1 Mentoring Strategy in Futuro Infantil Hoy : Social Innovation in Early Childhood Education.

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Mentoring Strategy in Futuro Infantil Hoy : Social Innovation in Early Childhood Education

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Our History1.1.- Fundación Minera Escondida1.2.- Futuro Infantil Hoy Program1.3.- FIH Focus

Teacher Professional Development Process2.1.-Pedagogical and Community leadership2.2.- Mentor Team

Setting a Culture of Continuous Improvement3.1.- Where are we today?3.2. Strengthening Sustainability

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Towards Sustainable Mining

Mining is an opportunity to grow with the communities

Strengthen social and human capital.

Diversify the work and social productive base, in

the region

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FUTURO INFANTIL HOYan inspiring idea

“Building a center for development of quality for Early Childhood Education in the Region of Antofagasta ”

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General Objective Futuro Infantil Hoy Programe

“Developing a learning experience and community intervention with a sociocultural focus, aimed to improve both the cognitive and social learning of children as well as strengthen pedagogical practices and family and community involvement, that is sustainable over time.”

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Futuro Infantil Hoy

from the actors voices ….….

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Nuestros Pilares

Fuente: Informe UWS

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Nuestra Historia

2008 – 2010: Development of pilot project Futuro Infantil Hoy-5 children centers-640 children-1 LGA

2011: -Starting the program Futuro Infantil Hoy-Mentors join program

2012: -Pasantia“Training Mentors”

Today: -15 early childhood centers -- 1.400 children-3 LGA areas 180 Educators and Technical Educators (teaching assistant)s

Closing the programe (2013)

Pilot phase Escalation phase

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Framework for the Professional Development of early childhood educators in the Region of Antofagasta

Pedagogical Leadership

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COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

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LEADERSHIP EMPOWERMENT

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What did we learn on the way?

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• Critical Friend• Enhancing Authonomy• Pedagogical Reflexion • Leaderships

• Leadership in Change• Coaching•Team work• Classroom reflection• Pasantía

Mentors: Cascade Model•Local capacities • Profesional mobility• Practical knowledge

New Cycle

New Cycle

Educational TeamEducational Team

Str

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•Orientation

•Implementation

•Consolidation

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Keys for Mentoring

Criteria Implementation skills

• Profesional experience

• Understanding the focus

• Visit systematization

•Understanding of coaching

• Programe identity

•High leadership skills

•High Reflexion Capacity

•Inquiry skills

•Adapting to Changes

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Fortaleciendo la Sustentabilidad

Mentors:Mentors:

•Indentified strengths

•Enhancing leadership

• Include opportunities for reflection

Reflexivity:Reflexivity:

•Continuous improvement practice

•Improve results from practice

Skills:Skills:

•LeadershipLeadership

• Reflexivity Reflexivity

• TransversatilityTransversatility

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Continuous improvement practice: Where are we today

Educational Centres Mentors Team Participants institutions

Setting the base line

Empowering autonomy

Identifying challenges and strengths

Joining vocational trainings

Understanding approaches

Theory of Change.

New leaders training

Systematization of experience

New vision on coaching

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The The futurefuture for for childrenchildren is always is always

todaytoday

Tomorrow will be too lateTomorrow will be too late

Gabriela MistralGabriela Mistral

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Thank you