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Kagan Goes to Cabo

Carla Gonzales

Eight years ago, my father and I shared the desire to give back to the community of los Cabos by creating a school where we could guide children in a warm and safe environment. Our first school year, we were full of good intentions and knew we wanted to provide an integrated learning system that could reach the children on a variety of levels. Initially student groups were set up in teams, but not in a structured way. What occurred was group work with all its pros and cons. We began having some discipline problems and wanted to manage them in a firm and consistent way, but not in the traditional way, "no, because I said so".

So, "one fine day" I was surfing the internet looking for some kind of discipline program and fortunately Kagan's web page caught my attention. I called the main office to inquire about taking the Win Win Discipline workshop. However, they highly recommended the Cooperative Learning 5 day workshop first. They reassured me that by implementing this learning system it would naturally help take care of discipline issues, and now I know why! It's all about getting students to interact, to participate and to be engaged.

We've been consistent about training our staff, and each year our teachers become more passionate and committed to using CL structures. We've seen how powerful the structures are in improving the learning process of academics while at the same time developing the most beneficial social skills.

We're grateful to have joined the Kagan family because we know that we're actively participating in our human evolution by guiding future leaders. I am confident that students who have worked with this system will be pro-active in problem-solving, listening, cooperating and being of service in caring for themselves, others and our beautiful planet!

Carla Gonzalez Martinez
Administrator/Mission School
San José del Cabo, México
www.elcolegiomission.com