Before the start of pre-registration, public, subsidized and private educational centers organize open days to publicize their educational project, show the facilities, explain the idiosyncrasies of the center, the services they offer, extracurricular activities, the operation of the AFA, and respond to those questions and doubts of the families of future students that are not reflected on its website.
In addition, many centers invite students from higher education courses to share their experience at the school or institute and, in addition, to guide the families who attend the open day on their tour of the center.
In the open days the management and part of the teaching staff of the center explain the educational project, the methodologies used in the classroom, what the students' learning process is like and what philosophy the school follows. This face-to-face meeting allows you to have first-hand information, a direct and exclusive experience with the professionals from the school or institute. It also allows us to know if the faculty has teaching experience, if there is a lot of rotation and if it has international teaching staff.
During the open days, guided tours are held of all the school facilities, spaces that are not normally open to families, such as laboratories, meeting rooms, dining rooms, kitchens, changing rooms or the management office itself. Visiting the classrooms, the gym, the multipurpose spaces, the sports courts, etc., allows you to get an idea of how the center works and what activities it carries out.
These days usually have the participation and involvement of students and teachers so, although a normal day at school is not recreated, you can appreciate the profile of the students and teachers, the complicity between the two and the good harmony in the Event organization.
It is a good time to talk to other families who are also looking for a school, ask them what other centers they have visited, what their opinion is, what they value... The point of view of other families helps to have more information and to analyze aspects that had not been taken into account. consider. It also allows you to see which family profile is interested in a certain educational center and assess whether the son or daughter – and the family – would fit.
