Launch of KIX LAC Multi-Country Teacher Training Coalition
On March 26, the KIX LAC Hub held its first collaborative working session with a group of experts to advance the formation of a Coalition for Initial Teacher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. This coalition seeks to bring together training institutions and key stakeholders in Latin America and the Caribbean to strengthen the quality of initial teacher education in the region. The coalition will identify shared challenges, mobilize knowledge, disseminate best practices, and generate evidence-based resources and recommendations that contribute to improving policies and practices in this field.
The meeting was attended by representatives from six KIX LAC member countries—three from Central America and three from the Eastern Caribbean—including Jorge Escobar from the Pedagogical University of El Salvador; Jackeline Marroquín from Mariano Gálvez University in Guatemala; Hernán Montúfar from the Francisco Morazán National Pedagogical University in Honduras; Mervyn Dailey, from Dominica State College; Vicky Charles, from Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Saint Lucia; and Marise Butler and Ann Dopwell, from St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College. Also participating was Laurette Bristol, director of the School of Education at the University of the West Indies (Cave Hill Campus), one of the key figures who has been driving this project forward alongside the KIX LAC Hub.
Despite the diversity of contexts, the exchange revealed several points of convergence. Among them was the need to share best practices, research, and experiences in curriculum development, and teaching models that can serve as references across countries. In this context, the future coalition is emerging as a valuable space for peer learning, systematizing experiences, and developing more coordinated responses to common challenges in the region.
With this first session, the KIX LAC Hub took a new step in its regional coordination efforts, connecting experiences and promoting exchange among countries to respond, based on evidence, to shared challenges in education. In this way, the meeting laid the groundwork for collaborative work aimed at strengthening initial teacher education in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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