Abstract:
The image and status of the teacher have become topics of discussion both at national and international level, because it has been found that the status of the teacher covers both the social and pedagogical perspective. This article represents a conceptualization of the terms of profession, status, teacher, image and prestige in the context of continuous professional training of teachers. Therefore, we emphasize the categorical relevance regarding the status and image of a profession which, in turn, are essential components for establishing its interest for young people and, maintaining competent and qualified employees, and by the need for professionalization, they become an absolute necessity, being a prerequisite for achieving an improvement of the status of the teacher. In the educational practice, the status indicated and granted reveals to the teacher the tasks and tasks that will contribute to the successful achievement of the objectives of the training / development of the students. Historically, the teaching profession has been considered one of the oldest professions, being initiated at the same time with the structuring of social positions in society. Thus, the concept of the profession sums up a multitude of connotations depending on the cultural and historical contexts in which it is defined and, represents the activity that has a certain prestige, through its intellectual or artistic character, manifests the social position of the one who exercises it.
