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As of September 2003, CETT had trained 142 trainers, 1,744 teachers, and 531 preservice teachers in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Training for teachers and trainers is approximately two weeks. Preservice training, offered in teacher colleges throughout the region, encompasses six credits specifically for the teaching of reading.
Other major accomplishments include the following:
- Development and pilot testing of diagnostic and achievement tests.
- Completion of research on best practices on reading and teaching of reading in each subregion.
- Excellent collaboration and coordination with the respective ministries of education. Representatives of the ministries have been active participants in the training and supervision of training.
- Completion of negotiations to bring Belize and Guyana into the program, as planned, in October.
- INMED (the NGO hired to solicit private sector funds in support of the CETT program) conducted research on 132 firms and found that 31 expressed a level of interest in CETT. INMED has submitted formal proposals to five firms and is in the process of final negotiation for about $3 million of in-kind contributions (books, airline tickets, and software).
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Announced in April 2001, the Centers for Excellence in Teacher Training (CETT) established three regional centers—in Jamaica, Honduras, and Peru—with special emphasis on poorer countries and disadvantaged communities. These centers will improve the quality of reading instruction in the classroom in the early grades (1–3). It is expected that approximately 15,000 teachers will benefit over four years.
