Plan Maestro,dialogues for the teaching profession.

Abstract

The following document systematizes the experience of "El Plan Maestro", its creation process, the methodology developed and the main proposals generated. "El Plan Maestro" was formed by a group of 20 diverse institutions that created a platform for citizen participation with the objective to develop -within 120 days- public policy proposals that would influence the discussion of teacher related policies. The process included different levels of participation in which various actors discussed topics that affect today's teachers and the need to make the topic of teaching a national priority, in light of the current discussion of educational reforms. This article delineates the twelve guiding principles for national teaching policy that emerged from these conversations. Said principles, along with 130 proposals, seek to lay the groundwork for the development of the teaching profession, and to improve the preparation and teaching conditions for educators in Chile, with the goal of achieving greater quality and equity in education for all of Chile's children.