One of the trends of education systems to strengthen the teaching profession has been to develop frameworks for teaching or professional performance criteria. They serve as a basis for initial and continuing training, assessment practice and the definition of teacher identity. Several countries have established their frames to be discussed by teachers, researchers and educational authorities. This paper aims to review the frameworks for good teaching developed in four countries: the United States, Chile, Peru and Mexico. The models were analyzed comparatively in three areas: purpose, components and domains. From this review, the paper proposes some guidelines which could be taken up for the development of frameworks for teaching in other contexts.

Performance standars; teacher qualifications; professional development; performance assessment; United States of America; Chile; Peru; Mexico