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INFORMATIVE NEWSPAPER ON JESUÏTES EDUCACIÓ’S 2020 HORIZON. NUMBER 2. JUNE 2014.

 Interview with the                                    2020 Horizon: The Person                                         The Teachers that are
 new JE president                                      We’re Looking For                                                Leading the Way
 PAGE 3                                                PAGE 8 & 9                                                       PAGE 12 & 13

Transforming education

A reality
                                                       The paper you’re reading is the expression of a process      secondary school, in which we want to make all the
                                                       that’s underway right now. This process has been made        aspects our educational dream of a reality. We’ve also
                                                       possible by the entire Jesuïtes Educació network, our        been preparing a new project (MOPI) that can apply

underway                                               teachers, management staff, students and parents, as
                                                       well as individuals and companies from our community.
                                                                                                                    our new model to our youngest students (age 3). Fina-
                                                                                                                    lly, we’ve been sketching out how we want to redefine
In the pages of this second edition, you’ll find                                                                    our educational spaces, so that important changes to
everything we’ve done this second school year          Throughout this second year of preparation for Horizon       our schools can get underway this summer.
to move towards Horizon 2020. We’ve spread the         2020, the process of spreading the word, debating and
word, in open sessions and in seminars, about our      reflecting on education (either in open sessions with        The most important part of the process, though, has
first two HOW (NEI New Intermediate Stage and          our staff or our families, or in group sessions in the se-   been the experiences, the excitement, the personal
MOPI Pedagogical Model for youngest students);         minars we’ve organized) has been essential. This pro-        transformations and the feelings of the teachers that
we’ve defined the kind of person we want to edu-       cess has allowed us to take a big step towards de-           volunteered and were selected to participate in the pilot
cate; we’ve defined our management models (MEG         fining the 17 ideas that make up our Horizon (what           year of our new intermediate level. This school year,
Management Team); we’ve prepared changes to our        we want), as well as defining the first two vehicles         they were the protagonists of change, and we’d like to
physical spaces (MCEFE Model for Physical Space        that will help us achieve change (how we can make            thank them for the effort they’ve made.
Change at Schools); and, most of all, we’ve shared     it a reality).
the feelings and passion of the teachers that have                                                                  Everything is ready for the coming school year, the
been the protagonists of the PIEP, our Program of      We’ve had plenty of work defining ideas and rede-            first HOW in this process of transforming educa-
Incorporation into the Pilot Experience... In short,   fining frameworks. On the one hand, we’ve had to             tion. In this important moment, the protagonists
this newspaper contains everything you need to         work on developing a life project open to others for our     will be the students and their families, who will ex-
know to understand and experience how the Jesuit       students; on the other hand, we’ve been busy creating        perience a new way of educating. We’re on our way
schools of Catalonia are transforming education.       a new intermediate level (NEI) between elementary and        to Horizon 2020.

                                                                   http://h2020.fje.edu/
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                                                                              EDITORIAL
 PAGE 1
 COVER PAGE
                                                      Together, We’ll Help Them to Grow.
                                                      Mireia Abad. Communication Director.               Boldly Moving                                   to offer our students, and we’ve worked
                                                                                                                                                         on the profile of the kind of person we
 Transforming Education. A Reality Underway.          PAGE 10                                            Forward                                         want to educate.
 PAGE 2                                               THE NEI
                                                      New Intermediate Level. Our Management                                                             At the same time, we’ve defined our two
 EDITORIAL                                                                                               Xavier Aragay i Tusell
 Boldly Moving Forward. Xavier Aragay i Tusell        Team Explains the Basics.                                                                          instruments for change, NEI and MOPI, the
                                                      One Pilot Experience for the Whole Network.
                                                                                                         Managing Director of JE
 Managing Director of JE.                                                                                                                                first of which will be made up of 20 classes
 El SIPEI. Lluís Ylla. Deputy Managing Director       Joan Blasco. Director of EP for MEJE (NEI).
                                                                                                                                                         with 615 students, while the second will

                                                                                                         A
 of JE & Josemi Colina sj. Coordinator of             Working Through Projects. Minerva Porcel. NEI              ll together, as part of a network,
 EDUCSI’s Eastern Zone.                               Director, Col·legi Claver Raimat.                                                                  be made up of 9 classes with 225 stu-
                                                                                                                  we’re making Horizon 2020 a
                                                      Prioritizing the Curriculum. Guillem Fàbregas.                                                     dents. That’s about 850 students in all,
 PAGE 3                                                                                                             reality.
                                                      NEI Director, Escola Infant Jesús.
 THANKS AND WELCOME                                                                                                                                      along with 70 or so educators this com-
                                                      A New Relationship with our Families. Josep        The path towards profound education-
 Interview with Llorenç Puig, sj
                                                      Lluís Martos. NEI Director, Escola del Clot.                                                       ing year, when we set JE’s educational
 Excitement and Thanks. Lluís Magriñà, sj                                                                al change calls to each of us, through
                                                      A Comic to Discover our Adventure.                                                                 model in motion at six different schools.
 PAGE 4                                                                                                  our individual dreams, our callings,
 COMMUNICATION                                        PAGE 11                                                                                            In order to make it all possible, we’ve had
                                                      THE MOPI PROJECT                                   our life projects. If we take advantage
 Spreading the Word of our Project. Josep                                                                                                                to work on defining our pedagogical model
 Menéndez. Deputy Managing Director of JE.            The New Pedagogical Model at the Preschool         of each moment of silence, reflection and
                                                      Stage.
                                                                                                                                                         (MENA), our management model (MEG)
 PAGE 5                                                                                                  debate, it all pays off. It’s the best way to
                                                      Adapting our Spaces. Dolors Solsona. MOPI                                                          and the change to our physical spaces
 REFLECTION AND DEBATE                                                                                   get ready for change, and in that sense,
                                                      Director for JE.                                                                                   (MCEFE), all of which make up JE’s edu-
 The Ecosystem of Seminars.
                                                      PAGE 12-13                                         the path already is the Horizon.
                                                                                                                                                         cational model (MEJE). We’ve also had to
 PAGE 6-7                                             PIEP
 THE MEJE PILOT EXPERIENCE
                                                                                                         This school year has been intense.              plan for the renovations and investments we
                                                      The Teachers that are Leading the Way. Enric
 A New Intermediate Level (NEI) and Preschool                                                            We’ve boldly moved forward in all the           need to make it all possible. But most of all,
                                                      Caturla. Director of Pedagogy and PIEP Director.
 Project (MOPI) as Vehicles for Change.                                                                  areas we need to change education.
                                                      PAGE 14-15                                                                                         we’ve had to start up a new transformation-
 A Life Project Open to Other. Enric Puiggròs, sj.
 JE Pastoral Director and Pastoral Coordinator of     MCEFE                                              First of all, we’ve spread the word of our      al program (PIEP) that has allowed us to in-
 EDUCSI’s Eastern Zone.                               New Spaces for a New Educational Model.            project throughout the educational com-         teriorize, experience and define the general
 Teachers’ Development, Key to Transforming           Thinking Up and Designing the Spaces for a
                                                                                                         munity, and our firm bet on an ecosystem        framework of our new educational model.
 21st Century Education.                              New Teaching and Learning Proces. Carles
                                                      Francesch. Architect.                              of seminars has helped us conceive a            Everything is in place. Many students
 Bàrbara París. Head of Human Resources
 Development.                                         PAGE 16                                            groundbreaking, systematic and profound         and parents are watching us, excited
 Our New Management Model and our Managers.           OUR DREAMS MOVE FORWARD                            educational innovation, taking advantage        for what’s to come. We’re doing it
 Pol Riera. JE Network Manager.                       Interior Life, our Educators’ Life Projects and    of our collective intelligence as a network.    for them, we’re moving forward. This
 PAGE 8-9                                             Horizon 2020. Pere Borràs, sj. Vice president of
 THE STUDENT                                          FJE Board and Delegate for Evangelization.         Secondly, we’ve renewed and expanded            coming school year, we’re boldly
 2020 Horizon: The Person We’re Aiming For.           Jonquera Arnó. Director of JE Technical Office.    our push for the open life project we want      moving forward, towards Horizon 2020!

