Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional Docente

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Key Information

Mexico's Teacher Professional Development Program (Spanish: Programa para el Desarrollo Profesional Docente) objective is: "strengthen the profile necessary for the performance of the functions of full-time faculty, teaching staff, technical teaching staff, and personnel with functions of management, supervision or technical-pedagogical advice of public educational institutions, through training programs, academic updating, training and/or research projects on equal opportunities for women and men." According to the rules of operation, for internal evaluations done by educational institutions, there must be "specific indicators... incorporated to allow the evaluation of the relevance of budgetary programs on the reduction of the gaps between women and men, the prevention of gender violence and any form of discrimination based on gender, disability, ethnic origin, or other forms." Likewise, external evaluations, "should incorporate a gender perspective." The program also supports teacher training for advanced and tertiary studies with a focus on gender equality and parity. 


Lead Implementing Government(s)

Mexico

Location(s)

Latin America & Caribbean

Mexico

Government Affiliation

Government-affiliated program

Years

2011 -

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation

Ministry of Education (Secretaría de Educación Pública)

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Adapted

Geographic Scope

National

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Attainment

  • Post-secondary

Other skills

  • Vocational training

Quality

  • Curricula/lesson plans
  • Teacher training

Cross-cutting areas

  • Digital literacy
  • Gender equality

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Teachers - female, Teachers - male

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

Population of interest is not school-aged

School Level

  • Vocational
  • Tertiary

Other populations reached

  • School administrators

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top

Life skills education

  • Gender, rights and power

Teaching

  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Pre-service teacher training – pedagogy general

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Improved critical thinking
  • Increased years of schooling

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved critical consciousness
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms