Proyecto de Innovación docente

What is "Proyecto de innovación docente"? Or What is a teaching innovation project? This terminology is very famous and known if you are working as a teaching professional. Because it is directly related to your career. You need to demonstrate that you have leaded few projects related to teaching innovation. 

In teaching line of the university in Spain, one of the requirements to get a job of teaching professional is to demonstrate accreditation or in simple word a certification from ANECA (an public agency of evaluation) that you are a qualified professional for teaching. 

You have to submit to ANECA your CV with all the certificates which you recieved for your activities in teaching, investigation and innovation, then committee of the ANECA will evaluate your achievements in accordance to established criterias o standards, and if you are passing on standards, the ANECA will release a certificate stating that you are eligible for assistant professor ( Profesor Ayudante Doctor or for Professor Contratado Doctor). Then after few years of teaching you need to obtain a certificate for associate professor (Professor Titular). Because, one of the essential requirements of the job vacancies of university associate professor in Spain is to show you are qualified (accreditation) person for associate professor. Similarly you have to achieve a certificate for Catedrático (Full Professor). Without these certificates, the Spanish universities are unable to provide you teaching job contracts of these ranks. 

The criteria includes several options of achievements that you can show, & one of them is to be a principal investigator of teaching innovation projects. Of course, such projects are financed from university budget, therefore, the funding assigned for projects are ver low amount of money, no money to 2000-3000 euros. 

Profesor ayudante doctor is a 4 years contacts in the Spanish universities, but it normally allows you to get a permanent position in the university where you have been contacted. Few days ago it comes in notice that contracts of 4 years of profesor ayudante doctor is paid from university own budget, therefore, most of university prefer to have teaching professionals at profesor titular level (associate professor) because in this case, the salary is paid by the Spanish government, not by the university. 

In India, as much as it is known, CSIR NET / GATE certificate, which you achieve on a written exam at national level, not on the base of your CV & achievements, allows that you are eligible for job vacancies of university assistant professor (American education system) or lecturer (British education system). Next levels i.e. associate professor and full professor depends on your experience and seniority in teaching & investigation line. There is no any public agency at national level which evaluate your CV & achievements, & release a certificate stating that your are qualified for associate professor or full professor. It totally depends on criterias or standards established by the university selection committee. Is it right?

No, it is not correct as per Indian perspective. Actually, in India, UGC set guideline for assessment under direct selection or through career advancement scheme. In their format there is seperate section to assess your Teaching, Contribution to Institution Build up and Research. It is essential that person must score qualifying marks under each section. Later on, there CV was secruitnized by internal and external expert members followed by  interview by board members. Although, some universities have strictly follow the norms but now-a-days, especially in colleges, administration is very lenient and grant promotion.

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