It will benefit nearly 600 children from NT1 (pre-kindergarten) to second grade of four municipal schools in the commune with three hours of English per week and its objective is to promote quality learning of this foreign language from the first years of age.
The pilot program that the Undersecretary of Early Childhood Education, PIAP and Fundación Educacional Oportunidad will implement for two years in the Magallanes Region was officially launched with training for English teachers in the curriculum and evaluation for the NT1 to 2nd grade levels of the We Learn program; training for management teams in classroom monitoring and observation strategies; and meetings with the team of the Municipal Corporation of Natales (Cormunat).
The early English teaching program will benefit nearly 600 children from NT1 (pre-kindergarten) to second grade of four municipal schools in the commune with three hours of English per week and its objective is to promote quality learning of this foreign language from the first years of age.
The schools participating in We Learn in Puerto Natales are Baudilia Avendaño de Yousuff, Coronel Santiago Bueras, Capitán Juan Ladrillero and Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins.
"For the Foundation this is a very important milestone, as it allows us to transfer what we have learned over the past 13 years with We Learn in the Elqui Valley to another tourist town like Puerto Natales, which needs to promote this language. We are very excited about this pilot program," said Marcela Marzolo, executive director of Fundación Educacional Oportunidad.
The government and the Foundation will carry out periodic evaluations to monitor the children's progress and, at the end of the two-year pilot period, measure the program's impact.
