La Rioja opens the competition to appoint directors in 37 public centers

The General Directorate of Educational Management of the Department of Education and Employment of the Government of La Rioja has announced the merit-based competition for the selection, renewal, and appointment of directors of non-university public educational centers. The call is published via Resolution 48/2026, dated November 9, in the Official Gazette of La Rioja number 220, Friday, November 13, 2026, within section II (Authorities and personnel), with the official reference BOR-A-20261113-II–1263 (II.1263). Annex I of the resolution lists 37 vacant management positions in Riojan schools, institutes, and public centers.

Renewal and selection in a single procedure

The resolution activates two distinct paths. On one hand, the procedure for renewal in office, aimed at directors whose mandate ends on June 30, 2027, and who were selected through the merit-based competition announced by Resolution 82/2022, dated November 23. On the other, the merit-based competition for the selection and appointment of new directors in the centers listed in Annex I.

The legal basis is Article 135.1 of Organic Law 2/2006 on Education, and Order 1/2015, dated January 22, which regulates these procedures and establishes in Article 15 the possibility of renewing, for a single time and for four more years, directors with a positive evaluation.

Deadlines, requirements, and management project

The calendar is counted from the day following the publication in the Official Gazette of La Rioja:

• Renewal in office: 5 business days to submit the application (Annex II).
• Merit-based competition: 15 business days for application and documentation (Annex III).
• Certification of the management function course and management project: may be submitted until February 16, 2027.
• Constitution of the evaluation committees: between February 16 and March 16, 2027.
• Resolution of the committees and submission of the file: deadline May 25, 2027.

Applicants must be career civil servants of the LOE teaching bodies, be in active service, have a provisional or permanent assignment in centers in La Rioja, prove at least five years of seniority and five years of direct teaching, and hold certification of having passed a course on management functions. Each candidate may only apply for one center: if applications are submitted for several, all will be annulled.

The management project must be original and include an analysis of the center, mandate objectives, lines of action, evaluation indicators, and the planned composition of the management team, consisting of career civil servants with permanent assignment and full-time dedication to the center as of July 1, 2027. Its length shall be between 15 and 30 pages on A4 paper with 12-point font.

Committees with faculty and school council

The evaluation committees will consist of two teachers elected by the faculty, two members designated by and from among the non-teaching members of the school council, an active director with a positive evaluation, and an education inspector serving as president. The representation of the school council may not fall to students in grades lower than third-year ESO, and the representation of teachers may not correspond to candidates or those who are part of the management teams of the submitted projects.

Centers with renewal options and vacancies

Of the total of 37 centers in Annex I, in seven the position is held by a director with an option for renewal: Antonio Delgado Calvete (Arnedo), IES Francisco Tomás y Valiente (Fuenmayor), Nuestra Señora de la Vega (Haro), CEIP El Arco (Logroño), Conservatorio Profesional de Música Eliseo Pinedo (Logroño), IES Esteban Manuel Villegas (Nájera), and IES Valle del Oja (Santo Domingo de la Calzada). Centers whose directors renew will be excluded from the merit-based competition award.

Among the remaining 30 positions are, among others, IES Valle del Cidacos and IES Aurelio Prudencio in Calahorra, IES Celso Díaz in Arnedo, IES Comercio, IES Escultor Daniel, and CEIP Velez de Guevara in Logroño, ESDIR Alberto Corazón, the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas El Fuero de Logroño, CEIP Sancho III el Mayor and CEIP San Fernando in Nájera, and IES Valle del Oja in Santo Domingo de la Calzada.

The procedure concludes with the publication of the final scores and the appointment proposal to the General Directorate of Educational Management. The resolution does not exhaust the administrative route: an administrative appeal may be filed before the Counselor of Education and Employment within one month. The document is signed by the General Director of Educational Management, Luis Manuel Herce Díez.

The call directly affects the Riojan teaching staff and the management of schools and institutes for the 2027/2028 academic year, as it determines who will lead over thirty public centers in the next four years and conditions the stability of management teams throughout the community.

Source: Official Gazette of La Rioja, no. 220, November 13, 2026, section II (Authorities and personnel), pp. 19239-19244 (official reference: BOR-A-20261113-II–1263, II.1263).