SIPEI. International                                    SIPEI will be held from November
                                                     2 – 8, 2014, at St. Ignatius’ Cave in
                                                                                                         ges. We also aim to contribute to the
                                                                                                         pedagogical renovation of the Soci-
                                                                                                                                                         in order to follow and participate in a
                                                                                                                                                         virtual discussion on the same lectu-
Seminar on Ignatian                                  Manresa. The SIPEI Organizational                   ety of Jesus, within the context of the         res that participants in the in-person
Pedagogy and                                         Committee, together with ICAJE (the
                                                     International Commission for the Apos-
                                                                                                         construction of a worldwide network of          SIPEI in Manresa will be working with.
                                                                                                         Jesuit primary and secondary schools.
Spirituality                                         tolate of Jesuit Education), has invited
                                                                                                                                                         These virtual discussions were held in
                                                                                                            The Seminar will revolve around four         succession from March 2014 to June
                                                     70 experts in pedagogy and spiritua-
Josemi Colina sj                                                                                         lectures on the characteristics that            2014, in two separate forums in English
                                                     lity from across the world to reflect on
Coordinator of EDUCSI’s                                                                                  make up Jesuit education: The Person            and Spanish. The conclusions of these
                                                     the dialogue between the educational
Eastern Zone                                         apostolate and spirituality, as well as to          of Conscience (given by George Nedu-            online discussions will be passed on to
                                                     expand dialogue among some of the                   mattam, sj), The Competent Person (by           the lecturers so that they can include
Lluís Ylla                                           most significant contemporary educa-                Sister Montserrat del Pozo), The Com-
                                                                                                                                                         them in the in-person discussions in
JE Deputy                                            tional tendencies, Ignatian pedagogy                passionate Person (by Peter McVerry,
                                                                                                                                                         Manresa.
Managing Director                                    and Ignatian spirituality.                          sj) and The Committed Person (by Jo-
                                                                                                         seph Carver, sj).                                 The conclusions from SIPEI will be
                                                       With this Seminar, we aim to spur a
                                                                                                                                                         worked on within the educational orga-
                                                     profound discussion on the renovation                 At the same time, SIPEI has served
   In the path towards the Horizon, we                                                                                                                   nization of the Society of Jesus (ICAJE,
                                                     of Ignatian pedagogy and spirituality in            as an opportunity to try out new ways
find ourselves in a deep channel of pe-                                                                                                                  delegations, schools) and they will con-
                                                     the Society of Jesus’ schools across                of working as a global network through
dagogical renovation of the Society of                                                                                                                   tribute to the global pedagogical reno-
                                                     the globe, with the prospect of facing              technology. Around 2,000 people re-
Jesus’ schools. Through the Interna-
                                                     new frontiers and educational challen-              gistered on the website www.sipei.org,          vation of Jesuit schools.
tional Seminar on Ignatian Pedagogy
and Spirituality (SIPEI), the Educational
Secretariat of the Society of Jesus, di-
rected by Father José Alberto Mesa, is
serving as the catalyst for a reflection
on the challenges and opportunities of
education in the world today. This se-
minar is the continuation of the Interna-
tional Colloquium on Jesuit Secondary
Education (ICJSE), held in Boston in
2012, where more than 400 partici-
pants from around the world gathered
to reflect together on the current cha-
llenges to Jesuit education.
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                                   THANKS AND WELCOME
Interview with Llorenç Puig sj,                                                                                                              Excitement
                                                                                                                                             and Thanks
new President of the Jesuïtes                                                                                                                Lluís Magriñà sj

