Education

To us, education is developing skills to promote change at schools where new collective ideas could be generated, is creative imagination, spaces for reflection and constructive criticism that transforms. We thrust comprehensive training of young people, from all possible fronts and in all areas in which they develop.

Our strategy is to carefully choose the programs and initiatives that we implement to achieve the objectives, it is necessary that it reaches positively to the students, but also that can be permeated to the whole community: this long-range project would not be possible without the authorities, teachers and parents support.

We have account of different influencing factors in the young besides educational level, as it is the emotional, social, motivational and cognitive. Some of these are carefully observed for prevention, such as:

Other aspects that we follow closely to implement as far as possible are:

We continue strengthening the actions we carry out hand in hand with other organizations, to benefit our people, especially the young ones.

Ties and agreements that allow us to keep moving forward are frequently renewed, particularly those that brings us closer to innovation and educative quality, and to which we are deeply thankful, such as the Ministry of Public Education (SEP), Jalisco Ministry of Education (SEJ), 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 (FISAC).

We hope that young design for themselves their life project, to become responsible change agents to improve their community, that they picture themselves with the ability to become leaders and entrepreneurs.

This is why we support and promote their academic performance, in the same way that we monitor their physical and emotional integrity.

Preventive education is one of our critical programs to address vulnerable areas in adolescence. Through the process of participatory diagnosis (POSIT), we are able to detect young people at potential risk. We follow 6 stages that involve not only teenagers, but also teachers and parents, to seek close and personalized follow-up, to show them that they are not alone in this process of building a new path.

Each young person, each student, is a hope to Tequila. In our preventive education program, the POSIT diagnostic survey is offered without exception to the entire population of secondary level for screening and to those whose results represent a risk area. Follow-up and personalized attention are given.

*BDI (Beck Depression Inventory) BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory)

Once the diagnostic survey has been applied, the results are carefully reviewed and each case is treated individually and confidentially. Through a permanent psychological counseling program, we work hand in hand with educators and parents, addressing the areas of greatest risk through workshops and support sessions.

As a preventive complement, we select and teach workshops to bring young people both academic and educational content, so that they face the concerns and challenges of each day, normal at this stage of development.

We want to be present and ready to respond to their needs, through a creative and trustworthy explanation that impacts and transcends their lives, their families and the population.

Zero alcohol in minors and Responsibility for the consumption of alcoholic beverages campaign

We tirelessly seek to raise awareness about the risks to which Tequila youth are exposed. The Zero alcohol in minors and responsibility for the consumption of alcoholic beverages campaign allows middle and high school students to reflect on the importance of not consuming alcohol at an early age and understand the difference between responsible and irresponsible consumption.

This year, practical, simple and dynamic information was provided so that this campaign can be replicated by teachers in schools; at the end, records and evaluations are given to know the students' achievement.

Playful learning

One of our priorities is to create harmonious spaces and environments, through play, fun activities and enjoyable exercises, where students receive content and training topics. The essential purpose is not recreation, but the students learning process and teacher training.

We design strategies where the values of education, are the most important aspect. We seek that children and young people find opportunities to relate to their environment, forge their personality and develop in the environment in which they live. We present innovative ways of getting to know the world, so that they can unfold their creativity, increase their knowledge and have better tools to face life.

Reading Promotion

Con la participación de toda la Región Valles, realizamos por 5to año consecutivo nuestra exitosa campaña de lectura, que en esta ocasión fue titulada México lindo y leído. El resultado de esta convocatoria fueron 3,015 libros leídos por jóvenes entre 11 y 15 años.

Este logro no sería posible sin el apoyo de la SEP, de directores y de maestros de la academia de español de secundaria, quienes convocan a los alumnos y fomentan en ellos la lectura, la comprensión y la pasión por el mundo de los libros.

Uno de los principales incentivos, además de la enorme satisfacción de los alumnos, son las becas otorgadas para desarrollar la lectura rápida con el instituto LECTUM.

Ability to Transform

In 2019, the fourth generation of young graduates of the LECTUM rapid reading program graduated, an intensive reading comprehension course, where students managed to read more than 12,660 words per minute and 100% understanding. This skill will allow them to read documents in less time, facilitating their learning in the new educative stage of high school and University.

Fundation Beckmann, under its Education Strategic Line, has always sought educational innovation that allows students, teachers, and parents to have the best teaching tools that make it easier for young people to acquire knowledge at a more advanced level. Young transformers and social entrepreneurs, who risk changing their environment for a better one!

The effort is worth it

At Beckman Foundation we are convinced that education is the best tool to transform lives, working together parents, teachers and students is the best way to train good people, responsible citizens, concerned about their community and their country.

The Academic Excellence program recognizes the best averages of primary and secondary schools for Tequila and the Sierra. Congratulations!

After the event, the winners lived the experience of the "Traditional Games". At a happy Mexican fair, they enjoyed the games their parents played when cell phone or computer technology did not yet exist; they were able to enjoy "bebeleche", spinning top, "balero", jump rope, sacks, lottery, slingshot toy.

Love for Mathematics

One of our main allies in education is the mathematics program, in alliance with the AS institution and through the Duxvia method we share the firm belief that people learn best when we have the right motivation, an attitude of experimentation and a mindset of growth.

We are changing the destiny of the young people of Tequila through this tool, offering a different approach to how math can be learned and applied —the most important thing is to change their idea that math is difficult—.

Results:

Test application of thinking, reading, logics, mathematics and general skills:

Following the diagnosis, three groups of students with the highest and lowest averages were formed, to receive an intensive course in mathematics:

Emotions management to achieve your goals

The purpose of these summer workshops is for young people to develop self-knowledge and self-motivation tools to achieve the goals they set. They are a complement to the Education area, and are taught to all young people who respond to the call of the summer course and the young leaders program.

Quality Teachers

The Ministry of Public Education (SEP) has made available to schools and the School Technical Council (CTE) guidelines to establish the School Improvement Route, a tool to organize actions that strengthen the capacities of the school, to improve student learning and the professional development of teachers individually and as a team of work, in addition to establishing a shared vision of what is needed or should be modified in the school by generating concrete and verifiable commitments and actions.

At Foundation Beckmann we follow the Improvement Route with conviction. Through these guidelines, we continuously evaluate and optimize the application of the programs, because it is a cornerstone initiative to ensure the educational growth of students. We work so that these guidelines are translated into concrete actions in the classrooms.

Science and Educational Innovation Congress for Teachers

The purpose of this congress was to provide teachers with tools that can be applied directly in the classroom.

Some of the main objectives of this series of conferences were:

Technical Council of Teachers

Foundation Beckmann grants special support to school boards of directors with supervisors, elementary and high school principals from Tequila and the Valles Region. In these meetings planning and evaluation of actions for school improvement are carried out. This support consists mainly of renting space, equipment and coffee breaks.