Education

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_Education is the foundation of development.

Sra. Doris Legorreta de Beckmann

The history of Tequila’s youth comes all the way back from its roots, which lead the Foundation to orientate not only the teaching, but also something that underlies: the reality of children and adolescents in a phase very vulnerable to risk.

These aspects have included intense periods promoting teaching, through educational and training schemes, designed in a creative way, with technical, pedagogical and human basis for any profession.

To follow up the crystallization of our goal, we generate that young people with limited opportunities and growing in a hard work environment, can see themselves applying academic knowledge, on firm and proactive paths, with a support network context, so they can be agents of change in the community of Tequila.

To follow up the crystallization of our goal, we generate opportunities…

Beneficiaries

Through this integral model of education, year after year, young people between 11 and 15 years old are benefited from our initiatives. Simultaneously we work with the entire educative community and parents, to reinforce the environment on which they are evolving; integrating a positive bond that allows cognitive and affective development.

We have established an alliance with institutions specialized in education issues, propitiating the psycho-educational development of the young people benefited with the programs.

Integral Model of Education

Strategy

We work to ease the process of academic learning and to promote values in children and adolescents, for their personal and community growth; implementing different strategies of personal and social development in each one of them, seeking their own improvement and solidity of healthy self-concept, according to his age.

Consumption of drugs at this age increases the risk of developing an addiction.
During adolescence, conflicts, emotions and interaction with the environment take on greater relevance.
Certain problems in the transition of adolescent autonomy can generate family conflicts.
To differentiate friendships that help, from those that leads them to make wrong decisions.
To offer them meaningful experiences that can be applied to reality, reinforcing the interest in studying.
Job opportunities increase the possibility of adolescents dropping out of high school.
Demonstrating adaptive ways to resolve conflicts is a necessary social skill.

The impact that Beckman Foundation has on young people is permanent, encouraging them to study through formative and educational programs, having as a reference the plans and programs recommended for the student population, with the 2018 model. We have been introducing the youth to a new vision, in the comprehension reading and applied mathematics areas, two important pillars in the pedagogical system, required for all other subjects and aspects of his life.

Strategic alliances

We are convinced that the sum of the efforts of more than one actor multiplies the benefits in favor of our people. When carrying out our job, we work hand in hand with important agents and institutions without which, this ambitious project would not be possible, such as the Ministry of Public Education (), Jalisco Ministry of Education (), the teachers union, heads of sectors, teaching crews (supervisors, principals and teachers), parents’ society, private institutions that support us with educational innovation programs, AS Capacitación (LECTUM/DUXVIA) and Fundación de Investigación Social AC ().

Preventive education

Through this program the Beckman Foundation works directly with the three main agents of change within the community: teenagers, teachers and parents. The purpose of forming responsible young people, leaders, entrepreneurs, is that they can transform and improve their community. Preventive education is a process of 6 stages.

By following up this project we are able to detect young people at potential risk, through the process of participatory diagnosis (), addressing vulnerable areas in this stage of human and psychological development.

This way we can support their academic performance and their physical and emotional integrity, seeking an expedient follow-up that facilitates their design and visualization in the future.

Local initiatives and SDG alignment

Diagnosis test (POSIT)

This tool is applied to the entire population of secondary school students, and a personalized service is provided to all of those whose results represent a risk area. The higher the score, the greater the vulnerability.

Results 2017–2018

6 secondary school attended
56 groups of 6 secondary schools of the 3rd grade
Students assessed: 1,925
Students detected at risk: 155 (8%)
Female: 95 (61.3%)
Male: 60 (38.7%)

Concept	POSIT 2016-2017	POSIT 2017-2018	POSIT 2018-2019
Total student population	2,103	1,957	1,809
Assessed	2,103	1,925	1,809
Detected at risk	168	155	120
Female	109	95	66
Male	79	60	54

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Workshops

Young are a projection of their family system, as they go relating their adolescence process to the sensations and attitudes they are experiencing, through a creative and trustworthy explanation, the greater would be the change that their formation is also causing within the families.

For this reason and as a complement to balance the everyday situations they live, workshops of both, academic and formative content, were given.

