Conferencia-Diana Catherine Cely Atuesta-Ecuador-2016

Abstract

The Department of Humanities and Integral Training (DHFI), of the Santo Tomás University (USTA) Bogotá - Colombia, is an academic body whose mission is to “promote Integral Training processes of the University Community and provide elements for develop a critical attitude and conscience, in light of Thomistic thinking about education ” (DHFI Framework Document, 2014). DHFI chairs are part of the training plans of all USTA programs from 7 compulsory chairs and an offer of 21 chairs optional that are part of the educational path of all students. DHFI is gone strengthening in the last two years through the Student Accompaniment Process (PAE), this has implied improvements in information management, as well as reflection constant sense and impact of the process. At the beginning of the accompaniment (2013) the registration of the students were carried out in physical formats and in an Excel in which the students at academic risk (repeating, low academic level and absenteeism). For the year 2014 improvement actions were implemented by the Quality Management System (SGC) and in line with the High Quality Re-accreditation of the Santo Tomás University, traceability processes were generated in order to give meaning to accompaniment student, in such a way that it did not remain in the simple count of the students at risk academic, but make sense of the accompaniment strategies used by teachers, guarantee the circulation of information and the articulation with different instances of the University. The results of these improvements were evidenced at a quantitative level, finding that as the accompaniment process was strengthened, fewer students were lost, and qualitative level identifying with teachers the perceptions regarding the completion of the formats and the meaning of the data collected. The accompaniment process is now presented more friendly and optimal for teachers and articulation is achieved with other instances of the University so that the accompaniment to the student is equally comprehensive. With the above, The objective of this presentation is focused on socializing the practices of strengthening the student accompaniment system that has been built from the DHFI and its articulation with the SGC.