On 27 and 28 February, we met again with the pedagogical teams from the provinces of Bethany, Catalonia and Emmaus. This time the meeting took place in Zaragoza. There we were able to learn from the community about the project of the Casa de Espiritualidad Santa Teresa de Escolapios Emaús, a commitment to accompaniment, pastoral care and Calasanctian spirituality. Jesús Elizari, the provincial of Emmaus, encouraged us to continue the work with a transversal pedagogical approach for the benefit of the children and young people in the Pious Schools.
The Emmaus Province presented the internal organisational work of recent years, highlighting three key elements:
- Training in Calasanctian identity.
- The key role of lay involvement in mission, Shared Mission.
- And a pastoral ministry strongly committed to religious history in pre-school and primary school (religious literacy), a strong link with extra-curricular pastoral care and special care for religious education.
Finally, we started a common space on how we have worked on the “initial profile” or “competence profile” from each reality: the student we dream of at the end of their time in our schools. A very interesting debate with different and complementary contributions that once again confirmed the possibility of enriching ourselves with a common and transversal work adapted to each presence.
Among other things, the reflection on the assessment processes of these attitudes and skills was appreciated; the importance of involving families in this assessment process in parallel with curricular assessment; the involvement of all teams in the reflection and definition of the leaving profile; the need to rethink how to break down the document to the reality of the classroom…
In May we met again, this time in Valencia.
The challenge is to work together on a proposal in pedagogical terms that will serve as a common framework. It is simply a challenge as we work in depth, the desire to share experiences and projects, teamwork and the consolidation of the Calasanctian pedagogical project.
Ernest Botargues Boté. Director of the ICCE
