Teacher Professional Development & School Leadership
This domain establishes a tiered professional development model, a mandatory leadership programme for principals, and integration of digital and AI literacy into initial teacher education through the region's teacher education institutions.
Caribbean context
Practitioner evidence is unambiguous: optional leadership programmes have very low uptake. Without mandated leadership preparation and tiered teacher PD, implementation depends on individual enthusiasm and breaks down at scale.
5 provisions in this domain
A Caribbean scenario
After completing the leadership programme, a principal pushes back on a vendor demo by asking for independent bias evaluation results and Caribbean evidence. She declines the tool and re-prioritises the school's investment toward teacher coaching.
Responsibility matrix
- •Maintain the tiered PD framework and the leadership curriculum
- •Coordinate with regional teacher education institutions on pre-service reform
Preconditions for implementation
Where to start
- 01Launch tiered professional development (Tier 1 universal, Tier 2 specialist, Tier 3 advanced)
- 02Launch the mandatory leadership programme for principals
- 03Begin pre-service curriculum reform with regional teacher education institutions
What progress looks like
- Tier 1 PD completion rates by teacher cohort
- Principal leadership programme completion is a condition of role
- New teacher graduates enter classrooms digitally and AI literate
Likely risks and practical responses
MitigationMake completion a condition of principalship within a defined transition window.
MitigationStructure PD as ongoing tiered pathways with classroom-embedded coaching.
What this domain looks like in the roadmap
- RI-E01NowEstablish a tiered digital and AI professional development frameworkDefine Tier 1 foundational capability, Tier 2 applied practice, and Tier 3 coaching, leadership, technical and implementation capability for teachers, school leaders and education personnel.
- RI-E02NowDeliver foundational digital and AI capability for teachers and school leadersDeliver practical training on digital and AI literacy, responsible use, pedagogy, assessment integrity, safeguarding, data protection and change leadership.
- RI-E03NextEstablish Digital and AI Learning Champions and coaching networksIdentify and prepare school-level champions to coach peers, share practice, support implementation and escalate barriers requiring national support.
- RI-E04NextScale applied professional learning and communities of practiceExpand practice-based learning in AI-supported pedagogy, differentiated instruction, assessment redesign, data use and school-level implementation through coaching and peer networks.
- RI-E05NextIntegrate digital and AI competence into pre-service teacher educationWork with teacher education institutions to embed digital and AI literacy, ethics, safeguarding, inclusive pedagogy, assessment and classroom practice into pre-service programmes.
- RI-E06NextBuild Ministry, EMIS, procurement and implementation-team capabilityDevelop applied capability in systems architecture, data governance, interoperability, vendor assurance, financing, implementation support, monitoring and reporting.
- RI-E07LaterEstablish advanced certification and professional recognition pathwaysCreate recognised advanced pathways for teachers, leaders, champions and specialists who demonstrate sustained competence in digital and AI-enabled education practice.
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