Management of the process of change of higher teaching category at the University of Pinar del Rio

Abstract

The University of Pinar del Rio "Hermanos Saiz Montes de Oca" contributes to satisfying the training needs of higher level professionals and their continuous improvement from the direction and planning of the different changes of category of the professors in the sciences studied in it, from the integration of the substantive and support processes that guarantee a competent graduate, committed to the Revolution and with an integral culture, as well as the generation and implementation of scientific-technical results that impact the socioeconomic development of the territory and country. Despite the fact that, from the Ministry of Higher Education, what should be done in terms of changing the higher teaching category is lacking, in it, there is no proper mechanism that allows the process to be developed efficiently and effectively. For this reason, the purpose of this work is to present a procedure for the management of the process of change of higher teaching category based on the training and development system, which contributes to the improvement of the capacities of cadres, teachers and technicians and specialists. , in this sense, based on the level of training and development achieved by university professors. The method of logical historical theoretical level was used with the support of the documentary analysis technique, fundamentally in the study of various experiences and regulations that served as theoretical-methodological references for the proposal made. The procedure is made up of seven stages, which have led to an increase in the level of professionalism of the university teacher.