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Workshop name	Sessions	Attendees	Public
Love does not hurt	5	166	Tequila secondary school students
End of slavery	6	198
The power of thought	5	114
Emotions and feelings	1	7
Life project	4	83
Totals	21	568

Permanent psychological orientation

Areas of greatest risk are detected according to the diagnosis; through workshops and psychological counseling, with parent’s authorization, we start working with them individually and confidentiality.

782 psychological orientation
6,005 invested hours

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Interactive sexual education project: E week

Thanks to the support of the Tecnológico de Monterrey university, awareness project on pregnant teens problems was implemented.

This research, mapping and data base, were conducted by an interdisciplinary group, composed of 5 students, to develop an interactive project for young between 11 and 15 years; where questions on sexuality issues would be ask freely and anonymously. This social campaign will be launched in 2019 with the support of volunteers from this institution.

5 student

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Sexual education campaign

Responding to the need of improving information, due to the concern for adolescent pregnancies and the indiscriminate use of the “next day” pill, this campaign consisted of orienting with educational talks, the third grade students of all high schools.

Conferences and workshops were held with the same content and audiovisual material for both men and women. For these activities trainers and surgeons assisted, who were previously prepared in both content and forms, in order to provide similar knowledge to the different groups.

6 attended schools
3rd grade secondary groups
350 students benefited

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ero alcohol in minors and responsibility for the consumption of alcoholic beverages campaign

Campaña 0 Alcohol a menores de edad Secondary and high school students lived the Zero alcohol campaign, through educational dynamics and playful activities. This interaction allowed them to experience alcohol effect simulation on daily life actions, to think over the importance of not drinking alcohol at an early age and to understand the difference between responsible and irresponsible consumption.

The “Zero alcohol in minors” application was launched. It provides prevention and protection tips, based on the characters of the play El último trago presented during the campaign.

All possible social actors are involved, including the tenants that sell alcohol. Experiential workshops are held to raise awareness and commit not to sell alcohol to minors.

Sessions	Public	Persons
1	Tequila high schools	1,200
1	Tecnológico Mario Molina campus Tequila	800
1	Tequila secondary schools	1,900
4	Universidades de Guadalajara and Ciudad de México	2,100
	Totals	6,000

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Improvement route

It is a guideline in the education strategy to optimize the planning and effective application of programs, to solve the needs of young people, teachers and the educational community.

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Educational actions with corporate staff

As part of our educational and awareness-raising work, we extend some topics of interest to the corporate staff, employees and collaborators of Casa Cuervo, with the purpose of sensitize, and because we believe that they will be useful according to the social reality we are living in.

Among these actions, a workshop was held, in conjunction with Grupo Baillères, to sensitize Jose Cuervo employees about the myths and truths of the Educational Reform in Mexico.

Local initiatives and SDG alignment

Venue	Workshop	Sessions	Persons
Camichines plant	“Responsabilidad ante el consumo” workshop	3	37
Camichines plant	Emotional intelligence	1	119
Tequila, Guadalajara, La Laja, CDMX	Educational reform	20	377
	Totals	24	533

Reading gathering

For the fourth consecutive year, we promoted the reading campaign throughout the Región Valles, dwhere students from 11 to 15-year-old, participated reading as much as 7,716 books, that is, an increase of 60% compared to last year. This way we encourage reading with the support of principals and teachers of the secondary school Spanish academy.

The purpose is that the student reads, understands, rediscovers the passion for books, its application and benefits. This practice is supported by the SEP, extended to the entire Región Valles.

The grand finale takes place at the Jose Cuervo Forum with prizes for students such as book vouchers, and a 15-session course to develop rapid reading with the LECTUM institute.

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Reading campaign
	2016	2017	2018	Percentage increase from 2016 to 2018
Participating students	340	4,500	7,716	2,169%
Accumulated reading hours	5,523	27,000	38,580	599%
Read books	340	4,500	7,716	2,169%
Participating secondary schools	6	18	42	600%

A story about work

The highest score in fast reading skills: Leilany Zazueta Dávalos

The youth of Tequila is already distinguished and it is differentiated in their own way of expression and history, we can see how they take advantage of every opportunity offered to them, to move forward.

