The Centro Territorial de Innovación y Formación Madrid-Oeste was created to carry out teacher professional development activities approved by the Regional Ministry of Education. It coordinates and manages development programs for in-service teachers in state and state-funded schools located in the regional area. Key functions include detecting training needs, advising schools, and promoting teaching innovation. In the 2014-2015 academic year, the Centre organized 275 development activities attended by over 3,000 teachers, including courses, seminars, and work groups.

2. CENTRO TERRITORIAL DE INNOVACIÓN Y FORMACIÓN
Centro Territorial de Innovación y Formación Madrid-Oeste (Madrid-Oeste
Territorial Centre for Innovation and Professional Development) was created by Decree
73/2008, 3 July, (BOCM 14 July), its goal being to carry out teacher professional development
activities previously approved by the Regional Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport. These
activities are intended mainly for in-service teachers at state and state-funded schools as well
as for other professionals working in support teams and services located in the regional area
where the Centre is situated.
This Centre is attached to Dirección General de Innovación, Becas y Ayudas a la
Educación.
Within its scope of action, its key functions will be to:
a. Coordinate and manage the development activities included in its work programme.
b. Detect and collect teacher training needs in schools inside its scope of action and
suggest development activities as a response to those needs.
c. Advise schools on the development of the syllabuses for the different education
stages.
d. Support school teachers by providing them with documentation, materials and
teaching resources.
e. Promote teacher development activities designed to encourage teaching innovation
and investigation, specially concerning subject teaching didactics.
TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF ACTION
SCHOOLS
TYPE STATE STATE-FUNDED
NURSERY SCHOOLS 13
PRE-SCHOOLS 35 2
INFANT AND PRIMARY SCHOOLS 72 1
INFANT, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS 6 --
SECONDARY SCHOOLS 35+9 PCPI 38
GROUPED RURAL SCHOOLS 1
OFFICIAL SCHOOLS OF LANGUAGES 5
SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOLS 2 3
ADULT EDUCATION SCHOOLS 9
INTEGRATED LEARNING SCHOOLS 1
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS
E.O.E.P.(5)
E.A.T.(3)
A.C.E.FERRÁN
C.E.T.
CONSERVATORIES / MUSIC SCHOOLS 1+23
TOTAL 222 44
TEACHERS
STATE SCHOOLS 5.462
STATE-FUNDED SCHOOLS 1.727
TOTAL 7.189
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
ACADEMIC YEAR 2014-2015
TYPE No. OF ACTIVITIES
No. OF ATTENDING
TEACHERS
No. OF
CERTIFICATES
COURSES 30 618 580
Institutional Activities
(Management Tools)
2 32 30
Institutional Activities 4 80 77
Institutional Activities
(Professional Development
Projects within the School)
27 618 554
SEMINARS 113 1.322 1.234
WORK GROUPS 99 645 611
TOTAL 275 3.315 3.086