Educació Foundation                                                                                                                            As my time as Provincial comes
                                                                                                                                             to a close, I want to pass on how
After a process lasting several years, the Society of Jesus in Spain has unified the five Provinces                                          excited I am to be living such an im-
into which it was divided into one single Province. With this reorganization, the Local Apostolic                                            portant moment in the history of the
Platforms (PAL) and, in the case of the Basque Country and Catalonia, the Territorial Apostolic                                              Society of Jesus in Catalonia. Most
                                                                                                                                             of all, because our dream of trans-
Platforms (PAT) gain a great deal of importance. Because of this, on June 21st, 2014, Lluís
                                                                                                                                             forming education, Horizon 2020,
Magriñà, sj., Provincial of Tarraconense, stepped down as President of FJE, passing on the torch                                             has already begun.
to Llorenç Puig, sj., the new Jesuit Delegate for Catalonia and new President of FJE. Thanks,
                                                                                                                                               This initiative, driven by Jesuïtes
Lluís, and welcome, Llorenç!
                                                                                                                                             Educació, has been like the building
                                                                                                                                             of a cathedral, which needs to be
                                               schools and education, because in or-           anyone can undertake, even if the re-         a common space, wide, welcoming,
                                                                                                                                             symmetric and, at the same time,
                                               der to make our world a better place, we        sults aren’t immediately visible. But the
                                                                                                                                             inclusive of the Jesuit educational
                                               need to form individuals who aren’t just        fruit we plant there last forever...          project in Catalonia.
                                               well educated (although that’s impor-           The second is that we all make up the
                                               tant, too!) but who are sensible, huma-                                                          The construction of this dream
                                                                                               educational community: not just the
                                               ne, and open to the needs of the world,                                                       has been exciting. It’s moved us
                                                                                               teachers, but the parents, too, in a          all towards a commitment to edu-
                                               with a broad, committed vision.
                                                                                               very clear war. We need a strong sen-         cation. The scope of our challenge
                                                                                               se of community.                              encouraged us to incorporate the
                                               What does working on the frontiers                                                            ownership of our schools into the
                                                                                               Third, I want to ask teachers to re-
                                               of education mean to the Society of                                                           Jesuïtes Educació Foundation, to
                                                                                               member that special teacher they had
                                               Jesus?                                                                                        incorporate our Jesuit identity into
                                                                                               as a child, that changed them, that put
                                               I think it means two things: working so                                                       the name of our schools, and to
                                               that education favors and builds a more         them on the right path, encouraged            work as a network, to which we
What is your perception of Jesuïtes            humane, just society; and working so            them, helped them grow... and look at         added the Escola Infant Jesús.
Educació?                                      that our students, when they finish, are        what they did for you! Try and figure
                                                                                                                                                Once the conditions were right,
If Jesuïtes Educació didn’t exist, we’d        able to go to the existential and social        out what their secret was, and pass on        we pushed for a profound renova-
have to invent it; its transformative lea-     frontiers of our world, bringing light and      the good deed!                                tion of our educational and peda-
dership role makes it a key player, as         the best of what they’ve learned.                                                             gogical model through Horizon
does its role as a catalyst for innovation                                                     How do you feel about becoming                2020. We aimed all of our energy at
in Catalonia’s Jesuit schools.                 How can Jesuit education help in                                                              the core of our reason for being: a
                                                                                               Jesuit Delegate for Catalonia?
                                                                                                                                             well-rounded education that forms
                                               transforming individuals and society?           I’m really excited about the task that’s      committed, competent, compas-
What is your perception of Horizon             In order to better society, you need to         been given to me. It’s a beautiful job,       sionate and conscious individuals.
2020? Were you able to participate             transform individuals, making them peo-
                                                                                               to help make sure that the presence
in the process of reflection and parti-        ple, on all levels, but especially where they                                                    Horizon 2020 has been an ex-
                                                                                               of the Society of Jesus, with all of its      traordinary mobilization for reflec-
cipation? What was your experience             need to make decisions that affect others.
                                                                                               different realities, individuals and insti-   tion and participation, without
with it?                                       They need to be humane, compassiona-
                                                                                               tutions, is well-coordinated and signi-       precedents in our history. This, and
Yes, I was able to participate in Horizon      te, committed, and well prepared. This is
                                                                                               ficant here in Catalonia, and to make         the profound transformation we’re
2020’s shared reflection process, and          why education is fundamental.                                                                 undertaking, are our response to
I participated from the point of view of                                                       sure it carries out its mission in a way
                                                                                                                                             society’s request that we adapt
our social organizations. I thought it was                                                     that’s appropriate to our culture and
                                                In order to form and                                                                         the educational system to today’s
really positive that they asked for the                                                        our needs.                                    needs. Horizon 2020 is basically a
opinion of people from outside the edu-
                                                transform the kind of people                                                                 new opportunity for Evangelization.
cational world, so that they could bring        our society needs, we need                     How do you feel about the creation            We need to educate, form, and ac-
their different points of view to the table.    rigor, a culture of hard work,                 of the new Jesuit Province of Spain?
                                                                                                                                             company students, helping them to
                                                                                                                                             find their own path and build a life
                                                but especially humanity,                       On June 21st, the new Province of
                                                                                                                                             project.
 I think it’s really excellent that             interiority, spirituality and                  Spain becomes a reality, it’s true; but
 a project of these charac-                                                                                                                    In order to do so, we also need
                                                familiarity with the Gospel,                   before then, there’s been tons of work
                                                                                                                                             to build and take care of our life
 teristics was thought up by                    which makes us committed                       creating the framework that will keep
                                                                                                                                             project, our values, and our faith.
 a such a wide spectrum of                      and encourages us.                             it afloat. The most important thing,          We need to find our vocation and
 people, because education                                                                     though, is that this whole process has        to renovate our mission. From the
                                                                                               been a great opportunity for us to re-        standpoint of this reality and this
 affects everyone’s future.                    What are three fundamental ideas
                                                                                                                                             way of being, we can educate au-
                                               you’d like to convey to Jesuïtes                formulate our mission, to see who we
                                                                                                                                             thentically, for the world to come, in
How would you describe the Society             Educació’s educational community?               are, make new connections and, most
                                                                                                                                             which our students will have to live.
of Jesus’ commitment to schools?               The first is encouragement, that the            of all, to get excited about our new
                                                                                               possibilities and the new projects we           Thanks.
From the beginning, the Society of Je-         educational task is difficult, but essen-
sus has been deeply committed to               tial, and one of the most valuable tasks        can take on together.
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                                              COMUNICATION
Spreading the Word of our Project

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Josep Menéndez
Deputy Managing Director of JE
                                             Action and                               Schools
                                             participation                            from our network have seen
                                                                                      the HORIZON 2020 exhibit
  Essential to any process of educatio-      in spreading                             Casp - Sagrat Cor de Jesús
nal change is the task of spreading word     the word                                 Centre d’Estudis Joan XXIII
of the process to everyone involved.
After the participative mobilization that
                                             to families,                             Col·legi Claver - Raimat
                                                                                      Col·legi Kostka
took place last year, we decided that        students,                                Col·legi Sant Pere Claver
this year we would put emphasis on the       educators and                            Escola del Clot
educational debate. We decided to sha-
re our dream, making others aware of
                                             institutions                             Escola Infant Jesús
                                                                                      Sant Ignasi
the importance of this moment and en-
couraging as many educators, students
and families as possible to participate in
this transformation. We’ve also tried to
incorporate other institutions who have
expressed interest in what we’re doing.      14.290                 2.173                               247
  Horizon 2020 is our small contribu-
tion. There’s no single educational or
                                             Newspapers             Parents                             Managers
pedagogical model that will be able to       distributed among      have attended                       and directors
improve education in our country. We’ve      teachers, students,    HORIZON 2020                        have spent time
proposed our model, and we’ve been           families and           presentations (not                  getting to know
encouraged by the reaction of our Jesuit     institutions           including open                      HORIZON 2020 and
educational community as a whole.                                   houses)                             reflecting on it
  Catalan pedagogical tradition is extre-
mely rich and varied, with many different
tendencies. The past few decades might
have made it seem like someone would
soon find an educational magic wand.
We need to realize that social complexity,
the magnitude of our challenges and
constant change can only be addres-
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sed by the creativity of different edu-      Educators               Students                            Participants
cational conceptions, and our ability        have participated       have received the                   In the Professional
to use this diversity to evolve.             in sessions to learn    results of their                    Calling Gatherings
                                             more about HORIZON      participation the                   and the Ignatian
   Throughout the school year, we’ve
seen that Jesuit schools in other coun-
                                             2020                    prior year from their               Immersion Weeks
tries, other educational institutions and                            teachers                            (Salamanca & Les
other religious orders all identify with                                                                 Avellanes)
Horizon 2020. Hopefully we can be
a source of inspiration for others so
that, with everyone’s contribution, we
can learn and influence one another
so that we can offer a better educati-         We continue to promote Life Projects
on to the people that share our world.
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                              REFLECTION AND DEBATE

