The lectorate ‘The teacher of the 21th centrury: artistry’ is funded by SKO (Stichting Kennis Ontwikkeling - foundation for knowledge development) for a period of four years. The basic strategic plan ‘Teacher of the 21th century’ with the subtitle ‘connecting conversations and the element of play’ describes the ambitions for the period 2006-2010. This is the basic plan from Bart van Rosmalen (lector) that will be referred to annually.