People & Contacts

Mgr. Petr Pokorný

Director of CERPEK

Office: bldg. K2/329
Komenského nám. 220/2
602 00 Brno

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Phone: +420 549 49 6850
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He graduated with a degree in Pedagogy from the Faculty of Arts, MU. He worked for several years in education, after-school education, as a sports coach, organizer of competitions for children and youth, organizer of camps. After the Velvet Revolution, he went into business, where he worked for many years as a member of the management of international companies, mostly responsible for personnel management and services. Ten years ago he returned to MU as an external lecturer and seven years ago as an employee. After six years in the role of Director of Human Resources in the Rector's Office, he has now taken on a new mission, to build the Competence Development Centre, to develop CERPEK.

Mgr. Ingrid Procházková, Ph.D.

Manager and lecturer for the development of pedagogical competences

Office: bldg. K2/327
Komenského nám. 220/2
602 00 Brno

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Phone: +420 549 49 6156
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She graduated with a degree in Education from the Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, MU. She was a member of CERPEK's founding team. At CERPEK, she is currently in charge of the pedagogical competences section. She works to fulfil the vision of CERPEK and cooperates with a number of partners at MU and other Czech universities. She is in charge of the educational programme Pedagogical Competence Development Workshop, in which she and others accompany university teachers on their journey towards quality teaching.

Mgr. Iva Lízalová

Manager for management and personal competence development

Office: bldg. K2/327
Komenského nám. 220/2
602 00 Brno

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Phone: +420 771 276 567
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She studied social pedagogy at the University of Technology Zlín and IMS Brno. She acquired her management and lecturing skills during her long years of work in the pharmacology business. As a lecturer, she specializes in communication and sales skills, personality typology, assertive communication, managing objections and conflict situations. She has completed a course in experiential pedagogy and is a professional coach. She is now applying her extensive experience in managing training departments, leading people, and implementing strategic training projects at CERPEK focused on development of MU employees. When implementing training activities, she not only ensures that training needs and objectives are met, but also takes pride in her individual approach and contact with employees.

Mgr. Zuzana Kročáková

Lecturer and coordinator of workshops and events focused on pedagogical competences

Office: bldg. K2/325
Komenského nám. 220/2
602 00 Brno

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Phone: +420 549 49 5104
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She graduated in Czech language and Psychology at the Faculty of Education, MU. She has taught at high schools in the Czech Republic and at one American school. She teaches social psychology at Faculty of Education and worked as a guide in the Teacher Live programme for two years. She is a lifelong devotee of experiential pedagogy and its use in the field of personal development as well as in education, she is an instructor at the Lipnice Holiday School. In recent years she has focused on educational mentoring, supporting teachers in pre-schools, primary schools, and colleges to become more confident and happier in their teaching. At CERPEK she is involved in tutoring, mentoring and takes care of the organization and filling of workshops, reflective meetings, and other events of the university teaching community.

Mgr. et Mgr. Zuzana Vařejková, Ph.D.

Manager and lecturer for the development of pedagogical competences

Office: bldg. K2/327
Komenského nám. 220/2
602 00 Brno

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Phone: +420 549 49 6611
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She graduated with degrees in Andragogy and Social Pedagogy and Counselling from the Department of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University. She followed the establishment of CERPEK from afar as a member of research teams and a researcher of educational and development projects focusing on adult education and age management. In CERPEK she is engaged in analytical activities and ensures methodological accuracy of pedagogical and andragogical topics. She is a lecturer and member of the research team of the BELONG project looking at wellbeing and inclusion in higher education.

Mgr. Jitka Vidláková, Ph.D.

Communication, website content management and promotion CERPEK, Project coordinator and member of the BELONG project team

Office: bldg. K2/327
Komenského nám. 220/2
602 00 Brno

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Phone: +420 549 49 7223
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She originally worked as an academic in the field of educational science at the Mendel University. She later became a lecturer in adult education and an L&D enthusiast. In her work for CERPEK she always strives to make L&D relevant to the participants' needs, meaningful to practice and effective for the organisation. She enjoys all activities related to L&D, from analysing why, who and what to develop, to organising training and evaluating it.

Mgr. Petr Sucháček

Learning & Development Specialist

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Petr graduated with a degree in Education from the Department of Educational Sciences of the Faculty of Arts, MU. He teaches communication training, presentation workshops and pedagogical communication. He was also one of the members of CERPEK's founding team, leads the Open Challenge programme, which supports innovations in the education of future teachers, and is dedicated to the practice and dissemination of non-violent communication.

Mgr. Jan Štěpánek

IT & E-Learning Consutant

Office: bldg. G/G.107
Gorkého 57/7
602 00 Brno

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Phone: +420 549 49 3152
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His initial experiences with e‑learning were as a tutor, but then he started to create and manage e‑learning courses himself. He began working in the E‑Learning Office of the Centre for Information Technologies of Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, first as a e-learning consultant, then as an e‑learning system administrator.

Where you can find us

Rooms nr. 327, 328 a 329
Komenského náměstí 2
602 00 Brno

Telefon: +420 549 49 8110

You can find us by entering the former Faculty of Medicine and walking across the courtyard to the back of the building. From there you can take the lift or you can go up the stairs to the third floor and turn to the left. CERPEK is behind the glass door in the first corridor on the right.

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