The Ecosystem of Seminars
The reflection and debate se-
minars organized by Jesuïtes
Educació are a good way to                      SEMINARS                                            OBJECTIVES                       PARTICIPANTS                      RESULTS 2013-14
move forward in the creation of                                                                                                                                        SCHOOL YEAR
new educational frameworks
for Horizon 2020. As a matter                   NELGI                                               To reflect on new                Principals of schools             A more detailed
of fact, they started out as ex-                New Strategy and                                    governance and                   and other JE managers             understanding of the roles
periments three years ago. Last                 Leadership of                                       leadership in the school                                           of principals and managers
school year, in close associati-                Comprehensive                                       network                                                            within schools and the
on with the wave of participati-                Governance of the                                                                                                      network
on that led up to the definition
                                                Network
and presentation of Horizon
2020, they were organized as
                                                LIPE                                                                                 Besides JE                        Pedagogical leadership plan
an ecosystem of thought and                     Pedagogical Leadership
collective debate that would                                                                        To better define                 administrators:                   for principals
                                                LIPE General                                        pedagogical leadership           • Principals of schools
help us delve deeper into                       Pedagogical Leadership -                                                                                               New document for learning
WHAT we want, and establish                                                                                                          and coordinators of
                                                General                                                                                                                reading and writing in
HOW we plan to make it a part                   LIPE INF-PRIM                                       Preschool and                    preschool and elementary
                                                                                                                                                                       preschool and elementary
of our educational future.                      Pedagogical Leadership -                            Elementary MENA                  school, secondary school
                                                Preschool and Elementary                                                             and professional training         Pilot experience for 3rd and
  We often get bogged down in the day-          LIPE Secundària                                     Secondary school                 for JE                            4th year of secondary school
to-day, and in order to move forward in         Pedagogical Leadership -                            MENA                             • Grade directors,                Professional training within
our dream of a profound transformation of       Secondary School                                                                     department heads and              H2020 framework
education, we need different work spaces        LIPE FP                                             Professional training            preschool or professional
that help us establish new models and           Pedagogical Leadership -
                                                                                                    MENA                             training coordinators
new frameworks in a more flexible, open         Professional Training
and creative environment.
                                                                                                    To work on Management            School managers, and              A more detailed
                                                LIGER                                               leadership and the new                                             understanding of the roles of
  The ecosystem of JE seminars are an                                                                                                JE managing director
                                                Management Leadership                               Strategic Management                                               directors and the formulation
intentional reflection system, made up of                                                                                            and manager
completely interrelated ecosystems that                                                             Model (MEG)                                                        of MEG (management models)
share a similar method and procedure:                                                               To reflect on the                Pastoral directors,               Document with the New
                                                LIPA
critical reflection. That way, the different                                                                                                                           Evangelization Strategy (NEE)
                                                Pastoral Leadership                                 new strategy for                 school chaplains and JE
existing seminars (eight during the 2013-
                                                                                                    evangelization                   management
2014 school year) influence and feed off
of one another.
                                                SERE                                                To reflect on and                JE pastoral director,             Document with criteria and
 In groups of no more than 20 individuals       Seminar on Teaching                                 reformulate the focus            some department                   initial reflections
and a participative environment, day-long       Religion                                            and the objectives of            heads, pastoral directors
sessions (from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM) are                                                              religion classes                 and experts from
always held, with 2 – 4 sessions for each                                                                                            outside of JE
grade level in every seminar.

  The initial lecture, the permanent or oc-                                             SEMINAR ECOSYSTEM
casional intervention by experts, the sha-                            Systematic and profound disruptive reflection through
                                                                                     collective intelligence
ring of personal or second-hand experien-
ces, the group presentation and debate
on real cases from our day-to-day, the
visits to other schools and the active parti-
cipation in groups all provide a good focus
                                                                           LIPE
and good results.                                                                                LIPE                           LIPE
                                                                           Ge                                LIPE
                                                                                                                                 FP
                                                Mission for change

                                                                                                  I-P        Sec
                                                                                                                                               Leadership for change

  From a global standpoint, each seminar
allows its almost 100 participants a privile-
ged view, as if they were up in a balcony,
from which to observe their reality and
surroundings. As a result, they can better
define the 17 key elements of our horizon
                                                                           NELG
                                                                                  I
(the WHAT) and the frameworks and mo-
                                                                                             LIGER                            SERE
dels that allow us to define the HOW (pilot                                                                  LIPA
experiences and projects).

  It’s profound, systematic, disruptive re-
flection through collective intelligence.                            Gov
                                                                        ern                                                               ge
                                                                             anc
                                                                                      e fo                                     f o r chan
                                                                                          r ch
                                                                                              ang                   eme     nt
                                                                                                                 g
                                                                                                    e       Mana
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                   THE PILOT EXPERIENCE OF THE JESUÏ

A new intermediate level(NEI)
and a preschool project(MOPI)
as vehicles for change
We’re setting HORIZON 2020’s first two HOW, NEI and MOPI, into motion. These are the first vehicles that will begin a profound
change in education. To begin to define how we’re putting JE’s new educational model into practice, we’ve chosen two different
stages in the educational life of our students.

