Student Development

Mission: To support the academic careers and university experience of UC pedagogy students through integrated support, well-being, student participation, and strengthening of the graduate profile.

What we do

• Design and implement early career engagement actions.
• Lead the More Diverse Access to Pedagogies Program, PAD UC.
• Make visible the characteristics of the student population and identify needs at different stages of their careers.
• Design and manage support, development, and/or complementary or co-curricular training actions and programs according to the needs of the academic career.
• Design and implement support activities in the process of welcoming and integrating into university life (for example: peer tutoring).
• Promote internationalization processes in conjunction with the VRAI.
• Promote career development and connections to the world of work.
• Coordinate academic alert processes and support strategies for students at academic risk.

Coordinated by: Úrsula Echeverría

Contact: uechever@uc.cl

Mission: Strengthen the coexistence, health, and well-being of students of UC pedagogies through promotion, prevention, and training actions.

What we do

• Promote the well-being of students according to UC guidelines and protocols.
• Promote coexistence and dialogue between students and other members of the community.
• Detect needs related to the promotion of health and well-being.
• Promote health and well-being throughout the student's career.
• Design and coordinate training programs on health, well-being, and coexistence.
• Implement protocols for emergency health situations, following the guidelines of the DAE and Student Health.
• To be a local representative of the sexual violence policy.
• Address and support the management of conflict situations between students, using the University's protocols and resources.

Coordinated by: Francisca Corales

Contact: f.corales@uc.cl

Mission: Ensure the construction of a more inclusive student community, strengthening student participation, identity and sense of belonging

What do we do?:

• Internal competitive funds for student projects.
• Promote the detection and development of student leadership.
• Monitor the integration of all students.
• Maintain support and links with student representatives.
• Design and coordinate processes for student training on diversity and inclusion issues.
• Promote connections with the environment for the development of student initiatives and/or projects.
• Manage opportunities for students and other members of the Faculty community to meet and interact, fostering connections between all members and promoting and articulate common interests.

Coordinated by: Javiera Diaz

Contact: javiera.diaz@uc.cl

It is a accompanying program to the first-year students of the Basic General Pedagogy and Early Childhood Education Pedagogy courses in their process of insertion into university life in their various areas, providing tools for making independent and responsible decisions about their academic and personal development. Tutoring is done in groups. To this end, the Student Development Subdirectorate defines the groups of first-time students who share courses in the first semester and assigns them a tutor.

The tutor is a student from the same program in higher years, who has been selected and trained to fulfill this support role.

The "Agents for the Prevention of Gender Violence and Discrimination in Education" program aims to train students as agents of change to prevent gender violence and discrimination, promoting healthy coexistence in educational settings, whether within university life or in professional practice. This program includes 16 weekly workshops, supplementary readings, and interventions for each participant to put what they have learned into practice. Meeting the participation requirements for this program leads to membership in the "Network of Agents for the Prevention of Gender Violence and Discrimination," allowing them to play an active role in the university in the prevention of this issue.

The Student Development Subdirectorate (SUBDE) has created this fund to promote and strengthen the active participation of undergraduate students, recognizing their leading role in university life.

Through this initiative, we seek to support the creation, design, and implementation of activities, projects, and programs that significantly contribute to the overall well-being of the student community, foster better coexistence, and generate inclusive, participatory, and collaborative spaces.

Specifically, the program seeks to promote the development of pedagogical skills that enrich both the academic and personal development of future education professionals.

Call: Second semester 2025. Review the bases here