background

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 in the Americas who would like to share knowledge, experiences, research and good 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 will offer

Delivery of professional development for educators and administrators through online courses;

Virtual space and internet tools, including a Webinar platform, to foster effective communication among educators, school leaders, experts and other educational stakeholders;

Technical assistance missions among countries to build capacity.  

ITEN website

Teacher Education for 21st Century Teachers

Pilot 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.

Pilot 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. (Technical assistance missions)

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.

Why ITEN is unique

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)

CIDA OTHER CIE

Total: $142,000 $314,200 $238,200

Grand Total: $694,400

Funds received from 2008 to June 2011

Partnerships

Webinars with

worldwide known

experts.

Two country case

studies on policies in ICT

integration at the teacher

education level.World Bank’s SABER - Teacher Policies

Around the World (TPAW)

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 (contingent on CIE funding)

Two case studies of policies in ICT integration in teacher education

Online courses for secondary school teachers.

Seminars, Webinars and Videoconferences for policymakers in the Americas.

Technical cooperation missions for member states (as horizontal cooperation activities).

Creation of ITEN advisory group.

ITEN network of partnerships for ITEN long-term sustainability.

Thank you!

Email: avilela@oas.org

Website: http://www.oas.org/en/iten/about.asp