Training programmes

A training college

The mission of the École supérieure de l'éducation nationale [ESEN] is to devise, run and implement training programmes for administrative and pedagogical managerial staff in the state education system.

ESEN is especially involved in the three following areas:

• Initial training, after the competitive recruitment process for the management staff of the state secondary schools, the inspectors of the primary and secondary cycles and school.
• Professional adaptation training for managers taking up new functions.
• In-service training, with the aim of helping to ensure that managerial staff in all areas develop competences that help them react to the changes in educational issues.

Furthermore, in order to ensure that the service provided by the different participants in the training of managerial staff is of the highest professional standards, the college organises training for trainers, especially aimed at the associate trainers, tutors and those in charge of the training of managerial staff at the local education authority level. In addition, it organises working groups for the different staff involved in the training, with the aim of promoting the sharing of good practice and the mutualisation of knowledge.