accounting; Restaurant and Culinary Services Management; Teacher Education (including English, Russian, French, Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean language teaching; Physical Education; Sports Coaching); Foreign Languages, Literature, and Culture.

+ A college or vocational college diploma; a practical occupational skills certificate at the vocational college level; a practice license or professional practice certificate according to legal regulations; a certificate of professional competency for seafarers in compliance with the international convention on standards of training, certification, and watchkeeping for seafarers (STCW Convention).

+ National occupational skills certificate level 3; national occupational skills excellence certificate from national skills competitions; grade 5/7 or 4/6 craftsman certificate or higher.

+ Occupational skills certificate level 4 in Germany's National Qualifications Framework (Niveau 4 DQR); Diploma, Advanced Diploma of Australia; National Occupational Skills Certificate level 3 (Level 3 as prescribed in the National Occupational Skill Standard) or higher in Malaysia.

+ National, regional, international awards; certifications for training students awarded national, regional, international prizes in vocational education.

+ Other legally stipulated degrees, certificates, certifications, titles.

Criterion 2: Pedagogical Qualifications:

According to Article 6 Circular 05/2024/TT-BLDTBXH, the pedagogical qualification criteria are defined as follows:

- Holding one of the pedagogical qualifications:

+ Bachelor’s degree in teacher training; Graduate college of education, technical college of education.

+ Certificate of pedagogical skills for teaching at the vocational college level, intermediate vocational level; Certificate of pedagogical skills for teaching at college level, intermediate level; Certificate of vocational teaching; Certificate of pedagogical skills for college teaching; Certificate of pedagogical skills training for university, college lecturers.

Criterion 3: Proficiency in Foreign Languages:

According to Article 7 Circular 05/2024/TT-BLDTBXH, proficiency in foreign languages criteria are defined as follows:

- Proficiency in foreign languages that meet the requirements for performing tasks according to the job position of the vocational education teacher at the college level.

Criterion 4: Competence in Applying Information Technology:

According to Article 8 Circular 05/2024/TT-BLDTBXH, competence in applying information technology criteria are defined as follows:

- Proficient in applying information technology to meet the requirements of performing tasks according to the job position of the vocational education teacher at the college level.

Criterion 5: Continuous Professional Development:

According to Article 9 Circular 05/2024/TT-BLDTBXH, criteria for continuous professional development are defined as follows:

- Participating in internships at enterprises or professional agencies annually as stipulated.

- Participating in training and professional development courses from the basic level upwards every academic year to enhance professional knowledge and skills; updating new occupational skills, technologies, digital transformation, teaching methodologies; enhancing research capabilities and applying regulatory documents relevant to the profession or teaching field during the academic year.

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What are the purposes of defining the professional and educational standards for vocational education teachers in Vietnam?

According to Article 3 Circular 05/2024/TT-BLDTBXH, the purposes of defining the professional and educational standards for vocational education teachers include:

- Serving as a basis for teachers in vocational education institutions, vocational education training centers, and vocational-technical education centers to self-assess their professional competencies; to develop and implement plans for continuous professional development to meet the innovative demands in vocational education.

- Serving as a basis for vocational teacher training and professional development institutions to create, develop curriculums, and organize training and professional development programs to standardize and improve the competencies of teachers in vocational education institutions, vocational education training centers, and vocational-technical education centers.

- Serving as a basis for government management agencies to research, develop, and implement policies to standardize and develop the vocational education teaching workforce; to select and utilize the teaching staff in vocational education institutions, vocational education training centers, and vocational-technical education centers.