Proof of this is the case of Leilany Zazueta Dávalos, a secondary student, who had the initiative to participate in the call for the reading gathering, held every year by the Beckmann Foundation along with the educational community.

Reading, comprehension and her outstanding story-telling presentation of the book she choose, El castillo ambulante, by Diana Wynne Jones, made her a scholarship recipient to take the LECTUM quick reading course, in which she demonstrated not only one of the highest achievement scores, but one of the most amazing personal progress percentages that have been registered since this project first started, reaching a reading performance of 29,070 words per minute at the end of the course, with 100% comprehension.

The aim of these courses is for young people to rediscover their passion for reading. Once they are involved, they realize that reading changes their lives, and they find a key to better understand current and future subjects.

Leylany Zazueta Dávalos

Fast reading course

The structure of the LECTUM course, seeks for the student to become an efficient reader through the development of their physical and mental abilities, such as attention and concentration, new learning channels, understanding, information organization and a better use of study time.

Results:

40 scholarship winners
15 levels of progress
2 focal groups: Tequila-18 students / Etzatlán-22 students
96% assimilation

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Math course

A math diagnosis was applied to all six secondary schools. According to those results, two (highest and lowest) score student groups were formed, who where granted with intensive-playful DUXVIA math course scholarships, so that students would dominate the subject as if they where 3rd grade high schoolers. Trough a series of logics and math games the students were sensitize, not only developing knowledge but an attitude before life.

Diagnosis application:

1,685 students
87% of total secondary population

Course imparted:

2 groups of students
- 1st group (30 students)
- 2nd group (29 students)
23 sessions
95% assimilation
52 graduate student

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A story about effort

3rd place in state math contest: René Reyes García

At Beckmann Foundation, we have been collaborating with all secondary schools, on spanish and math areas especially. As a result of this formation and promotion, carried out on alliance with DUXVIA institute, and as a pride to our municipallity, René Reyes García student at General Cenobio Sauza Madrigal secondary school, took part on the Robomath Challenge state math contest, where obtained 3rd place; it is important to highlight that only a few decimals were the difference against the competitors who won first and second places.

This was a call from the Jalisco Ministry of Education, aiming to promote the creativity and analysis at solving problems that imply math reasoning competences on secondary students. This is the biggest science and technology educational event of our country.

The principal at General Cenobio Sauza Madrigal secondary school, DUXVIA institute and Beckmann Foundation, recognize and congratulate the effort of this subject professors, as well as René´s and his family for this achievement, hopping this would be the beginning of many more stories that will be reflected in the welfare of the people.

A story about values

Behind a full forum, there is family: fathers and mothers

We have discovered that too many times we expect numbers and titles to measure the success of an initiative, and whether some results are intangible that should not be reason to thought them less important but on the contrary.

Each year we recognize the academic excellence of the students, their effort and outcomes. But we also witness with great excitement an increase of parent assistance to this and to other events. We know how behind a good grade there is also the effort of the parents that support their children and backup our initiatives, that behind a full forum there are the families who entrust and spread the participation voice.

As a work team, the answer and welcoming of the community is one of the clearest indicators that the planning and investment are worthy, seeing them right there, present, applauding, it means to us the true synonym of success.

Academic excellence

“Because the effort is worth”. Teaming up with Región Valles principals and supervisors, Beckmann Foundation recognizes and awards all students with the three highest grades of primary school within the Tequila municipality and secondary schools in the region. The main objective is to motivate and encourage the effort and discipline of the students, through a protocol event at the Jose Cuervo Forum, as an incentive, a live musical show.

1,938 parents at the academic excellence event

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Participant primaries	40
Awarded students	1,173
Communities	Tequila, Palmitos, Atemanica, Medineño, Mitlán, TuitÁn, La Labor, San MartÍn de las Cañas, El Tepetate, El Cobano, Potrero de los Rivera, Santa Teresa, El Olvido, Tlaltihuileca, El Salvador, Jalpilla, San Pedro de los Landeros, Tapexco, La Lagunilla y Ojos de Agua.
Attendees to event	More than 2,000

Participant secondary	33
Awarded students	765
Communities	Tequila, El Salvador, El Arenal, Etzatlán, San Juanito de Escobedo, San Marcos, Tala, Teuchitlán, Huaxtla, Hostotipaquillo, Oconahua, Santa Cruz y Ahualulco.
Attendees to event	More than 1,500

Formative workshops for teachers

To strengthen teaching on the improvement route, we provide trainings, workshops and conferences to the teachers in the region. They are the ones in direct contact with the students and who support us in transmitting the initiatives. Didactic activities are implemented and topics such as responsible consumption and adolescent management are taught.

