Mentoring Strategy in Futuro Infantil Hoy : Social Innovation in Early

Mentoring Strategy in Futuro Infantil
Hoy : Social Innovation in Early
Childhood Education
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Our History
1.1.- Fundación Minera Escondida
1.2.- Futuro Infantil Hoy Program
1.3.- FIH Focus
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Teacher Professional Development Process
2.1.-Pedagogical and Community leadership
2.2.- Mentor Team
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Setting a Culture of Continuous Improvement
3.1.- Where are we today?
3.2. Strengthening Sustainability
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Mining is an opportunity
to grow with the
communities
Towards Sustainable Mining
Diversify the work and
social productive base, in
the region
Strengthen social
and human capital.
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FUTURO INFANTIL HOY
an inspiring idea
“Building a center for development of quality for Early
Childhood Education in the Region of Antofagasta ”
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General Objective
Futuro Infantil Hoy Programe
“Developing a learning experience and community
intervention with a sociocultural focus, aimed to improve
both the cognitive and social learning of children as well as
strengthen pedagogical practices and family and
community involvement, that is sustainable over time.”
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Futuro Infantil Hoy
from the actors voices ….….
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Nuestros Pilares
Fuente: Informe UWS
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Nuestra Historia
Closing the
programe (2013)
Pilot phase
Escalation phase
2012:
-Pasantia“Training Mentors”
2011:
-Starting the program Futuro
Infantil Hoy
-Mentors join program
Today:
-15 early
childhood
centers
-- 1.400 children
-3 LGA areas 180
Educators and
Technical
Educators
(teaching
assistant)s
2008 – 2010: Development of
pilot project Futuro Infantil Hoy
-5 children centers
-640 children
-1 LGA
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Framework for the Professional Development of early childhood
educators in the Region of Antofagasta
Pedagogical Leadership
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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
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LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT
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What did we learn on the
way?
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Educational Team
Mentors:
Cascade Model
•Local capacities
• Profesional mobility
• Practical knowledge
•Orientation
• Critical Friend
• Enhancing
Authonomy
• Pedagogical
Reflexion
• Leaderships
•Implementation
•Consolidation
• Leadership in Change
• Coaching
•Team work
• Classroom reflection
• Pasantía
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Keys for Mentoring
Criteria
• Profesional
experience
• Understanding the
focus
Implementation
skills
• Visit systematization
• Programe identity
•Understanding of
coaching
•High leadership skills
•High Reflexion
Capacity
•Inquiry skills
•Adapting to Changes
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Fortaleciendo la Sustentabilidad
Mentors:
•Indentified strengths
•Enhancing leadership
• Include opportunities for
reflection
Reflexivity:
•Continuous improvement
practice
•Improve results from practice
Skills:
•Leadership
• Reflexivity
• Transversatility
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Continuous improvement practice:
Where are we today
Educational Centres
Mentors Team
Participants institutions
Setting the base line
New leaders
training
Joining vocational trainings
Empowering autonomy
Systematization of
experience
Understanding approaches
New vision on
coaching
Theory of Change.
Identifying challenges
and strengths
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The future for children is always
today
Tomorrow will be too late
Gabriela Mistral
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Thank you
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