Are education systems enabling teachers to empower themselves and evolve in their career?

Even though there is no society that is questioning the importance of teachers the question that pops up is: how far public policies in certain countries went regarding valorizing teachers in reality? Do they empower teachers’ skills and motivation through adequate pedagogical training, research in education and teachers’ profession reinforcement? What are the possibilities versus limitations for teachers’ professional development ? In this paper, teachers position in France, Georgia, Thailand and Serbia are examined through presentation of basic information regarding 3 main points — pedagogical training, links in between teaching and research and possibilities teacher have for their professional development.