Diploma in Marist Educational Leadership in the Province of Norandina

In partnership with the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá – Colombia), the province of Norandina has started on March 28 the Second Cohort of the Diploma in ”Marist Educational Leadership”. 41 directors and teachers from the Marist schools – brothers and laity – from Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia are currently participating in the training that will end on May 28.

During the opening, Fr. Jorge Humberto Peláez, S.J. Rector of the Javeriana University, highlighted the work that is being carried out with the Marist community, in line with what is proposed by the Global Educational Pact.

“The Javeriana University has welcomed with great enthusiasm the proposal made by Pope Francis to join the Global Educational Pact. It is in this context that this encounter arises with the educational work of the Marist community”, said the Jesuit priest and added that “the only way to build a new social fabric is precisely by creating a new culture that leads one to look to the future with optimism and hope.”

The training is divided into 3 parts: face-to-face meeting sessions at the end of March, virtual sessions between April and May, and face-to-face sessions at the end of May, before concluding the diploma course.

Speaking on the formation, Br. Hugo Tapia Bolaños (Pasto – Colombia) expressed that this “allows us to see how our founder, from the beginning, began to announce and transform the world; he has transformed thoughts.”

“We are going to continue to form ourselves in those qualities, in those values, as a Marist family, as a teacher, as a brother, as a lay person, to share it later in our experiences, in our schools and works”, expressed, for his part, Br. Sixto Eliseo Chalaco Jaramillo (Quevedo – Ecuador).

Several teachers from different Marist schools also spoke about their expectations and contributions in relation to this diploma course. Enter this link to see his opinions.