Continuing Teacher Training Through Communities of Practice: a case study

Continuing teacher training is necessary for a quality education system. However, the format chosen for this process doesn't always reach all teachers of an educational institution. Moreover there are situations where teachers want to deepen some themes but don't find a space to develop this activity. Based on this scenario we present the communities of practice (CoP) as an important feature of interaction between teachers, developing communication, exchange of experiences, collaborative implementation of activities and professional development. In order to illustrate, we present a case study of a Community of Practice in Innovation and Education at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre Campus. The conclusions of this experiment point to the importance of a position change of the teacher in relation to his continued education.