The members of the PACE and APRENDE programs of the university organized work days to receive visitors from the southern university.

Teams from the PACE and APRENDE ULS Accompaniment programs participated in the meeting of Higher Education Institutions (IES) together with representatives of the University of Aysén, with the aim of sharing experiences of inclusion in tertiary education.

These meetings are intended for tertiary education entities to share their work methods, in order to create feedback and thus improve the work being carried out at the respective university campuses.

The Inclusion coordinator and PACE executive of said university, Francisco Vio, explained the reasons for holding this meeting and noted that “on the recommendation of support professionals from the MINEDUC, they asked to make a visit to the ULS, with the objective of learn from their experiences in the leadership, focus and support they carry out with PACE teachers, tutors and students, both in the PEM component and the AES component of said program.”

The work of the day was presented under three themes: visualize and detect other approaches to support and accompaniment in the PEM component with establishments, directors, teachers, parents and students; know successful and not so successful strategies in AES accompaniment; and learn about experiences and inclusion approaches that have been implemented in regional universities.

For the PACE ULS social worker professional, Ricardo Carmona, it was very enriching to be able to learn how the PEM PACE Aysén team works with the students of the program. “The proposal to work within the PEM component with teachers and the integrative practices brought to the classroom are a good experience that appears as an opportunity to develop (...) the integration that they carry out between schools and the community by including the work of the TP schools and their expertise, through practical learning with local productive areas, results in learning that can be considered within our work as a good strategy,” he indicated.

On the other hand, the academic mentor of the APRENDE ULS team, Elizabeth Fuentes, went deeper and said “it seems relevant to me to know other experiences in the area of ​​accompaniment, without a doubt, I rescue key concepts that determine success in the work carried out by the PACE team of the University of Aysén and that would contribute significantly to our work. Lack of prejudice and daring to innovate, the close relationship with students, the connection with the environment, the sense of belonging in the social and university culture encompass a proposal with social and emotional meaning in the support response linked to learning."

In turn, the coordinator of the PEM PACE U. Aysén Component, Enzo Montesino, expressed: “I want to thank the teams of the PACE and APRENDE Accompaniment programs, for their welcome and willingness to share knowledge and experiences, it was a day very enjoyable, in which we were able to see the best that each of our institutions is doing for the students, so that they can overcome their own barriers and become professionals in the future.”

Written by Daniel Aguayo, PACE ULS Program