Standards and Competency Frameworks for Administrators in Academic and Technical and Vocational Schools in Latin American Countries

• In Event: Career and Technical Education Roundtable 1

Abstract

The paper provides a preview of the standards and frameworks of management used in general or in TVET (technical and vocational education and training) schools in Latin American countries. From a comparative education perspective, the article will contribute to understand how management is defined in the context of Latino schools and the aims and scope of this role. It will also contribute by comparing different standards and it will offer suggestions regarding the relevance and possibilities for an adequate management in TVET education in Latin American schools.

Author

• Claudia Patricia Ovalle, Self-employed