This article is a reflection based on a national program of external evaluation of teacher training transmitted via satellite: "A leap for the future". It contains data from a field research including sample of T.V. classrooms in eight states from different regions of the country. It examines the program's theoretical and methodological proposals and format, as well as the interaction of educational agents, the advantages gained by teachers and finally conditions for implementing the program. The evaluation concludes that the program is innovative in its form and content, and could become an important vehicle for recycling primary teachers. However, it is insufficiently implemented.