”New Approaches to Policy and Practice for Teachers Educators in the Americas” David Julien Interamerican Training Netwo

1. SOLIDARITY • PARTNERSHIP • COOPERATION • ”New Approaches to Policy and Practice for Teachers Educators in the Americas” • David JulienInteramerican Training Networks • September 28, 2006 • Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

2. FOSTERING COOPERATION BETWEEN UNIVERSITIES IN THE AMERICAS Created in 1979 in Quebec City, the Inter-American Organization for Higher Education (IOHE) is an international university association that promotes cooperation between member institutions and fosters the development of higher education in the Americas and the Caribbean.

3. A FORUM OF… • 400 regular and associated MEMBERS • - public and private universities • - institutes of higher education • - research centres • - national and regional university association • - rectors’ conferences • AND A UNIQUE NETWORK OF PARTNERS !

4. 53 Members IOHE : 9 Regions 29Members 15Members 58Members IOHE 22 Members 24 Members Canada United States Mexico Central America Caribbean Andean Countries Brazil Southern Cone Colombia 98 Members 42 Members 57Members

5. COLLEGE OF THE AMERICAS ACADEMIC FORUM OF THE CONTINENT

6. COLLEGEOF THE AMERICAS • Officially created in 1997, the COLAM has set the following objectives: • Contribute to the strengthening of democracy; • Promote intercultural understanding; • Improve the quality and the relevance of university programs in fields of continental interest; • Encourage research on continental integration; • Support cooperation between universities, civil society and public sector.

7. INTER-AMERICAN TRAINING NETWORKS Universities linked within networks work together to develop academic, thematic and cross-disciplinary programs, offered to graduate students, private and public sector staff, and general population, encouraging the use of NICT.

8. INTER-AMERICAN TRAINING NETWORKS • Public Health • Women and Development • Environmental Management and Ecotourism • Education and Telematics • Indigenous Teacher’s Training • Teacher’s Training • Electronic Government • Academic Libraries Conectivity • Governance

9. TEACHER’S TRAINING NETWORK First technical meeting “Teacher Training and Professional Development Strategies with the Support of Universities” Washington DC, Sept. 2004 37 participants from HEI, MoE, IO and USDE • Universidad de Guadalajara Mexico • University of the West Indies Jamaica Thompson Rivers University Canada • Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Mexico • Universidad Nacional de El Salvador El Salvador • Universidad Nacional Costa Rica • Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Columbia • Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja Ecuador • Universidad Federal de Mato Grosso Brasil • Universidad de Luján Argentina • Universidad de Playa Ancha Chile

10. TEACHER’S TRAINING NETWORK Mandate • To consolidate university networks in order to offer programs adapted to the specific needs of the Hemispheric Project on Teacher Training • To workwith member countries of the OAS to reach the objectives established in the Action Plans of the Summits, as well as in the Hemispheric Project on Teacher Training, for the development and offering of training and professional programs • To support the Inter-American Commission for Education in the monitoring of the Conferences of Ministers of Education and their Action Plans, as well as to support hemispheric projects • To put togethera guide of the content of programs for teacher training and professional development, carried out by institutions of higher education of the hemisphere • To offertraining and teacher development strategies to ministries of education and institutions of higher education, using Distance Education and Information Technologies • To support the Inter-American Commission for Education in the monitoring of the Hemispheric Project in the five regions: North America, Central America, the Caribbean, Mercosur, and the Andean Countries

11. TEACHER’S TRAINING NETWORK Results • A total of 10 online courses • OAS PORTAL (with UTPL platform) • - Quality of Basic Education. 2004. Inter-American 112 participants. • - Quality of Basic Education. 2005. Central America • - Strategies for the Teaching of Mathematics. 2005. 108 participants • COLAM / IOHE • - Decision Making in DE and in the Use of IT 2004. 51 participants, 13 countries • - Methodology in DE & IT. 2005. 300 participants from 18 countries • -Media and Technologyin DE & IT. 2005. 285 participants from 16 countries • - Planning and Administration in DE & IT. 2005. 288 participants from 17 countries • - Multicultural Educational Contexts. 2004-2005. 210 participants from 18 countries, 2006, 170 participantes • TRU & COLAM • - Integrating IT in the curriculum. Trinidad and Tobago 2005 and 2006. 40 participants

12. TEACHER’S TRAINING NETWORK Results • Sub-region Hemisferic Project • Central America. Ministry of Public Education of El Salvador, participation at the First Central American Meeting to define a model for initial teacher training. Delivery of regional online courses with OAS. • Caribbean Ministry of Education of Trinidad & Tobago. Integrating IT in the curriculum, with Thompson Rivers University 2005, 2006

13. TEACHER’S TRAINING NETWORK Results • Inter-American Commission for Education • Civil Society Virtual Forum. Inter-American survey within the civil society presented to the CIE in Scarborough 2005. • Ministers of Education Declaration. “Special Recognition to COLAM/IOHE for the progress made in the use of new technologies, especially through the Latin American Network of Educational Portals” • Doctorate Program for Teachers Educators • Université de Montréal, Canada

14. What about the FUTURE ? • PARTNERSHIP • 1.1 Public sector • (Ministeries of Education, Civil society, Unions) • 1.2 Universities, Teachers College • 1.3 Organization of American States (OAS) • 2. ACTION • 2.1 Evaluate, adapt and repeat succesfull activities and programs in other regions • 2.2 Develop new training activities based on the conclusions and recommendations of this Seminar • 2.3 Continue our active participation on reflective forums about the challenges of teacher educators

15. For further information, please visit our website: www.oui-iohe.qc.ca David Julien julienda@umontreal.ca