A few days ago, we visited the Huito Educational Institution, located in the district of Pitumarca, Canchis Local Education Management Unit (UGEL). There, three teachers work in a coordinated and collaborative manner, providing an inspiring example of how teamwork strengthens education. From the moment you arrive, you notice a different atmosphere: one of the teachers […]
After some anticipation, one of the most eagerly awaited activities for our team finally took place: the workshop with student teachers from the La Salle School of Urubamba. This meeting, filled with enthusiasm and commitment, became a profoundly meaningful experience for both the participants and us. From the very beginning, a special energy was palpable. […]
The development of the 2025 Specialization Course in Pedagogical Innovation represents a significant milestone for educational improvement within the Cusco Regional Education Management Unit (GRE Cusco). Its implementation has demonstrated that teacher training, when well-guided and supported, can directly transform the learning experience of thousands of students. The Alma Enseñanza Innovadora (Soulful Innovative Teaching) educational […]
This year brought significant updates to the educational practices undertaken by students at Teacher Training Colleges (ESFM). The most profound change occurred in the third year of training: now, in addition to planning and developing classes, student teachers must identify the pedagogical problem that will be the focus of their graduation project, a task that […]
Although the work of the Alma Foundation at the ESFM “Clara Parada de Pinto” focuses primarily on supporting and training its students, our work often extends beyond the classroom and is present in other academic and cultural activities of the institution. These spaces remind us that teacher training doesn’t only happen in workshops, but also […]
In March, we shared with you how, since 2023, we have been building a transformative training process at the Juan Misael Saracho Teacher Training School in Tarija, based on critical thinking and emotional education. In that article, we highlighted the initial achievements with fifth-year teachers, who began to incorporate evaluation criteria that assess the use […]
There are questions that, however uncomfortable they may be, need to be asked. At Alma, we believe that a true commitment to education not only involves supporting others, but also daring to question, facing challenges head-on, and opening spaces for change. In 2025, together with the directors and teams of the Juan Misael Saracho Teacher […]
In the current year of 2025, within the Pedagogical Innovation course, we have a total of 48 teachers focused on by specialists from the UGELEs Quispicanchi and Canchis. In this first module, it was evident that the participating teachers are committed to change within their teaching practices, as evidenced by their work during Module 1. […]
At the end of 2024, we had the valuable opportunity to establish contact with the Higher Education Department of the Cusco Regional Education Office. During the first quarter of 2025, this connection was consolidated through meetings with directors of various Higher Education Schools of Pedagogy (EESP), where we planned working sessions and workshops for students, […]
After coordinating with Brother Manuel, director of the La Salle School of Higher Education in Urubamba, on Monday, May 26th, we held our first training session with all the School’s faculty. We shared our strategies for developing complex thinking and provided guidelines on how students who will be traveling to educational institutions for their first […]
Americo Washington Aitara Ccana, a primary school specialist from the Canchis UGEL, is a native of Canchis Sicuani. He began his training with Alma two years ago, where he participated as a participating specialist in the Pedagogical Innovation course developed with all teachers in the Cusco region. During this participation, our specialist gained insight into […]
One of the main challenges we face at the Alma Foundation every two years is building a strong relationship with educational authorities, our institutional partners. In Bolivia, district and departmental education directorates, educational units, and ESFM (Higher Schools for Teacher Training) typically change leadership every two or three years, forcing us to restart the process […]
This year, we have deepened our commitment to the initial training of teachers in Tarija. We have had the opportunity to experience firsthand one of the main challenges of the training process: ensuring that, from the first courses, theory and practice are effectively articulated, driving the strengthening of the knowledge, skills, and motivation of future […]
On Friday March 28th, we completed our first in person training of the 2025 school year with our Innovative Pedagogy work group; made up of specialists from the Gerencia Regional de Educacion- Cusco (GEREDUC), the UGEL Canchis, and the UGEL Quispicanchi, who will be participating with Alma in a national innovative pedagogy contest hosted by […]
Alma has proposed conducting a diagnostic assessment with the Tupac Amaru Public Higher Education Schools in Tinta and La Salle in Urubamba for this year, 2025. This proposal arose from the fact that our EBR teachers are already overwhelmed with too many online courses and no longer see 100% interest in developing the courses offered. […]
Since 2023, our work at the Juan Misael Saracho Teacher Training School has been a journey of challenges and learning, but above all, of collaboration and transformation. From the beginning, we took on the challenge of developing a teacher training program based on critical thinking and emotional education, aimed not only at students but also […]
Education is the engine of change, and at the Alma Foundation, we know this very well. This new year, our work in Bolivia continues to make steady progress, consolidating our efforts at the Juan Misael Saracho Teacher Training Schools in Tarija and the Clara Parada de Pinto Schools in Beni. Since January, we have successfully […]
On Friday, December 13th we celebrated the end of 2024’s project cycle in the auditorium of the Gerencia Regional de Educacion- Cusco with all the participating teachers and administrators involved in this year’s projects. While I used to consider these events as more time consuming than useful, I’ve come to see the importance in reviewing […]
When we develop our workshops, one of the characteristics that we always highlight is the versatility of our pedagogical strategies. We always emphasize that these can be applied with different content, in different specialties and also with different groups of students. Applying a strategy with different content implies that adaptations are made, that different material […]
Alma’s participation in ESFM’s Reading and Writing Fair “Clara Parada de Pinto” In 2024, at Fundación Alma we are working on training students from all five years and all specialties of the ESFM “Clara Parada de Pinto”. This year, for some reason, there were other institutions, public and private, that also offered workshops to students […]