Jordi Longás: "It is well proven that the positive relationship between school and families points to success".
The Spanish doctor in pedagogy shared his experience in socio-educational networks with educational teams and directors of the O'Higgins Region.
Jordi Longás, a researcher specialized in the creation of spaces for collaboration between schools and the community, visited Rancagua to give a talk and share experiences with nearly 100 participants of the Improvement Network A Good Start (UBC) of Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, composed of educators, kindergarten technicians, UTP heads, directors and managers of 89 schools and 118 classrooms in 12 municipalities of the O'Higgins Region.
During the event, together with the members of the only network in Chile focused on improving kindergarten education, Longás presented details of his experience in collaborative work and invited the participants to carry out practical exercises to recognize who their collaborative networks are and what relationship they are building with them.
"We have had a spectacular day with a lot of participation and interest in collaborative work," said Jordi Longás after the meeting. And he took the opportunity to leave a message to the community: "it is well proven that the positive relationship between school and families points to success. I would tell them to help the teachers, to trust them and also that the school trusts the parents. Between them, they should build good collaborative relationships".
At the meeting, representatives of the communes of Coltauco and Chimbarongo, members of the UBC Improvement Network, also had the opportunity to share with their peers from the O'Higgins region some of their successful practices to improve children's learning. Afterwards, they joined a panel to exchange ideas that was moderated by Álvaro González, Systemic Leadership Coordinator of Líderes Educativos.
The director of the Chimbarongo Nursery School, Marcela Lira, emphasized that "it was very enriching to listen to Jordi because he gave us new tools to further improve our Improvement Network. The fact that we were able to share our experience is part of what it means to work collaboratively: We all learn from each other".