                                                 education and extracurricular activities        portant HOW: Clot, Claver, and Infant           allowed us to take on our cross-subject,
 NEW INTERMEDIATE                                are all incorporated into the educational       Jesús.                                          project-based curriculum with confidence.
                                                 project. Work on projects becomes the
 LEVEL (NEI)                                     basic tool for learning.
                                                                                                   The MEJE (Education Model Jesuïtes               At the end of November of 2013, Jesu-
                                                                                                 Educació) pilot experience will last two        ïtes Educació made an internal announce-
   The fourth year of primary school, the           4. Methodology. We encourage curios-         school years (2014-15 and 2015-16). In          ment to find teachers interested in partici-
reading and writing process and the              ity and creativity. Varied methodology with     2014-15, it will be held simultaneously         pating in the new NEI. Besides the specific
study of elementary mathematical opera-          more autonomous work, work on pro-              in 5th year of primary and 1st year of          requirements for candidates, what was
tions come to a close. From 10-14 years          jects, and problem-solving with problems        secondary, and in 2015-16 it will also          most important was the personal decision
of age, a new level in personal growth           based on students’ everyday lives. Learn-       be held in 6th year of primary and 2nd          on the part of the teachers to take part in
comes about, and in children’s cognitive         ing through reception, individual and           year of secondary.                              this significant, innovative experience.
development, concrete operations are             group work are all combined. Students’             It will be one single pilot experience,         Aspects like commitment, professional
consolidated. From 14 on, the period of          multiple intelligences are developed. Tech-     with decisions made by the network as           attitude, personal dreams, conviction and
abstract thought begins. The new level           nological resources are integrated into the     a whole, and carried out in similar condi-      initiative were key in driving 124 teach-
(NEI) we’ve created goes from the 5th            learning and teaching projects, with digital    tions at three different schools. In 2014-      ers from our network to volunteer. Out of
year of primary school to the 2nd year           tools and virtual spaces (NET) at students’     15, it will affect 20 groups from 5th year      these, 33 were chosen from eight schools.
of secondary school. It corresponds              disposal.                                       of primary and 1st year of secondary, or        These 33 teachers and the members of
with the natural evolution of psycho-
                                                   5. Evaluation. A student evaluation           615 students in all. In order to guarantee      the NEI management team made up the
pedagogical unity and coherence dur-
                                                 model associated with the acquisition of        the coherence and unity of our pilot ex-        first generation of the Program for Incor-
ing these ages, and it promotes each
                                                 competencies and knowledge across               perience, a network-wide JE director has        poration into the Pilot Experience (PIEP),
student’s multiple intelligences.
                                                 subjects. Processes and results are evalu-      been appointed. This position will be filled    which has been underway since the sec-
                                                 ated. Self-evaluation and peer evaluation       by Joan Blasco, Principal of Escola Infant      ond week of February of this year and has
WHAT ARE THE                                                                                     Jesús, who will direct the project while        taken up 450 precious hours. A big thank
                                                 are encouraged.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS                                                                          continuing to fulfill his other obligations.    you to everyone!
NEW LEVEL?                                          6. Families. Together with students and      The three NEI directors from the schools
                                                 professors, families make up the skeleton       that will be holding pilot experiences will
   NEI, the new pedagogical model, draws         of the new pedagogical model. They par-         be under him.
                                                                                                                                                  THE NEW PEDAGOGICAL
from the essence of Ignatian pedagogy            ticipate and collaborate with students’                                                          MODEL AT THE
and the contributions of learning psychol-       learning and teaching process. We es-             Any pilot experience needs to have a           PRESCHOOL LEVEL (MOPI)
ogy and neuroscience. As with our other          tablish frequent, fluid communication with      methodology to observe and evaluate it.
models, it has the following characteristics:    families. Families are given the tools to get   This is the basic objective of NEI: evaluate,      NEI is the first HOW of Horizon 2020,
  1. The student. Students are the cent-         to know our methodology, and are given          identify strong points and weak points,         and MOPI is the second. The new peda-
er of the learning and teaching process.         support in their educational role at school.    resolve potential problems and make ad-         gogical model at the preschool level is
They become active and autonomous,                                                               justments to the project.                       the JE’s second initiative in our project
                                                    7. Physical space. New spaces that
and they develop both individual and             go beyond the classroom and are joy-               The methodology of our pilot project will    to profoundly transform education.
group projects. We help them get to                                                              be created by CETEI (Ituarte Technology
                                                 ful, colorful and bright, with an appropri-                                                       A series of circumstances have led us
know themselves and we aid them in de-                                                           Center), the JE network’s pedagogical-
                                                 ate noise level. New furniture which can                                                        to start this initiative early; it was originally
veloping a critical point of view so that they                                                   technological innovation group, which will
                                                 be used for different types of work, and                                                        meant to be put into place in the 2015-
can build their own life projects.                                                               continue to offer support throughout the
                                                 spaces set apart by seating stands.                                                             16 school year. Most of all, the addition of
  2. The teacher. Teachers work as a                                                             process. In addition, CETEI will serve as       preschool to the Escola Casp (our only el-
                                                    8. Organization. Groups of 50-60 stu-        supervisor and observer, ensuring that
team. A small team of teachers, with                                                                                                             ementary school that didn’t already offer it)
                                                 dents who always work with 2-3 teachers         data is gathered, the information is ana-
versatile specialties, works in the                                                                                                              pushed us to move our deadlines forward.
                                                 in the classroom at the same time. Stu-         lyzed and that all objectives regarding ob-
classroom and evaluates a group of
                                                 dent’s work is adapted to appropriately         servation and reflection are fulfilled.           The MOPI project aims to apply JE’s
students together. They take care of stu-
                                                 sized groups, with different combinations                                                       new educational model, especially our
dents’ shared tutorship and they plan and
                                                 of students depending on the task at hand.      PRIORIZING CONTENT AND THE                      new pedagogical model (MENA), at the
program the weekly distribution of spaces
                                                 Extra-help teachers are incorporated into                                                       preschool level. It will be implemented
and times, without having to stick to a fixed                                                    PROGRAM FOR INCORPORATION
                                                 work in the classroom. The week is struc-                                                       at Casp, Claver-Raimat, Kostka and
weekly class schedule. The grade-level di-
                                                 tured according to the work to be done;
                                                                                                 INTO THE PILOT EXPERIENCE                       Sant Pere Claver schools. In the 2014-
rector focuses on pedagogical leadership.
                                                 no fixed timetables. All professionals            Before beginning the program for in-          15 school year, we’ll start this project in
  3. Projects are used to work on con-           make up the teaching staff: a staff member      corporation into the pilot experience, we       the 1st year of preschool (3-year-olds),
tent. Content is related to the competen-        from the Department of Orientation (DOP)        prioritized curricular content for the four     expanding it to the following preschool
cies students are to learn. Working across       works with each grade level, while a staff      grades that make up our new intermedi-          grades in the years that follow.
subjects, oral and written expression and        member from management assists (TEG).           ate stage. This task was undertaken by
                                                                                                                                                   Since ours is a network-wide project,
problem solving with the use of concepts                                                         a team made up of Betlem Ramoneda,
                                                                                                                                                 a network-wide MOPI management has
and procedures from different subjects           THREE SCHOOLS AND ONE                           Joana Valls, Blanca Seró, Minerva Por-
                                                                                                                                                 also been established. Dolors Solsona,
are central. Students use knowledge of           PILOT EXPERIENCE                                cel, Guillem Fàbregas, Anna Milian, Ruth
                                                                                                                                                 Director of Preschool - Primary School at
science, history, language, etc., to solve a                                                     Galve and Pablo Rivero. The team was di-
                                                   JE’s eight schools were able to present                                                       Claver-Raimat has been chosen to lead it;
single challenge based on real situations.                                                       rected by Enric Caturla and Joan Blasco.
                                                 their candidature to host the pilot experi-                                                     she will be working together with the pro-
  Students work on values like reflection,       ence of JE’s educational model in the form        We would like to thank them for the           ject Management Committee and the pre-
respect, responsibility, justice and social      of NEI. Three of the schools in the run-        enormous task they completed, essential         school coordinators from the four schools
commitment. Evangelization, non-formal           ning were selected to carry out this im-        to an experience like ours. Their work has      that will be participating.
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7

TES EDUCACIÓ EDUCATIONAL MODEL
   A Life Project                                    What are Jesuit schools looking for?                                                      Our New
   Open to Others                                                                                                                              Management Model
                                                The formation of well-rounded individuals in order to create a different society
   Enric Puiggròs, sj
                                                                                                                                               and our Managers
                                                                              All elements are closely related
   JE Pastoral Director
   Pastoral Coordinator
                                                                                                                                               Pol Riera
   of EDUCSI’s Eastern Zone
                                                                                                                                               JE Network Manager

    The Society of Jesus’ educational                   A                    B                          C                     D
  program aims to form individuals in all                                                                                                        Our strategic management model
  of their dimensions. Besides techno-               A person           For a society           To achieve      Introduce them                 (MEG) is key to achieving a systema-
  logical expertise or purely rational in-            who is               that is             this, we need to Jesus and talk                 tic and global transformation of Hori-
  telligence, it’s also worthwhile to work          Competent, of    Just, Full of solidarity,   VInterior life    about him
                                                                      Sustainable, Humane         and spirituality,                            zon 2020. A new organizational mo-
                                                     Conscience,                                                          Accompany,
  on interior life and spirituality, unders-       Compassionate,        and Inclusive             To direct our       Transform, Provoke      del, with new processes and a new
  tood as the capacity to be able to find          and Committed                                  own lives, Life       experiences with
                                                                                                     projects         others and for others,   way of managing our resources as
  meaning for one’s own existence. The                                                                                     Evangelize          a network, must be the instrument
  formation of “competent individuals
                                                                                                                                               that allows us to obtain different re-
  of conscience who are committed in
                                                                                                                                               sults in education.
  compassion” takes on real meaning            aim to offer the values of the Gospel          miration of having received so much
  when it is done to create a society with     as cardinal points to follow in steering       good.
                                                                                                                                                 The MEG encourages the definiti-
  more justice and solidarity, a society       our lives, and they aim to show Jesus             We are invited to give an answer to           on of new roles, both in our teaching
  that cares more for the victims on the       (inviting students to live a personal          those aspects that are at the founda-            staff and our management teams
  side of the road, that struggles to give     experience of faith) as the prototype          tion of our own lives (values, testi-
                                                                                                                                               (referred to up to now as administra-
  them a new opportunity. Because of           of the person with a life project. In a        monies that mark us, that we hope will
                                                                                                                                               tion and services staff, or PAS).
  this, Jesuit tradition speaks of educa-      world as plural as ours, we’re open to         mark our options). But, at the same
  ting “men and women for others and           understanding this diversity as a God-         time, we need to answer a second                   With the creation of the MEG and
  with others”: we need individuals able       given wealth.                                  question. Who are we living for? This
                                                                                                                                               these new roles, our aim is for aca-
  to draw out the blueprints of their own        In the task of creating our own life         is where the broken, crucified world,
                                                                                                                                               demic directors to be able to free
  lives, capable of directing their own        projects, we speak of gifts and tasks.         loved unconditionally by God, makes
                                                                                                                                               themselves from the administrative
  lives. We need individuals with a life       To live life with a meaning requires a         us come out of ourselves.
                                                                                                                                               tasks inherent to the learning and
  project open to others, lived in com-        personal effort to choose the details             This is growing and maturing: to be
                                                                                                                                               teaching process (PEA). We want
  munion (in the Church).                      of our own way of living, the direction        able to choose (discern) what brings
                                                                                                                                               them to be able to dedicate them-
    To us, this whole process means in-        of our decisions. It also means accep-         us closer to what we’re living for.
                                                                                                                                               selves solely to the essence of our
  troducing them to Jesus and spea-            ting the gifts life gives us, the treasu-      And that’s not just the task of a few;
                                                                                                                                               mission, the educational task.
  king of Him, the Son of God, who             res that God puts within our reach. It         it’s the task of all of us who share the
  inspires and accompanies us on our           means opening ourselves to the as-             same roof, be it the school, the family
                                                                                                                                                 In order to free grade-level direc-
  paths. Jesuïtes Educació’s schools           pect of gratuity in our lives, to the ad-      or society.
                                                                                                                                               tors from administrative tasks, we
                                                                                                                                               have created a new position, the ad-
                                                                                                                                               ministrative technician (TEG).

