Teacher Career Paths: Consolidating a Quality Profession

This chapter argues that the single most important policy reform Mexico can make to improve education outcomes for its young people is to build a powerful system to recruit, prepare, develop and evaluate the very best teachers for its schools. It addresses the challenges of recruiting, preparing, developing and evaluating a top-flight teaching force, and sets out eight major recommendations in a sequence that follows a teacher’s trajectory from initial training through to permanent status as a full professional, when professional development and evaluation become important elements.