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OAS‐ITEN Regional Seminar “Strengthening the Teaching Profession:
Policies, Partnerships and Cooperation to Support the Education Agenda in the Americas”
Sheraton Grand Panama Hotel
Panama City, Panama April 3‐5, 2018
DAY 1: April 3
8:15 – 8:45 Registration
8:45 – 9:00 Opening Ceremony by the “Instituto America” of Panama and a Musical Presentation
Performed by the Republic of Korea School of the San Miguelito Area
9:00 – 9:30 Introduction: Welcome Remarks
Hon. Isabel Saint Malo de Alvarado, Vice President, Republic of Panama (to be confirmed)
Hon. Marcela Paredes de Vásquez, Minister of Education, Republic of Panama
Mrs. Kim Osborne, Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Organization of American
States (OAS)
9:30 – 9:45 The Role of the OAS in Education: How to Strengthen the Teaching Profession in the
Americas
Kim Osborne, Executive Secretary for Integral Development, Organization of American
States (OAS)
9:45 – 10:00 The Teaching Profession Pillar. The Inter‐American Teacher Education Network (ITEN)
and its Role within the Inter‐American Education Agenda: Achievements and Lessons Learned
Dr. Maryse Robert, Acting Director, OAS Department of Human Development, Education
and Employment
10:00 – 10:15 Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:00 Teacher Policies and their Space in Sub‐Regional Strategies and Education Agendas
Presentation of Teacher Policies within the Education Strategies and Agendas under the various Sub‐
Regional Secretariats
In several sub‐regional organizations, mechanisms have been created to provide guidance and support
and to measure progress towards achieving global, regional, and sub‐regional goals and targets. Such a
focused, coordinated approach is designed to convert political dialogue into action, and action into
impactful and favorable results.
CARICOM: Patricia McPherson, Deputy Programme Manager, Education, CARICOM Secretariat,
CARICOM 2030 Human Resource Development Strategy
CECC‐SICA: Dr. Jorge Rivera, Technical Advisor, CECC_SICA EDUCACION. Central America
Educational Policy 2013‐2030 and Teacher Education: the challenges ahead.
MERCOSUR: Maestro Luis Garibaldi, ANEP‐Uruguay, The Work of MERCOSUR on Education
Moderator: Cecilia Martins, Education Specialist, OAS Executive Secretariat for Integral
Development
11:00 – 13:00 Public Policies on the Teaching Profession: Presentations by OAS Member States
Presentation of public policies: Discussion and exchanges with senior officials from Member States on
their public policies regarding the teaching profession. Actions taken and identification of gaps.
Each member state will present on their policies as they relate to the teaching profession. This will form
the basis for the subsequent discussion with the various partners with a view to finding gaps and
opportunities for change.
Moderator: Kim Osborne, OAS Executive Secretary for Integral Development
Rapporteurs: Chairs and Vice Chairs of IEA Working Groups
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch/Networking
14:00 – 17:15 OAS‐ITEN: Improving the Quality of Education through Knowledge Exchange and
Teacher Professional Development Opportunities
In the past four years OAS‐ITEN has successfully implemented cooperation exchanges among OAS
Member States. Some lessons learned especially those related to supporting the design of policies will
be shared.
Moderator: Dr. Maryse Robert, Acting Director, OAS Department of Human Development,
Education and Employment
1. Teacher Career Path: Recruitment, Retention and Appraisal
Innovative cases of policies on talent recruitment and retention, and the appraisal of the
teaching profession
Dr. Winsome Gordon, CEO of the Jamaica Teaching Council, Ministry of Education, Youth
and Information, Jamaica
María José Linconvil, Sub Director for Content, Elige Educar, Chile
2. Inclusive Education and Teaching
Exploring teacher policies for an equitable learning environment
Naseem Smith, Principal, School for Children with Special Needs, Kingstown, St. Vincent and
the Grenadines
Carina Gerlero, Secretary of Educational Planning and Articulation, and Susana Copertari,
Director of Educational Innovations and Provincial Coordinator of the Vuelvo a Estudiar
program, Ministry of Education of the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina
3. Leadership Beyond the Classroom
The ripple effects of teacher leaders and motivators in schools
Jorge Adalberto Martínez Reyes, Vice Minister and Executive Director of the School of
Directors, Ministry of Education, Dominican Republic
Lucia Feced Abal, Director General, School of Teachers, Ministry of Education of the City of
Buenos Aires
Patricio Baquero, Director Metropolitano de Inclusión Educativa, Secretaría de Educación,
Recreación y Deporte del Municipio del Distrito Metropolitano de Quito, Ecuador
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
4. Teacher Professional Development Opportunities for Better Policies
Andrés De la Mercedes, INAFOCAM, Dominican Republic: The ITEN‐MOOC on Reading
Comprehension and Writing
Emilsa Solares Castillo, DIGECADE, Ministry of Education of Guatemala. ITEN‐MOOC on
Reading Comprehension and Writing
Martin Guerra, General Coordinator, Online University and Distance Education, University
of El Salvador. ITEN MOOCs, Cooperation Exchanges, and Workshops
Dr. Ashburn Pinnock, President, The MICO University College. The ITEN Audio Program:
Reaching out to rural teachers
Michelle Sears, Assistant Director of Education, Ministry of Education, The Bahamas
DAY 2: April 4
9:00 – 9:15 The Inter‐American Education Agenda: Strengthening Cooperation and Building
Partnerships
Hon. Jeffrey L. Lloyd, Minister of Education of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and
Chair of the Inter‐American Committee on Education (CIE)
OAS member states approved the Inter‐American Education Agenda (IEA) at the IX Inter‐American
Meeting of Ministers of Education, held in The Bahamas in February 2017. The IEA is a roadmap which
aims to strengthen cooperation and build partnerships to ensure quality, inclusive, and equitable
education. It aims to advance cooperation and strengthen member states’ institutional capacities in
three areas of action: 1) Quality, inclusive, and equitable education; 2) Strengthening of the teaching
profession; and 3) Comprehensive early childhood care.