  Teachers’                                    personal and professional develop-
                                               ment possible.
                                                                                                school network. A mentor or referen-
                                                                                                tial individual accompanies them from            This new figure will begin their task
  Development, Key to                                                                           square one. The evaluation of these            in our new intermediate level (NEI),
                                                 Beyond the titles and foreign langua-
  Transforming 21st                            ges needed to work at our schools,               teachers’ integration into our schools         which will begin this coming school

  Century Education                            we’re looking for teachers who identify          and the work they do allows us to es-          year in three of Jesuïtes Educació’s
                                                                                                                                               schools. They will work alongside
                                               with our mission and our educational             tablish personalized objectives to bet-
  Bàrbara París                                                                                                                                our new NEI director, giving them
                                               project. We want teachers with a passi-          ter our educators’ competencies. This
  Head of Human                                                                                                                                the support they need and taking up
                                               on and a calling, who love their students        improvement makes them stronger and
  Resources Development                                                                                                                        all the administrative tasks associa-
                                               and put their energy into making them            clearly leads to better results in our stu-
                                                                                                                                               ted with the learning and teaching
                                               grow, with the knowledge that each               dents. At the same time, working in a
                                                                                                                                               process.
                                               one is unique and different. We want             network gives them the opportunity to
    In order to achieve the goal of ac-
                                               to incorporate positive, collaborative in-       move to other schools, helping them
  companying our students and edu-
                                               dividuals, who know how to work as a             pursue their professional development.
  cating them to be well-rounded indi-
  viduals for a society that’s more just,      team, who are flexible and adapt to the            The profound changes we’ve under-
  sustainable, humane and inclusive, the       circumstances. Most of all, though, we           taken to transform education strengt-
  process of Attraction and Selection          want people who are committed to                 hen the importance Jesuïtes Educa-
  (ASI) and the incorporation of teac-         others, who are able to help students            ció has traditionally given to training
                                               and be guides and examples to them                                                               Lourdes Vila         Marta Nevot
  hers from our network is essential to                                                         and     development.      This    emphasis      Col·legi Claver      Escola del Clot
  Jesuïtes Educació. Becoming a part of        as they build their own life paths.              on training improves our teachers’              Raimat
  Jesuïtes Educació is the beginning of                                                         knowledge, abilities and competenci-            Administrative       Administrative
                                                 From the time they first join us, we
                                                                                                                                                Technician           Technician
  a professional path that, by accompa-        accompany our teachers in the-                   es, and it facilitates their professional
  nying and training, makes educators’         ir professional growth within our                progress and personal growth.
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8

                                          THE STUDENT
2020 Horizon: The Per
    THE FORMATION                                 themselves with criteria based on the
                                                  meaning of coexistence and contri-
                                                                                                 5. PERSONAL IDENTITY AND
                                                                                                 LIFE PROJECTS
    OF WELL-ROUNDED                               bution to social transformation. They
                                                  have learned for life, to put their lives at   We want an education that encoura-
    STUDENTS                                      the service of others.                         ges the construction of personal iden-
    The objective of Jesuit education is                                                         tity and encourages each student to
                                                  The type of knowledge needed for life in
    to form well-rounded individuals for a                                                       lead his or her own life project. The cu-
                                                  21st century society requires individuals
    different society. This means the free-                                                      rriculum needs to be able to integrate the
                                                  capable of communicating and mana-
    dom to commit ourselves to our fellow                                                        knowledge, abilities, aptitudes and attitu-
                                                  ging their own learning, who understand
    man, and to bettering our surroundings                                                       des the 21st century global citizen needs,
                                                  how to use their capabilities for the com-
    and society in general. This has to be a                                                     within the framework of the competencies
                                                  mon good. We need students capable
    decision that we make as autonomous                                                          we need our students to acquire.
                                                  of understanding why they’re learning
    individuals. Education is the instrument
                                                  what they’re learning, students capable        We want to encourage our students
    that will define our way of understan-
                                                  of building their own learning itinerary       to learn and grow in the personal ex-
    ding the world and the decisions we
                                                  and making sense of their life project.        perience of a conscious gui-
    make.
                                                                                                 dance rooted in the Ignatian
    As individuals, we are the moderators                                                        spiritual tradition. If we want
    of God’s goodness. Ignatian pedagogy,         3. THE COMPASSIONATE PERSON                    a more just society and indi-
    inspired by St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exer-     Students who are capable of evol-              viduals who are more who-
    cises, begins with the person and their       ving from feelings of charity and              le, we need to educate from
    emotions, readying them for learning.         compassion towards a sense of jus-             the point of view of the global
    It then leads them towards an aware-          tice and solidarity, which encoura-            world we live in, and we need to
    ness of their surroundings, and makes         ges them to contribute to changing             flee conformism and mediocrity.
    them capable of understanding society         unjust structures. The Jesuit educa-
    so that they can become agents of per-        tional proposal combines reflection and
    manent change.
                                                  an active stance against inequality and
                                                  the suffering of others.
    1. THE PERSON OF CONSCIENCE                   Ignatian pedagogy promotes experien-
                                                  ces with poverty that push students
                                                                                                   Well-rounded
    Education is the ideal path to open up life
    perspectives. It’s a process of growth,       to put themselves in the position of             individuals
                                                  others. For us, the perfect example of
    which we could also call salvation, from
    the perspective of the student’s own          the compassionate person is Jesus,               for a different
                                                  in his most human aspect, when he is
    context. For this to be possible, we
    need to work on the formation of the          most understanding of our weaknes-               society:
    individual beyond what is purely acade-       ses, but also more committed to de-
    mic or technical. We need students who        nouncing injustice.
    use their intuition as an antecedent and
    a complement to the formation of their
                                                  4. THE COMITTED PERSON
                                                                                                   Competent
    conscience.
    We need people of conscience who
    come out of themselves to interact
                                                  The committed person is one who un-
                                                  derstands that we are all interconnected,
                                                                                                   Conscious
                                                  and that were are all interconnected with
    with others. The person of cons-
    cience ponders their surroundings,            the Earth. We need to help students to           Compassionate
    reflecting on what happens around             realize that we have been entrusted with
    them, has a critical point of view and
    offers creative responses.
                                                  nature, and we need to act responsibly,
                                                  conscious of the impact consumerist be-
                                                                                                   Committed
                                                  havior can have. We need to give trans-
    Ignatian pedagogy offers flexible strate-
                                                  cendence to our actions on Earth.
    gies, encouraging the student to promo-
    te spaces for interior life that help them    We need to be able to understand Crea-
    build a habitat where they can think          tion as a God-given resource and a link
    about who they are, where they are            to him, so that we can find a path of har-
    going, and why.                               mony with nature and take on the respon-
                                                  sibility of curing nature. The challenge
                                                  of living sustainably in the 21st century
    2. PERSONA COMPETENT                          connects Ignatian spirituality with eco-
    The competent person is capable of            logy to defend life in the world where
    developing themselves in the com-             we live, educating students to reconcile
    plexity of the 21st century, guiding          the dichotomy of spirit and matter.
Transforming education - A reality underway
9

