Decalogue of the Education Inspector Professional Competencies

In this article, we will present the professional competences of the inspectors that are necessary in order to contribute to high quality educational standards within the schools and educational institutions they supervise. We will differentiate between general competences, which are shared by many other professionals, and specific competences exclusively for education inspectors and that will help us define the professional profile that any inspector should have, to better contribute to their institutional remit. By defining them, we will establish a Decalogue that will help us understand the implications and dimensions of this profession as well as facilitate the elaboration of programmes to select and train future inspectors. Also in this paper, we will be getting a deeper perspective on the study and possible research areas of each competence described to gain more knowledge about the future professional development of the education inspectors.