The activity, organized by Fundación Educacional Oportunidad and C Líder: Centro Asociativo para el Liderazgo Educacional, brought together about 50 professionals and had the objective of analyzing the progress of the projects that are being developed in the educational establishments.
Nearly 50 education professionals, directors and their respective deputies, from kindergartens in the Valparaíso region, participated in the Learning Session of the Diploma in Leadership for Continuous Improvement for Directors of JUNJI VTF Kindergartens. The activity was organized by Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, in the context of its partnership with C Líder: Centro Asociativo para el Liderazgo Educacional. The objective of the meeting was to analyze the improvement projects developed in the diploma course, focusing on the testing process and to deepen the contribution of the continuous improvement methodology in the implementation of the Quality Assurance System in Kindergartens.
Carmen Montecinos, executive director of C Líder, valued the positive reception of those attending the learning session and emphasized that Fundación Educacional Oportunidad carries out innovative work that precedes the demands of today's kindergarten education. "The work carried out by this institution is not only innovative, but it has also prepared various communities to face new challenges. In fact, they have been working beforehand on the subject of the network, cycles and tools for improvement, even long before other early education establishments," he said.
Marcela Marzolo, executive director of Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, emphasized the commitment and enthusiasm of the kindergarten principals and staff, who shared with their peers what they had learned during the course in terms of improving the practices and learning of the children, and how continuous improvement is already part of their institutions.
"This methodology is key for the foundation because what we have been learning over the years allows us to adjust our interventions and observe, through the data, whether what we are doing really implies an improvement," she explains. She added that "in this way, we have been able to carry out interventions, develop strategies and transmit the methodology to the directors and teams of VTF kindergartens".
Elizabeth Vega, a professional from the Leadership and Management for Improvement area of the Ministry of Education's General Education Division, valued the event and "the commitment of the educators to be trained and improve their performance and that during the day they were provided with tools for their daily work, such as the continuous improvement methodology, which provides concrete information that helps them to obtain more immediate achievements".
Elisa Ibieta, a professional from the Education Policy Division of the Undersecretary of Kindergarten Education, said that the learning session was a very enriching experience for the pairs. "I was struck by the analysis and reflection that was done when evaluating the process of the projects, which then allows us to make cycles of improvement and make decisions with this information. This is very important to have an impact on learning," she said.