 The NEI and the MOPI                 PIEP                                         MCEFE                                          Our dreams move forward. The
 New intermediate level and the new   The teachers that are leading                New spaces for a new educational               managers of the schools in the state
 preschool oedagogical model.         the way.                                     model.                                         of dream summary of its school year
                                                                                                                                  after.
 PAGE 10 & 11                         PAGE 12 & 13                                 PAGE 14 & 15                                   PAGE 16

rson We’re Aiming For
                                      FLEXIBLE                                     The path towards globalization is              10. CINDIVIDUALS CAPABLE
    autonomous and
                                                                                   strengthened by the explosion of social
                                                                                                                                  OF TAKING PART IN COMPLEX
                                      INDIVIDUALS OPEN                             networks and the Internet. Our students

 capable of working
                                                                                                                                  REALITIES AND EVOLVING
                                      TO CHANGE                                    need to be able to learn how to dominate
                                                                                                                                  WITH THEM
 together and as a
                                                                                   a series of tools that are transforming the
                                      The evolution of our world brings us                                                        The fundamental objective of educa-
                                                                                   world, that serve both the best and worst
           network                    to accentuate the capacity for perma-
                                      nent learning and to offer solutions for
                                                                                   interests. Jesuit education encourages         tion is the construction of the person.
                                                                                                                                  When our students finish school, they
                                                                                   students to be conscious of the digital
                                      unseen changes. Our century puts the                                                        shouldn’t find themselves at the end of
                                                                                   world and to learn how to use it prop-
                                      flexibility of our capacities and abili-                                                    a road. They should find themselves at
                                                                                   erly. We need to realize that our stu-
                                      ties to the test, making us adopt a per-                                                    the beginning of a journey they’ve been
                                                                                   dents live in a digital world, and devel-
                                      manent openness to change.                                                                  training for. The 21st-century world re-

          multicultural,
                                                                                   op their capacity for innovation in it.
                                      Jesuit education is based on opening                                                        quires an experiential education that

          systemic and
                                      ourselves to the world, from a com-                                                         prepares students for understanding
                                                                                   8. AUTONOMOUS INDIVIDUALS,                     the complex realities they’ll have to
                 digital
                                      passionate and committed point of
                                      view. This ability to think about our        CAPABLE OF WORKING                             work with, in which they’ll have to de-
                                      own talents and adapt them to chang-         TOGETHER AND AS PART OF A                      velop their life projects.
                                      ing circumstances is an educational          NETWORK                                        A Jesuit school should be the space
                                      necessity that we would like to make                                                        where students train and prepare the
                                                                                   Personal autonomy is the characteristic
                                                                                                                                  attitudes and abilities they need to be
           capable of
                                      reality, so that we can improve our stu-     trait of the Ignatian tradition. It becomes
                                      dents’ education and help them to un-                                                       themselves, to move towards a more
                                                                                   essential in a world oriented towards con-
       taking part in                 derstand life as a permanent learning                                                       complete satisfaction and to grow with
                                                                                   stant career changes, and constant geo-
                                                                                                                                  criteria and values acquired from the
     complex realities
                                      process.                                     graphic mobility. In order to be able to
                                                                                                                                  teaching process we offer.

    and evolving with
                                                                                   work with different types of people and
                                      6. GLOBAL, MULTILINGUAL                      adapt to working with different teams,

                them                  INDIVIDUALS                                  we need an education that encourages
                                                                                   work as part of a team and a network.
                                                                                                                                   Together, We’ll Help
                                      Global individuals are capable of seeing
                                                                                   We want teamwork and group responsi-
                                                                                                                                   Them to Grow
                                      things in perspective, as a whole, be-
                                                                                   bility to be at the center of our students’     Mireia Abad
                                      yond specific circumstances or concrete
                                                                                   educations; we feel that this is a path to-     Communications director
                                      limitations. They are capable of interact-

   flexible and open
                                                                                   wards the natural way of working in the
                                      ing and understanding different points of
                                                                                   21st century. Our students need to be
           to change
                                      view, cultures and contexts. They under-                                                        This phrase was the slogan of our
                                                                                   able to identify the spaces where they can      network’s publicity campaign this
                                      stand that their home is the world.
                                                                                   work on their personal and professional         year. For us, helping students to
                                      Because of this, we promote a wide
                                                                                   projects within an interconnected world.        grow means accompanying them
                                      range of experiences with other coun-
                                      tries and continents, and we facilitate                                                      with a well-rounded education, so
                                      the understanding of other worlds while      9. SPIRITUAL INDIVIDUALS,                       that they can become individuals of
                                                                                                                                   conscience, competent, compassi-
                                      being conscious of our own identity.         CAPABLE OF DIRECTING THEIR
                                                                                                                                   onate and committed. They need to
                                      Students should be capable of open-          OWN LIVES                                       be capable of developing their own
                                      ing themselves to learning and com-
              global and
                                                                                   The risk of globalization, of the increasing    life projects, open to others. And
                                      municating in different languages, so
                                                                                   mobility of individuals for professional or
             multilingual
                                                                                                                                   so, the slogan meant to attract new
                                      that they can develop their own per-
                                                                                   personal motives, is the inability to adapt     students is also the definition of the
                                      sonal and professional lives.
                                                                                   and the possibility of becoming isolated in     kind of person we want to educate.
                                                                                   the noise of the world. Jesuit education’s
                                      7. MULTICULTURAL, SYSTEMIC                   response is the strengthening of spir-
                                      AND DIGITAL INDIVIDUALS                      itual life, which leads students to the
                                                                                   depths of their interior life, which in turn
                                      An education aimed at a more complex

          spiritual and
                                                                                   strengthens their values and criteria.
                                      world, that asks for systemic answers

            capable of
                                      that go beyond simple or technical an-       We want our students to be able to direct
                                      swers to specific situations. In order to    their own lives as testimonies to the work

       directing their                understand the point of view of different    of God. They need to be committed to

              own lives
                                      cultures, customs and ways of express-       cultivating their own talents and putting
                                      ing oneself and relating with others, we     them at others’ service. Our students
                                      need to constantly experience multicul-      need to find their own happiness through
                                      turalism.                                    interior inspiration and exterior action.
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10

