Sharon Did you check the Ministry Teachers' Portal? There is a special site to plan your personal professional development plan, this is where we actually submit it and then it's approved (Tichnoon Hitpatchut Mikzoit) Check it with your password and feed the data with your specialty level, I think that 7 is the last one as far as "Hitpatchut Ishit" courses are involved (it's called "Ramat Mumchioot") http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Applications/HtlNet/HomePage.htm Maybe you'll find what you're looking for there, though I doubt it. I am studying this year ENGLISH Remedial Teaching at Nitzan, and it's not according to the ministry "plan" for me, though I also registered the "must" ofek 60 hours hishtalmut that I have to as well, and after a long tiring correspondence with the head of this department (Ilana Rosenberg) - I got a refusal and a big no to acknowledge the studies I am taking this year, though I am fully paying for them, with the claim that it's not according to the path of that ofek hadash has for me... BTW, it'll never be the path for me. They claimed that since I am not teaching in special ed., this is not the target population training for me. But how many English teachers can work full time in special education schools? They hardly get one hour English per week, and they only start towards 6th grade! My son has been studying in special education schools for years, so I personally know it, and regret it. I gave up trying to claim that THEESE ARE THE JH PUPILS that I TEACH IN MY GROUPS- MOSTLY LD AND ADHD PUPILS!!! I just study for myself! Hagit Lahav ------------------------------ From: Sharon Kleinerman <sharkle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [etni] question about ofek- darga 7 Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:54:20 +0200 In order to advance to darga 7, teachers will be required to study in an academic institution with a specific program for this. Does anyone know of any programs that are geared to teachers of English? thanks Sharon Kleinerman please answer this new email <mailto:sharonkleinerman123@xxxxxxxxx> sharonkleinerman123@xxxxxxxxx