KIX LAC launches a series on teaching policies and practices

On 28 January, KIX LAC launched its Knowledge Mobilisation Cycle on the Use of Evidence in Teaching Policies and Practices. The seminar explored key issues related to the cycle's objectives, UNESCO's Regional Teaching Strategy 2025–2030, and the prioritisation of the regional agenda through the exchange of national experiences. The meeting brought together the views of representatives from Latin American and Caribbean countries and organisations such as UNESCO, SUMMA, OECO and the Caribbean Teachers' Union, among others.

The first speaker, Valtencir Mendes, Head of Education at OREALC/UNESCO, presented the Regional Teaching Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean 2025–2030, emphasising that beyond the diagnosis of teacher shortages and regional gaps, the main lesson is to understand the implementation of this strategy not as a final step, but as a central axis of policy design that requires institutional capacities and sustained financing.

Sharon Clifton Kelsick, President of the Caribbean Teachers' Union, highlighted how critical factors such as teacher migration due to precarious conditions, digital overload and the recurring impact of the climate crisis directly affect the stability of the education system and the well-being of teachers. She argued that teacher policies must go beyond technical standards to focus on the overall well-being of teachers.

The meeting then opened a space for dialogue to translate shared diagnoses into concrete lines of action for 2026. Representatives from different countries highlighted the importance of these spaces for addressing shared challenges and ensuring that the experience of teachers is at the centre of more sustainable policies.

Dante Castillo, Director of Innovative Policies and Practices at SUMMA, linked the lessons learned from the meeting to the work that SUMMA has been developing, placing the improvement of teaching practice at the centre of the agenda. For her part, Lisa Sargusingh-Terrance, Senior Technical Specialist in Education at the OECS, stressed that the well-being and active listening of teachers are indispensable human pillars for any educational reform to be truly sustainable.

Finally, María José Sepúlveda, Deputy Director of Innovative Policies and Practices at SUMMA, presented the initiative "Dialogue: From Synthesis to Decision," a project led by SUMMA, in coordination with the KIX LAC Centre and the Evidence for Education Network (EEN), in collaboration with the OECS, eBASE Africa, the OECS and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), promoted regionally within the framework of the GPE's KIX programme, with support from IDRC.

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