The partnership between the Faculty and the schools realized through the relationship between the teachers and teachers of the subject Didactics or the teachers as mentors and the students can only become an incentive for the professional development of the teachers in case it is appropriately founded and determined at the level of the Faculty management and the heads of schools, otherwise all the good intentions and promising plans are bound to fail. We should not allow such failure, since contemporary teacher education can not exist without a well trained mentor and therefore a real partnership is an essential contribution to an increase in the quality of teacher education. Key words: teacher education, teaching practice, mentor, partnership between schools and faculty, professional development