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Practice for Teacher Educators in the Practice for Teacher Educators in the AmericasAmericas

Declaration of Scarborough

We recognize the fundamental role of teachers and we prioritize their professional development as a key factor for learning and the development of our societies. We therefore encourage countries to work together to ensure that mechanisms are adopted to assist developing countries in the training and retention of teachers.

IV MEETING OF MINISTERS OF EDUCATIONTobago, Trinidad and Tobago

August 10-12, 2005

Mission To create a network of researchers,

policymakers and practitioners engaged in teacher education to:1. develop collaborative research

projects, 2. share innovative experiences, 3. design effective policies 4. benefit from the synergies and

activities that result from engagement with other teacher educators.

Questions• Who are the teacher educators in the

Americas? • How are they agents for teacher

education reforms? • What are the main gaps in knowledge in

teacher education? • How are teacher educators contributing

to that body of knowledge? • How might they contribute more?

The Seminar

The INTERAMERICAN TEACHER EDUCATOR NETWORK:

“New Approaches to Policy and Practice for

Teacher Educators in the Americas”

September 26 – 29, 2006Trinidad & Tobago

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The Seminar• 120 participants• 25 countries

– Caribbean– North America– South America– Central America

• Hosted by MOE, T&T and OAS-DEC

• Organizations: OAS, OUI-IOHE, PREAL, UNESCO, Convenio Andres Bello, CIPECC, INEE, UMD, UTT…

The Survey

The Websitewww.oest.oas.org/iten

Connections to other

Networks…

Next StepsPractitioner Inquiry and Collaboration

Portal: 1. A New Research Clearinghouse on, by,

and for Teacher Educators. 2. A Professional Development Center and

Message Board, 3. A Member-Moderated On-line Virtual

Forum and List-serve

4. The ITEN E-bulletin

Next StepsAnnual Knowledge Sharing Workshops1. Use the OAS’s CONARED methodology to

identify Promising and Innovative Practices in Teacher Education (PIPTE) and share them at an Annual Knowledge Sharing Workshop;

2. Conduct a Hemispheric Mapping Exercise of Teacher Education programs and curricula;

3. Systematically organize and present them in publication and through the E-bulletin;

4. Create online courses with the Inter-American Organization on Higher Education for sharing the experiences with a wider audience of practitioners and policymakers.

Next StepsAnnual Teacher Educator Research

Seminar One hemisphere-wide conference per

year for sharing research findings, discussing new approaches and guide the development and direction of the network. A publication of the findings and recommendations would be presented to the CIE and Ministers of Education (and other education policy bodies) at their yearly meetings.