The initiative was developed at Liceo Gregorio Cordovez in La Serena and seeks to generate a first approach for students to professional work.

As part of their academic training, the students of the second year of the Pedagogy in English degree at the University of La Serena, carry out workshops for schoolchildren from the Gregorio Cordovez High School in La Serena, within the framework of the subject Educational Psychology.

For five years, the course and in particular the subject, taught by academic Viviana Romero, carries out these workshops, systematically, as a first approach for English Pedagogy students to professional work.

The workshops, organized and coordinated by the establishment's counselor, Silvia Araya, are designed for students from 7th to 4th grade, structured in three sessions with specific topics of academic motivation, study habits, life project and vocational interests. The workshops are addressed with practical classroom activities and reflective sessions. 

“Through these workshops, we have the possibility of generating a high commitment of future professional teachers to work in municipal schools, and it is also part of the mission of the University of La Serena, by promoting the social responsibility of our students. “said academic Viviana Romero.