The Vice-Dean's Office, represented by the Volunteer and Community Service Unit, held, in cooperation with the Mathematics Department, a course entitled “Preparing for the Professional License Exam for Educational Jobs,”.
The course was presented by Dr. Jawaher Al Zahrani, who highlighted the standards and indicators set by the Education and Training Evaluation Commission and explained what the professional license test is and its goal, which measures the extent to which the minimum standards that the teacher must possess.
This test is one of the tools used to improve the quality of teachers’ performance and skills. The professional license test tool also helps ensure that teachers possess the required competence to perform the teaching profession.
She also explained the required skills including understanding, speed, and mental fitness, developing the ability to solve correctly, the ability to endure mental effort and focus for longer periods of time, which are obtained through intensive training on professional license questions. She explained the goals that the Education Evaluation Commission plans for the professional license test, the professional standards that the teacher has acquired theoretically, which he can apply practically with his students and help improve the quality of teachers and motivate professional development.
She lastly suggested strategies to prepare for the exams with examples.