Objectives

GENERAL PURPOSE:

Achieve substantive changes in the training of teachers at the University of La Serena, developing high-level professional skills that contribute to improving the quality of school learning in the educational system of the Coquimbo Region, particularly in students from more vulnerable environments.


SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

  1. Redesign the Pedagogy curriculum according to the institutional conception of a quality teacher, in coherence with its educational model that focuses on learning, and the MINEDUC guidelines expressed in the educational reform. It is expected to achieve this by renewing all pedagogy curricula, incorporating adjustments and innovations so that they respond to current and future needs, redesigning the line of practices to establish a close and timely feedback link with the regional school environment. Indicators include a completely redesigned and validated curriculum, increased employer satisfaction, and increased graduate satisfaction with their training.
  2. Increase the quantity and quality of admission to Pedagogy careers, ensuring student retention. For this objective, an increase in the average entrance scores to pedagogies is committed, an increase in the number of talented students recruited from the school system (ranking), and an increase in first-year retention.
  3. Renew and strengthen the academic body involved in the training programs of the ULS Pedagogies. To this end, it is considered to implement a hiring plan according to the suggestions of the Strategic Diagnosis, create a permanent teaching update program, and reinforce the competencies of the academic body through interaction with national and international higher education institutions with successful experiences in curricular renewal. . The impact translates into an increase in teachers specializing in critical areas, an increase in collaborative work and an improvement in teacher evaluation surveys.
  4. Achieve the timely qualification of new teachers with quality and relevant job placement, reinforcing the development of skills, managing progression to ensure the learning and skills necessary for professional practice; evaluating the achievement of disciplinary and pedagogical competencies during the process and at the end of it, and applying a remedial plan to ensure that those who graduate do so with the required competencies. It is expected to increase third-year retention and improve graduation times. Within the framework of relations with the regional educational system, it is expected to strengthen the link with school communities, replicating successful existing linkage experiences, creating a permanent collaboration network to enhance training and continuous improvement of teaching practices. It is expected that the formation, in the context of learning communities, of research groups with academics, undergraduate students and teachers of the school system will contribute to this purpose.