This research is about the continuing education of English teachers and has the municipality of Itaboraí/RJ as its context of analysis. The initial objective was to identify the opinion of English teachers of the municipality mentioned regarding the meetings of the teachers continuing education. The research questions attempted to identify: [a] what are the opinions of the participating teachers on continuing education?; [b] what are the possible improvement actions that are considered valid by the participating teachers as resources for their own formation?; and [c] what are the factors that influence teachers to seek (or not) courses or other resources for their continuing education in service? The theoretical framework was based on Candau, Nóvoa, Garcia, Gatti and Imbernón, who helped us to better understand the factors and implications related to the formative processes carried out during the professional practice of the teacher. Regarding the methodology, we conducted a qualitative research using semi-structured interviews and online questionnaires. Eleven English language teachers (effective and contracted) took part in the research. The interviews were recorded with permission from the participants. At a later moment, the data obtained were transcribed, adapted and analyzed under the light of Content Analysis (BARDIN, 2016; MINAYO, 2010). The results of the research indicate that the adherence or not of the teachers to a certain continuing education program would be directly related to the meeting of some factors that involve the elaboration and the implementation of this formative action and the specific needs required by the teachers.