An explicit policy to attract teachersto hard-to-staff schools through wider incentives could helpensure that all schools are staffed with qualified staff.Using teachers years of experience and position in theprofession as criteria for determining teacher transfers maybe leading to inequitable effects, exacerbatinghard-to-staff schools' recruitment problems.Djibouti's current definition of professionaldevelopment, although still being determined, is restrictedto traditional forms of professional development such ascourses and seminars with less focus on applied activitieson improving classroom instruction that are most likely tolead to greater teacher effectiveness. In high-performingeducation systems, professional development not onlyincludes activities such as education conferences andseminars but also other types of professional developmentwhich have been shown can impact teacher performance, suchas teacher networks or mentoring programs.
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