At the Violeta Parra High School in the commune of San Carlos, Ñuble Region, and in front of the teaching and management community, a collaboration agreement was signed between the Luksic Foundation and the Punilla Cordillera Local Public Education Service (SLEP), involving four institutions in the region: Bicentennial Polytechnic High School José Manuel Pinto Arias in the commune of Pinto, Tiuquilemu High School in the commune of Ñiquén, Bicentennial High School Claudio Arrau León in the commune of Coihueco, and Violeta Parra High School in the commune of San Carlos.
The agreement aims to ensure the correct implementation and sustainability of the Redes Educativas para la Mejora de Aprendizajes (REMA) program of the Luksic Foundation in the region, which aims to improve the learning of technical-professional high school students, mainly in language and mathematics, by strengthening interactions between teachers and students and among students themselves using a methodology of continuous improvement and collaborative work.
Each network is supported by a team of REMA managers composed of teachers, psychologists, and sociologists who, in conjunction with the schools, identify and implement learning, best practices, and potential improvements within the classroom.
Karina Sabattini, Executive Director of the Punilla Cordillera Local Public Education Service, stated, “This important milestone will allow us to support and strengthen the technical-professional education in our region, progress towards better learning outcomes for our students, and create a collaborative network that will enable us to advance in this new public education.”
Meanwhile, Nancy Pizarro, Director of Education at the Luksic Foundation, explained that “Our purpose as a Foundation is ‘to educate to empower,’ and we believe that public-private collaboration is essential to promote more and better learning among students in Chile.”
From the Public Education Directorate, Alexis Moreira Arenas, Head of the Educational Development Division, commented, “Regarding this agreement, we are convinced that, on the one hand, it will enhance the capabilities of the high school teams and, on the other, contribute to improving the learning of first and second-year students. With this, we continue contributing a little more to the national challenge of educational reactivation and promoting collaboration as one of the principles of the public education system.”
Redes Educativas para la Mejora de Aprendizajes (REMA) 2024
This year marked the start of the fourth edition of REMA, involving 18 technical-professional high schools in the regions of O’Higgins, Maule, and Ñuble. In total, 34 teachers and administrators from these schools will receive the appropriate tools to apply in their classrooms, benefiting approximately 400 first and second-year high school students.
The program lasts three years and addresses topics such as the well-being and socio-emotional learning of education professionals, strengthening classroom interactions, promoting teacher support practices, and strategies for continuous improvement and collaborative work.
Since 2021, three REMA networks have been implemented in 38 schools across 13 regions of Chile, working with over 400 teachers and administrators from educational communities. Last year, the first generation of the program graduated, consisting of 13 technical-professional high schools.
