The article summarized the central part of a Master's thesis, which researches the evaluation of pedagogic work of history teachers in general secondary schools. The teacher evaluates the success, purpose and effectiveness of his work by self-evaluation. This strives to ensure quality and entices a professional and personal development. Although the term implies various procedures (inquiry, discussion, reflection, class observation, self-assessment, etc.), all teachers come across self-evaluation. A history teacher with his/her work in class can have an impact on the perception of the pupils, can encourage the development of sensitivity and critical thinking and often represents to the pupils a certain reference and example. This is why a teacher cannot afford to not self-evaluate his work. Self-evaluation enables a current observation of the work and the possibility to determine the strong and weak areas. The time and effort a teacher invests in self-evaluation eventually pays off in the form of satisfaction in future work.