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According to McKinsey & Company, 2007, “How the Best Performing School Systems in the World Come out on Top”:
Background
1. A four-year hemispheric project funded by the OAS Special Multilateral Fund of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (FEMCIDI), "Responses to the Challenge of Improving the Quality of Recruitment and Selection, Initial Formation, Professional Development and Evaluation of Teachers in Countries of the Hemisphere."
2. An international seminar on policies and practices in teacher education conducted in September 2006 by the OAS in collaboration with the Ministry of Education of Trinidad and Tobago, "New Approaches in Policy and Practice for Teacher Educators in the Americas."
3. The "Teacher Education for 21st-Century Teachers" seminar, held in Trinidad and Tobago in October 2008.
ITEN is a virtual network of professional leaders in
Education at all levels and modalities who are willing to
share knowledge, experiences, research and best practices in the field of teacher education.
Built as a horizontal cooperation strategy, ITEN offers a virtual space for interaction
for all stakeholders in the field of teacher education in the Americas.
ITEN Offers
Delivery of professional development for educators and administrators through online courses;
Virtual space and internet tools to foster effective communication among educators, school leaders and other educational stakeholders;
Technical assistance missions among countries to build capacity.
500 surveys of stakeholders compiled and analyzed.
Different platforms were analyzed.
Market research on similar initiatives.
Actions 2010-2011
Teacher Education for 21st Century Teachers
Course in English
Total number of participants 78
Guyana, Jamaica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, St. Lucia, Bahamas and St. Kitts and Nevis.
Course in Spanish
Total number of participants: 179
Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Dominican Republic, Perú, Ecuador, Honduras, México, Haití, Brazil and Paraguay.
Content framework
It facilitates horizontal cooperation in education.
It is the only network that has a professional development section and an online community for Latin America and the Caribbean.
It has the institutional support of the OAS and Ministries of Education of its Member States, giving the network credibility.
Content postings are monitored by experts in the field.
Competitive Advantages
It is the only network that focuses on teacher education stakeholders across sectors in the
Americas.
Financial Contributions
OAS Inter-American Committee on Education (CP/Res.831)
COMPONENT CIDA OTHER CIE
Seminar on outcomes of FEMCIDI hemispheric project.
$137,000 $55,200
Portal of Teacher Educators. $ 142,000 $52,000 $44,000
Pilot Online Courses for teacher educators in LA and in the Caribbean.
$55,200 $56,000
OAS-OEC staff time (specialist, director, administrative ) for 18 months.
$70,000
Total: $142,000 $314,200 $155,200
Grand Total: $611,400
Budget 2008-2011
Partnerships
Content for schools leaders.
Seminars for Policy-makers.
Online course platform.
Consortium led by The world Bank.
Global Database on ICT/Education
policies in teacher education.
Collaboration in “School.
Leadership Across the Americas”
(An Exploratory Baseline Study for
an Educational Innovation Network).
Webinars for school leaders.
Content for ITEN’s Website.
Partnerships
Partnerships
Content for ITEN’s Website.
Scholarships for ITEN’s online courses.
Moderation of ITEN’s discussions.
Other initiatives.
Next steps Database of policies in ICT in education/teacher education (in collaboration with the World Bank and other partners).
Online courses for secondary school teachers.
Seminars, Webinars and Videoconferences for policymakers in the Americas.
Webinars for ITEN’s members.
Exchange programs for ITEN members (as horizontal cooperation activities).
ITEN Advisory board.
Face to face annual meeting for ITEN members, partners and policymakers.
ITEN network of partnerships for ITEN long-term sustainability.
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
$407,000 $399,000 $399,000
What we need from the Missions
Support to facilitate communication with the Ministries of Education in your countries.
A contact person in charge of teacher. education within the Ministries of Education.
Names of other organizations that ITEN could partner with.
