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Act on Amendments to the Act on Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools and the Act on Vocational Educational Institutions (attestation of principals, career model for teachers and processing of personal data when using an artificial intelligence application)

avaldatud riigiteatajasEstonia· Riigikogu· ET

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In order to develop a teacher's professional skills and shape a professional career, a teacher who meets the qualification requirements is assigned a career rank corresponding to the professional competencies: beginning teacher, teacher, senior teacher, master teacher. A career model with the same structure will be created for both general education and vocational teachers. The amendment sets the establishment of the minimum wage rate for all teachers on a uniform basis, i.e. the minimum wage rate is also provided for for teachers working in vocational education institutions. 2026-2028 are the minimum wage coefficients for the levels of the teacher's career model: beginning teacher 1.0; teacher 1.0; senior teacher 1,1; master teacher 1,3. Becoming a teacher will be made more flexible - people who have a pedagogical education acquired before 2013, but no work experience, or a doctorate can be hired. Instead of the current one year, teacher training students can enter into a fixed-term contract contract for up to three years. The bill also establishes the obligation to certify school principals, according to which the school manager must organize a development interview with each principal once a year, and during the fifth year of work, also an attestation. The attestation is carried out by a committee formed by the head of the school, and it confirms whether the manager meets the requirements set for his position. The amendment to the Basic School and Gymnasium Act is scheduled to enter into force on January 1, 2026, and Amendment to the Vocational Education Institution Act on June 1, 2026.

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