The UC 2025 International Education Summit has already begun

It will take place between January 13 and 15 through two free online sessions, and will feature prominent national and international speakers. 

This Monday, January 14, the UC 2025 International Education Summit began at the UC Oriente Campus. Organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, it will take place from January 13 to 15 in two days led by UC Education academics, which will be held online and free of charge. The event seeks to establish itself as a key space for exchange and learning for teachers, rectors, academics and all those interested in educational development in Latin America, and will feature prominent national and international speakers. 

On January 13 and 14, the Higher Education Management Conference will be held, led by the vice dean and academic of Education UC Daniela VélizAimed at leaders, managers and academics in the university field, this conference addresses key issues regarding the management of higher education institutions, including innovation, leadership and good practices.

“The International Education Summit brings together managers, teachers and professionals from higher and school education every year to reflect on the latest trends and innovations in higher education management and educational leadership. This year we will have various international experts who will talk to us about the latest innovations and trends in higher education, the university of the future, innovation and its challenges, as well as the effects of school leadership in different contexts, or the effect of tutoring for the recovery of learning. We will also have presentations on different topics such as quality assurance, student development and teaching innovations, among others,” explained Véliz.

This event, he added, is a space that "allows participants to share and discuss experiences to enrich collective knowledge, generate national and international networks and collaborations, and also learn about the latest trends and educational innovations, thus contributing to professional development and in turn improving the quality of education at all levels." 

Vice Dean Daniela Véliz will inaugurate these XXI conferences together with authorities from UC and the Ministry of Education. She will also present and moderate the first international conference “Strategic commitment: the role and purpose in universities” given by Jenny Dixon, Rector of Universitas 21.

On Tuesday 14th, he will moderate the Higher Education Panel “Lessons from 15 years of UC in leadership positions: Interview with a Vice-Rector”, which will include the participation of Vice-Rectors Guillermo Marshall and Patricio Donoso, who also chairs the Summit.

educational leadership

The School Management and Leadership Conference will take place on January 14 and 15. It is focused on educational leadership and seeks to enhance school management through understanding, measuring and exchanging good practices.

This instance explains paulo volante, UC Education professor and director of the conference, will be “an especially broad space for a global reflection on effective educational leadership. Our international speakers belong to diverse traditions and latitudes, but they converge on the importance of a school leadership centered on the experience of teaching and learning, and on educational achievements in school careers. There are perspectives from Asia, North America and Latin America through our speakers, but also the perspective of national experts who will comment and discuss this definition of an instructional leadership focused on the professional development of teachers and students.”

This event, Volante says, is relevant to current Chilean education. “Today we are challenged to show how the school system takes charge of progress, the development of personal and learning skills in the more than 3.600 students, and particularly the challenge of closing educational gaps between the different segments of our school population. Currently, Chile qualifies as a country that is advancing with respect to its counterparts in the region, but that aspires to make a qualitative leap in the quality of education and school learning.” 

Paulo Volante will inaugurate together with the Dean Alejandro Carrasco, as well as UC and Ministry of Education authorities, will also be present at the XIV conference. The program and challenges of school leadership in 2025 will also be presented.
Other UC Education academics will also participate in the event. Javiera Marfán will comment on the international conference by Sedat Gümüs, from The University of Hong Kong.

On Tuesday, January 14, Dean Carrasco will moderate the international conference “Significant and sustainable school improvement through distributed leadership,” which will be given by Jonathan Supovitz of the University of Pennsylvania.

At the end of the day, the outstanding graduates of the UC Educational Leadership Diplomas will be given a recognition, an event in which Ernesto Treviño, academic and Director of Centre UC, will participate.

On Wednesday, January 15, academic and Undergraduate Director Malba Barahona will comment on the conference “Teacher Leadership: Roles, practices and effects of institutional influence on teachers,” given by Peter Wiens of the University of Nevada. Magdalena Müller will also present and moderate the conference “Instructional leadership for collaboration and professional development of teachers,” given by speaker Xiu Cravens of Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.

Faculty Participation in Educational Innovation Fair

On January 13, an Educational Innovation Fair organized by the Teacher Development Center (CDDOC) and the Faculty of Education. At this event, distinguished professors from the UC will share experiences of innovations in the classroom.

UC Education academic Cecilia Ramirez will present the paper “Training for public commitment” together with Rodrigo Tapia from the School of Architecture. Also, the academic Javiera Marfan will address the “Legos Serious Play” methodology, and the Assistant Professor, Francisco Velasquez will speak on “Games and learning”.