There is some research that indicate that teachers in the Czech Republic, unlike teachers abroad, do not have sufficient support for professional development. One of the possible tools to support it, which works in many countries, is the professional teaching portfolio.
However, efforts to introduce this tool within the career system have been rejected in the past. The paper presents a dissertation project that deals with the issue of teachers' professional portfolios.
It includes theoretical background of the work, main goals, research questions and research design. It also pays attention to the prediction of the development of professional portfolios in the Czech Republic.