DHOS Brugge, HIVO West-Vlaanderen is a centre for continued professional learning of certified teachers. DHOSBrugge HIVO West-Vlaanderen updates, develops and broadens the knowledge, skills and expertise of certified teachers and leaders through formal and informal activities.
DHOSBrugge, HIVO West-Vlaanderen is a non-profit organization recognized by the department of education Flanders under number 926. The organisation currently has 70 students, 26 tutors, 2 staff members and 4 administrators. The students (certified teachers) attend a 3-year course (mostly on Saturday).
DHOSBrugge, HIVO West-Vlaanderen has a long tradition in education. In 1942, the institution started in Bruges as a division of DHOS Ghent. DHOS Brugge HIVO West-Vlaanderen became independent in 1951. Originally under the name HIVO Brugge and since May 2017 under the name DHOS Brugge, Hoger Instituut voor Opvoedkunde (Higher Institute For Education), shortly DHOSBrugge, HIVO West-Vlaanderen. ‘DHOS’, which refers to ‘Diploma Higher Educational Studies’, is a highly appreciated name in educational circles in Flanders, Belgium. Long time ago, graduates even signed professionally with ‘d.h.o.s.’ behind their family name. Because of that fame, the organisation kept the name DHOS. Completed with Brugge because of the location.