9:15 – 9:30 Inter‐American Education Agenda‐Working Group 2. Strengthening of the Teaching
Profession
Authorities from Working Group 2 will share the progress made.
Coordinated by the Ministries of Education of Bolivia (Chair), Argentina (First Vice Chair) and Barbados
(Second Vice Chair)
9:30 – 11:15 Building a Regional Coalition for Inter‐sectoral Collaboration and Partnerships:
Stakeholders’ Perspectives
Cooperation, as it relates to the Inter‐American Education Agenda and its second pillar “Strengthening
the Teaching Profession” is understood as a means for institutional strengthening and public policy
development through collaboration by OAS Member States among themselves. As stated in the
Declaration of The Bahamas, this needs to also be supported by building alliances to leverage the
existing resources and practices of national, sub‐regional, regional and international organizations to
help implement the IEA.
Atilio Pizarro, UNESCO‐OREALC, Assessment Mechanisms for the Region. Latin America
Laboratory for Assessment of the Quality of Education (LLECE)
Maria Elena Ubeda and Vincenzo Placco, UNICEF Education
Peter Transburg, INEE ‐ Inter‐Agency Network for Education in Emergencies
Bibian Diaz, Principal Executive – Education Specialist, Development Bank of Latin America
(CAF)
Carlo Monroy, Partners in Learning Network (PIL) Regional Manager, Microsoft LATAM
Moderator: Cecilia Martins, Education Specialist, OAS Executive Secretariat for Integral
Development
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 Collaboration in Times of Educational Change: An Engaging Approach on Teacher
Professionalization
Exploring current status and future trends on teacher professionalization
Dr. Valeria Sánchez Michel, PIPE‐CIDE, Mexico: From Research to Policy: Informed Decision‐
Making
Dr. Padmanabhan (Padhu) Seshaiyer, Director, STEM Accelerator Program and COMPLETE
Center, Professor in Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, George Mason University,
United States
Lila Pinto, Mexico, Building and Strengthening Educational Leadership Teams
Moderator: Cecilia Martins, Education Specialist, OAS Executive Secretariat for Integral
Development
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Roundtables: Matching Policy and Professional Development Needs with Opportunities
OAS Member States will reflect on challenges, needs and gaps within their own national policies and
how they can be addressed. The breakout roundtable discussions will provide an opportunity for direct
engagement between government representatives to explore potential partnerships and explore
concrete technical horizontal cooperation exchanges. Member States will express their interest in
potential partnerships/exchanges that have been explored during roundtable discussions.
Special emphasis will be put on the OAS programs implemented by Member States and the actions
defined under the Work Plan of the Inter‐American Education Agenda with a view to matching needs of
Member States with opportunities. As stated in the Inter‐American Education Agenda, OAS‐ITEN can
contribute to achieving the objectives set forth in the Agenda. OAS‐ITEN has paved the way with its
pivotal role as a proven mechanism for the region as well as the coordination and complementarity
created with various partners.
Chairs/Rapporteurs: Chair and Vice Chairs of the IEA Working Groups
16:00 – 16:15 Coffee Break
16:15 – 17:30 Next Steps for Regional Action on the Teaching Profession: The Way Forward
Chairs and Vice Chairs of the Working Groups of the Inter‐American Education Agenda will report on the
main conclusions of the previous panel with special emphasis on the Teaching Profession Pillar.
Expressions of interest from Member States on sharing programs, policies and lessons learned discussed
as a result of the roundtables will be shared as well.
This session will serve as a first exercise to respond to Member States’ needs and priorities as defined in
the IEA Work Plan, connecting Member States’ expression of commitments with a robust plan of action
to be defined as the way forward.
Moderator: Hon. Jeffrey L. Lloyd, Minister of Education of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and
Chair of the Inter‐American Committee on Education (CIE) (to be confirmed)
DAY 3: April 5
9:30 – 11:00 Sharing Panama’s Education Flagship Programs
1. Panama Bilingual
2. Learning fully (Aprende al máximo)
3. “Knowledge City”(Ciudad del saber): first‐hand insights about this innovative Panamanian
Educational Initiative and its link to Teacher Education in Panama
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
12:00 – 12:30 Closing Remarks
Dr. Maryse Robert, Acting Director, OAS Department of Human Development, Education
and Employment
Carlos Staff, Vice Minister of Education, Republic of Panama
12:30 – 12:45 Closing Ceremony by the Traditional Music Ensemble of the “Instituto América” of
Panama