La inserción a la docencia: una política pendiente en el marco de un sistema de formación permanente en Honduras

The purpose of this article is to analyze the results of a research carried out in 2017, based on the Honduran Education System in the elementary and high school levels in urban and rural areas in order to create a scientific proposal that contributes to strengthen a teacher-training program as a system of insertion. The study emphasizes four aspects: the insertion of the inexperienced teachers, integral program, permanent education, and the identity of teachers. The empirical information was obtained by active teachers in the departments of Francisco Morazán, Cortes, Atlántida, Choluteca, and Santa Bárbara, located in the central, south, and west zone of Honduras. Technical assistants of the corresponding departmental directors participated in the fieldwork. When carrying out the research, it was detected that the Honduran Educational System is pending to implement a program of insertion to inexperienced, intermediate, and experienced teachers; this is an educational reality to be discussed in the agenda of educational authorities and make proper decisions. Likewise, if possible, it should be created an educational policy in an accurate, participatory way with key actors. As this reality does not have integrated programs, it reflects weaknesses in the exercise of being a teacher and, consequently, in the competences within the teaching profession itself. It also presents weaknesses in the concept of identity and teacher recruitment procedures. All this would be reflected in the indicators of educational quality. In this way, the study used methodological tools and qualitative techniques such as, collaborative groups and interviews, which contained a series of data on the characterization of insertion programs, the identity of the teaching exercise, the hiring procedures as well as the characterization of implemented training models. Additionally, it was used a method grounded in theoretical references and official documents.