                                                                                   THE NEI

New Intermediate Level
Our Management Team Explains the Basics
One Pilot Experience                            from the contributions of all our educa-
                                                tors and the work done at our internal
                                                                                                   Working Through                                • It’s based on learning through gui-
                                                                                                                                                ded discovery, through both individual
for the Whole                                   seminars.                                          Projects                                     work and teamwork.
Network                                           3. The application of a single pilot ex-
                                                                                                   Minerva Porcel
                                                                                                                                                  • It incorporates knowledge from
                                                perience in three schools. Starting with                                                        across subjects.
                                                a general framework and a profound                 NEI Director                                   • It promotes teamwork among peers
Joan Blasco
                                                vocational and pedagogical preparation             Col·legi Claver Raimat                       while promoting each individual’s multi-
Director of EP (Primary
Education) for MEJE (NEI)                       of our teaching staff, this pilot experien-                                                     ple intelligences.
                                                ce will bring MEJE to our pilot schools’             MENA’s principal objective is to              • It allows students to develop abili-
                                                classrooms and make it a reality through           place students at the center of a            ties and strategies and puts emphasis
  Our schools have always been charac-          a guided process, that’s coordinated               new pedagogical model that pro-              on competencies related to investiga-
terized by introducing the pedagogical          and flexible, based on learning by doing.          motes a well-rounded education,              tion and exploration, and learning and
changes needed to bring our educational                                                            making them into future citizens
                                                  4. Use of an external observer (CETEI)                                                        transmitting knowledge as part of a
project up-to-date and put it into context.                                                        capable of transforming society. It’s
                                                and a methodology for observing and                                                             team.
What new aspects does NEI offer?                                                                   essential that we accompany students
                                                analyzing the pilot experience based on                                                           • Work on values and attitudes plays
  1. Teamwork and collaboration                                                                    through this process of personal and
                                                the principles of investigation and action.                                                     an important role, and is considered a
among the educational communities                                                                  professional growth. If we do, we’ll
                                                This methodology will use the appropria-                                                        basic part of learning.
of eight JE schools, in order to define                                                            help them develop their full potential
                                                te tools to gather, interpret and reflect on                                                      • It encourages students to know
a profound transformation of education                                                             in an autonomous way, and to discern
                                                data, and will supply us with information                                                       themselves and be critical.
                                                                                                   what will make them into better people
and build the school we want for the fu-        that will allow us to better the experien-
                                                                                                   for others. With this referential fra-         • It makes it easier to track and evalu-
ture, our 2020 Horizon.                         ce, but most of all, to make conclusions
                                                                                                   mework in mind, learning through             ate student work and learning proces-
  2. A full transformation based on a           that we can confidently apply to all the                                                        ses.
                                                                                                   projects offers us a magnificent
single educational model shared by              schools in our network.
                                                                                                   opportunity to work on the essence             • It incorporates the use of techno-
our eight schools, the MEJE (with a life          We have an excellent team to carry               of MENA’s pedagogical criteria in a          logy into everyday work in a natural
project, MENA, MCEFE and MEG), born             out a profound renovation.                         deep and meaningful way, because:            way. Technology becomes key to dis-
                                                                                                      • PIt’s based on a center of interest     covering and processing information

Prioritizing the                                  Because of this, a team with repre-
                                                sentatives of JE’s different schools has
                                                                                                   in contact with students’ everyday re-
                                                                                                   ality, in order to ensure plenty of inte-
                                                                                                                                                and sharing new knowledge.
                                                                                                                                                  As a result, projects will be one of
Curriculum                                      been working on determining what the-              rest and motivation during their learning    the key elements that will allow educa-
                                                se fundamental parts of the curriculum             process.                                     tors to spark students’ curiosity for the
Guillem Fàbregas                                are and what their relationships are to              • It stimulates curiosity and creativity   world around them, making them the
NEI Director                                    one another. In doing so, we’ve kept               through challenges that students can         true protagonists of their learning and
Escola Infant Jesús                             in mind that we want to put the emp-               identify with and achieve.                   teaching process.
                                                hasis on content to which we can
  One of the values of our schools’ pe-         apply the entire cycle of learning. In
dagogical tradition is the rigor with which     other words, subjects where we can
                                                work on retention, comprehension,
                                                                                                   A New Relationship                           them. Far beyond the traditional school
                                                                                                                                                meetings, we hope to involve parents
we work on the fundamental content of
each grade. Because of this, prioritizing       and active application, while we also              with our Families                            in their children’s education, and make
                                                determine what subjects will be impor-                                                          sure school and parents are rowing in
the curriculum was one of the first steps
                                                tant in the future and avoid, whenever             Josep Lluís Martos                           the same direction in giving their stu-
in defining MENA and MEI. Of course,
                                                                                                   NEI Director                                 dents a well-rounded education.
the methodologies that our new peda-            possible, spiral designs.
gogical model proposes demand time                In facing the challenge of defining
                                                                                                   Escola del Clot                                These tools are:
to discover, work together, and learn by        and building NEI projects, we’ve star-                                                            • An INVENTORY OF PARENTS’ ABI-
cooperating as a group, and because of                                                               NEI aims to establish a renewed relati-    LITIES AND COMPETENCIES to incor-
                                                ted out with the JE team’s prioritized
                                                                                                   onship with our families in order to:        porate them into the learning and teac-
this we need to center our efforts on key       curriculum.
                                                                                                                                                hing process.
parts of the curriculum so that we can                                                               • Keep our parents better informed,
give them the importance they deserve.                                                             both of the new methodology and work           • Ensure that families are GRADUA-
                                                                                                   dynamic used to teach their children         LLY INFORMED OF THE WORKINGS
                                                                                                   and of the activities they do (projects).    AND PRAXIS OF MENA (learning by
                               A Comic to Discover                                                 This will let them know what work stu-       doing) through active learning sessions
                                                                                                   dents are expected to do at home.            with parents.
                               oour Adventure                                                        • Make parents part of the learning          • Set up a new tool for REFLECTION,
                                                                                                   and teaching process (PEA) through           SUPPORT AND AWARENESS for the
                                 Th students from 4th and 6th years of primary
                                 The
                                                                                                   their abilities, competencies and            task and the criteria applied by parents
                                 school from the three schools where the NEI will be put
                                 sc                                                                                                             at home, related to the new way of wor-
                                                                                                   knowledge.
                                 into place received a comic at the end of the year explai-
                                 in                                                                                                             king in NEI.
                                                                                                     • Give more direct, integrated support
                                  nning, in a fun, easy-to-understand way, what the changes
                                                                                                   to families in their educational task.         • Establish a new channel of commu-
                                   tto our pedagogical model mean. Through this comic and                                                       nication and relation of NEI class groups
                                                                                                     By doing so, within the framework
                                     ttogether with their new tutors, the students got to know                                                  with families.
                                                                                                   of NEI, we plan to establish a seri-
                                      the methodological changes that will take place next year.
                                                                                                   es of new tools for relating with fa-          This way, we’ll be more of a school
                                                                                                   milies, informing them and training          than ever.
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