Fasta Educational Network faces the challenge of envisioning a diverse space for 18,000 students

within the cycle Education in values It was held in the auditorium Digmas, Diego Kochiassistant director FASTA Education Network and legal representative Katharina Collegeparticipated with Juan MonestesLegal representative College of San Alberto Magno and Vice President Jujuy Catholic Education Council In a managed meeting Augustine Crissotti They spoke about the challenges and opportunities facing education in balancing tradition and innovation.

The FASTA Education Network is enormous. It has twenty-six schools distributed in twenty-one cities in Argentina, one in Valencia, Spain, and one more, the College Pere Fosbury, which recently opened. Democratic Republic of the Congo. In this area, 2,700 teachers are involved, 13,000 families and 18,000 students. Diego KochiIn fact, he highlighted that one of the keys to education is networking fasting It respects and promotes the diversity of this vast network, both geographically and socioculturally.

As he explained, the network carries out an educational program that unites and identifies them, thanks to the implementation of a driving unit, with common criteria and languages. In this sense, an important aspect is visits CEO For various schools, they are not limited to ethical activities, but focus on in-depth work with the High Council, students, teachers and parents. Likewise, he mentioned two programs where they reach out to educational actors: one for continuous training for teachers and another for training leaders.

On the identity of the schools, Kochis made a pronouncement Their status is Catholic schools. “We walk next to the church,” he said, “we don’t walk in front, we don’t walk behind.” He stressed that family, culture and the evangelization of the youth are the main tasks. From this it is important to think about identity Comprehensive and integrated training, which represents the integration of faith and science, faith and life, faith and action. “We strive to create ecclesiastical communities where the family is called,” he said, stressing that the active participation of young people is a distinctive feature of the network.

Juan Monestes explained that it participates in two networks: network fasting and a network of Catholic schools Jujuy. According to him, the first challenge they face is maintaining accurate networking and avoiding the temptation to focus only on their own interests without taking into account the reality of others. Overcoming isolation and collaborating on innovation and other aspects is critical. “It’s important to learn from good practices and other people’s successes and achievements, and to stick together in difficult times,” he said.

About innovation, Monestes One of the weaknesses of teacher training is that outdated methods and practices are taught which are not relevant to the current times. According to him, the teacher training curriculum lacks fundamental issues such as innovation, inclusiveness and care for the environment.

Another obstacle to overcome is resistance to change rooted in mindsets “That’s how it’s always been done”. Regardless of the changes in the present, people often stick to the methods and ways of doing things that worked for them in the past. However, the Pope Francisco “It speaks to a patent and a hidden era of change, and if we don’t consider that young people are different, society is different, culture is different, we can’t face this reality,” he said.

The FASTA network reflects what happens in all Catholic schools: Teachers are also “land of work”.. They, like the disciples, received the first evangelization or its deepening, a religious formation and, in turn, the missionary.

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