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Public	Workshop name	Sessions	Attendees
Tequila and Etzatlan secondary docents.	Psychological docent profile	1	28
	Professor psychological variables	2	49
	ED-like talk (Self knowledge)	1	20
	Emotional regulation	1	27
	Docent strategies for learning	2	50
	Totals	7	174

Educative innovation

Neither this year could we let go of recognizing our teachers, with whom we add efforts to elevate the educational quality of the youth. In manner of celebration, we brought in two of the best speakers of the country, to offer them new tools, but at the same time to acknowledge their labor.

2 conferences with two of the best speakers in the country:
Jesús Amaya Guerra, PhD (Monterrey, N.L.)
“Educando a la generación zombi”

Ricardo Perret Erhard (Saltillo, Coahuila)
“Hábitos transformadores”
800 Región Valles teachers

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2nd math congress

At the 2nd edition of this congress, our main goal was that teachers of this region could detect and share their teaching skills and better practices to the educational community, as an example: applications that can be used online, games that can be implemented in the classrooms and design of strategies that sum at educational quality.

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7 presentations by regional teachers
1 workshop Aprender a desaprender, by Duxvia
1 presentation Aprendizaje experiencial y la solución de problemas, with Ricardo Valenzuela PhD, Tec de Monterrey
82 Región Valles teachers attended

Meetings with principals and teachers technical board

They take place the last Friday of every month. To us, teachers and education authorities are the key, whom in their role of formers, work to open, focus or even change the vision of the youngers. Seeing eye to eye with them is primordial to the Foundation, they are as important and influential figure to Tequila´s society, as it is indispensable the participation of the whole population.

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	Agreements
1	Planning times and actions to accomplish math program
2	Logistics to organize 2nd math congress
3	Logistics for teacher´s day celebration
4	Logistics for academic excellence, for primary and secondary school in the Región Valles and the municipality
5	Presenting reports on the preventive education program and comparison of each school principal
6	Forming technical board at beginning of school period
7	Logistics for POSIT application

Parent school

Through formative workshops and psychological orientation, parents help their sons and daughters to prevent and solve risk situations. Furthermore, a bond for mutual credibility is established, where parents witness the process of formation and deep learning, which efficiently impacts the integral development of their teenagers.

Psychological orientation
Assessment of students at risk with advice and parent follow-up
8 parents

Workshop	Public	Attendees
End of slavery	FOVAL parents	50
	Totals	50

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Education
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Program	Attendees
Preventive education	120 at psychological orientation
Workshops	568 attendees
Responsibility for the consumption	6,000 persons
Sexual education campaign	350 students
Interactive sexual education project	5 students
Family parents	58 persons
Reading gathering	7,716 participants
Fast reading course	40 scholarships winners
Math course	52 graduate students
Primary academic excellence	1,173 awarded students
Secondary academic excellence	765 awarded students
Formative workshops for teachers	174 attendees
2nd math congress	82 Region Valles teachers
Teacher´s day celebration	800 Region Valles teachers
Educational actions with corporate staff	533 employees
	18,436 persons

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Beneficiaries

Integral Model of Education

Strategy

Strategic alliances

Preventive education

Diagnosis test (POSIT)

Workshops

Permanent psychological orientation

Interactive sexual education project: E week

Sexual education campaign

ero alcohol in minors and responsibility for the consumption of alcoholic beverages campaign

Improvement route

Educational actions with corporate staff

Reading gathering

A story about work

Fast reading course

Math course

A story about effort

A story about values

Academic excellence

Formative workshops for teachers

Educative innovation

2nd math congress

Meetings with principals and teachers technical board

Parent school

Education indicators summary

Education
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