Within the framework of the existing collaboration between Fundación Luminario and Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, both organizations shared achievements, learnings and challenges of the work of accompanying educational teams.
Members of the Fundación Luminario de Perú team visited our country to learn about the work that Fundación Educacional Oportunidad has done on the ground, through the Un Buen Comienzo (UBC) program, where they accompanied the early childhood education teams of the O'Higgins region and deepened the collaboration that both institutions have maintained for two years.
During its visit to Chile, the team visited schools in the provinces of Colchagua and Cardenal Caro with the purpose of sharing the learning of both programs and nurturing the work of the field coordinations, in order to improve the accompaniment process, and pedagogical practice in early childhood education.
According to Perla Chávez, head of the Un Buen Comienzo program at Fundación Educacional Oportunidad, "this collaborative work has been in development for two years, where we have visited each other, learning together, sharing achievements and raising challenges. The next phase is to integrate the schools we work with into this collaboration, in a virtual format, which allows them to get to know each other and share their pedagogical practice."
During their visit, the Fundación Luminario team, in addition to soaking up the style of work carried out by UBC, participated in a day of reflection where the professionals were able to discuss the views and experiences that both programs have regarding early education.
Rocío Santiago, coordinator of the accompaniment program of Fundación Luminario de Perú, highlighted the warm reception they had in Chile and pointed out that the main learning from this visit was to rescue the strengths she observed from the work carried out by UBC in schools, in order to include them in her accompaniment program. "The idea is to continue having this link that allows us to do collaborative work and, in this way, strengthen the work of Chilean and Peruvian teachers, to achieve a greater impact on the education of girls and boys in each country," she said.
For her part, Sally Fernández, also from Fundación Luminario, rescued the role of UBC's field accompaniment team. "They feel confident in the work they do and therefore, I would like to be able to multiply what I was able to learn in the field and transmit it to the companions in our country. The objective is to continue reflecting on the accompaniment practice that we carry out in both programs and that is not seen much in the region, since we are one of the few organizations that carry out this work that is based on evidence," he concluded.
