The “Good Practice TP 2009” competition is aimed at technical-vocational schools, encouraging them to focus on those good practices which lead to improvement in educational efficiency. Among the categories are: curriculum, school management, internal relationships, teaching methods, relationships with businesses, results and after school accompaniment.
The Don Bosco Institute received the award because of the following reasons: formalised relationships with businesses; official agreements for work experience; the provision of short-term courses for staff and students; modernisation of the curriculum; the drawing up of profiles of the successful students; work preparation courses; student bursaries; attention given to the educational updating of the “tutors” provided by the businesses; clear definition of the aims and objects of the courses and emphasis on practical work-shop experience; participation in development procedures for the work-shops.
Because of success in winning this award, two representatives of the Institute and the Provincial TP Coordinator will go to Santiago on 3 and 4 November to take part in the Award Ceremony for winners, during which the Minister of Education will present the award.
On that occasion the representatives of the Salesian Institute will have the opportunity to explain their Good TP Practice in a specially organised seminar attended by teachers from Institutes in Santiago. This will involve the presentation of a specially prepared video on the Good Practice of the Institute, which will be made available to other media. All the material will then be made available on the internet, indicating its importance.
Published 23/10/2009
