We started the morning off by researching M&E methodologies (monitoring and evaluation). Before lunch we visited a Puro Power: Vive, Suena, Emprende (Pure Power: Live, Dream, Embark) training session. After lunch we returned to the office where we discussed the scope of the project. Later in the afternoon we returned to the Puro Power training session to participate in a few training exercises.
Puro Power is an entrepreneurship program for high school students. It is based off of a prior program that was administered by Endeavor (I believe the program was called Aprendimiento). Canales does not offer Puro Power education directly to students, instead they train teachers to run Puro Power program in their schools. Canales offer this training free of charge. The training session is a multi-day event. As we learned on our Day 4 trip to Hornopiren, travelling to Puerto Montt for a multi-day training session can be difficult. As such the cost of transportation and lodging for this training is also covered.
Participating in the training exercises was a challenge for me. Very few people speak English in Puerto Montt and our interpreter had already left for the day. This did not prevent the teachers from trying to talk to me. It was uncomfortable not knowing what they were saying. They seemed to be asking very basic questions that I should have been able to understand. On occasion I tried to answer their questions only to find that the question was not exactly what I thought it was. Even when I got the question right, my Spanish was so bad that the teachers could not understand what I was saying.
The training exercises were team building exercises from the Puro Power curriculum. They were the same exercises the students will perform. I was taken by the energy level and excitement displayed by the teachers. The session ended by forming a big circle and dancing. While in the circle the teachers described what they were feeling after the day's training session. It was clear from their answers (which were translated for me by Cristobal) that they were very passionate about teaching and excited by the impact that they expect the Puro Power curriculum to have on their students.
Afterwards we spoke to Gerardo, an English teacher (can you guess why we picked Gerardo?). He shared his thoughts about how he intends to use his Puro Power training. He discussed how he thought Puro Power could help his students. Gerardo is his early 20s and was also able to provide us with good insight into what it was like for him as a student.
This evening we had our first Chile 5 team meeting. It was encouraging to hear that the other sub-teams were experiencing some of the same difficulties that Evan, Gayathri, and I were experiencing. Dan and Marcia seemed to feel that these difficulties were normal.
In yesterday's blog I mentioned the team was trying to decide on a weekend activity. We decided to do an overnight trip to Chiloe Island.
Puro Power is an entrepreneurship program for high school students. It is based off of a prior program that was administered by Endeavor (I believe the program was called Aprendimiento). Canales does not offer Puro Power education directly to students, instead they train teachers to run Puro Power program in their schools. Canales offer this training free of charge. The training session is a multi-day event. As we learned on our Day 4 trip to Hornopiren, travelling to Puerto Montt for a multi-day training session can be difficult. As such the cost of transportation and lodging for this training is also covered.
Participating in the training exercises was a challenge for me. Very few people speak English in Puerto Montt and our interpreter had already left for the day. This did not prevent the teachers from trying to talk to me. It was uncomfortable not knowing what they were saying. They seemed to be asking very basic questions that I should have been able to understand. On occasion I tried to answer their questions only to find that the question was not exactly what I thought it was. Even when I got the question right, my Spanish was so bad that the teachers could not understand what I was saying.
The training exercises were team building exercises from the Puro Power curriculum. They were the same exercises the students will perform. I was taken by the energy level and excitement displayed by the teachers. The session ended by forming a big circle and dancing. While in the circle the teachers described what they were feeling after the day's training session. It was clear from their answers (which were translated for me by Cristobal) that they were very passionate about teaching and excited by the impact that they expect the Puro Power curriculum to have on their students.
Afterwards we spoke to Gerardo, an English teacher (can you guess why we picked Gerardo?). He shared his thoughts about how he intends to use his Puro Power training. He discussed how he thought Puro Power could help his students. Gerardo is his early 20s and was also able to provide us with good insight into what it was like for him as a student.
This evening we had our first Chile 5 team meeting. It was encouraging to hear that the other sub-teams were experiencing some of the same difficulties that Evan, Gayathri, and I were experiencing. Dan and Marcia seemed to feel that these difficulties were normal.
In yesterday's blog I mentioned the team was trying to decide on a weekend activity. We decided to do an overnight trip to Chiloe Island.
This morning's view. Tourism is a big industry in Puerto Montt. They tell me the big ships came last month and ships like the one below are small.
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