CONTINUOUS TRAINING OF TEACHERS IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC: CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE COORDINATOR FOR TEACHER TRAINING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF CEARA

This text presents a research whose main objective was to investigate whether the courses offered by the Coordination of Teacher Training and Distance Education CODED/CED, from the Ceara State Department of Education, in 2020, contributed to the strengthening of teaching practice with remote teaching. In the same perspective, it intended to identify the main challenges encountered by CODED/CED for the implementation of courses and training in the period of the pandemic caused by COVID-19 with teachers from the state education network of Ceara. The work referred to a qualitative research. For the production of data, the questionnaire (composed of open questions) developed with four education professionals who work at CODED/CED and the document analysis stood out. In conclusion, it should be noted that the work promoted by CODED/CED, throughout 2020, was fundamental in contributing to the strengthening of teaching work towards the use of digital technologies and remote teaching. As challenges, the following were highlighted: a) time for training activities; b) the lack of adherence on the part of some basic education teachers; and c) the infrastructure, sometimes inadequate, among others.