Colegio Concertado Vicente Medina
We began our journey in education in September of the 85/86 school year. Previously, we had legally constituted ourselves as a non-profit Cooperative Society. This means that all cooperative members are both owners and workers of our Company, participating in the operation of our Center in solidarity. Currently, the cooperative comprises twenty-one members. Seven contracted teachers also work with us, fulfilling all the educational needs of the different educational stages. This spirit of collaboration and mutual aid is considered the basic principle of education and learning in our school life. We are a Concerted Center, supported with public funds through the Educational Concerts system. We are associated with UCOERM (Union of Educational Cooperatives of the Region of Murcia), an entity that works for our interests and to improve the quality of our education day by day. At the same time, we belong to UCOMUR (Union of Cooperatives of Murcia), where all Cooperatives from the various professions in our Community are represented.
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PARTNER ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION
ID: E10293225
Legal Name: Colegio Vicente Medina, Sociedad Cooperativa
Country: Spain
PROFILE
public body: NO
non-profit: YES
Type: School/Institute/Educational centre – General education (secondary level)
Background
Our school is a worker cooperative, made up of 32 members and 14 contracted teachers. A total of 638 pupils study at our school, from infant school, where they start at the age of 3, up to secondary school, where they finish at the age of 15. This spirit of collaboration and mutual help is considered to be the basic principle of education and learning in our school life. We are a state-subsidised school, supported by public funds, through the system of Educational Agreements. We are members of UCOERM (Unión de Cooperativas de Enseñanza de la Región de Murcia), an organisation that works for our interests and for the quality of our teaching to improve day by day. At the same time, we belong to UCOMUR (Union of Cooperatives of Murcia) where all the Cooperatives of the different professions of our Community are represented. We are an ethical, independent and non-doctrinaire school, we educate for equality and help to compensate for social inequalities. We are an inclusive school, neither selective nor competitive. We have a democratic and participative school management model. Apart from educating our pupils, we also offer them various services such as the Concilia service for the conciliation of work and family life, the canteen service and various extracurricular activities such as volleyball, rhythmic gymnastics, football...
Experience
Our school has participated in many regional computer science Olympiad competitions with very good results in both programming and robotics. In fact, this year, apart from the OIRM, we are also participating in a robotics competition organised by the Museum of Science and Water of Murcia. The teachers participating in the project are two computer engineers, a chemist and a building engineer. All of them are teachers of mathematics, technology, physics, chemistry, biology and geology. The school has a computer room with 20 computers. We also have a number of tablets so that students can carry out different practices. Thanks to the Regional Ministry of Education of the Region of Murcia we also have a great broadband internet connection through the connected schools project.