Local capacity to improve academic performance in Mexico | Yo quiero yo puedo
Local capacity to improve academic performance in Mexico
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Área primaria 
Education
Modalidad 
Strengthening
Duración 
2007 to 2010
Prioridades del proyecto 
School drop out
Alcance 
State
Ubicación 
Aguacalientes y Guanajuato
Programas implementados 
I want to, I can … develop my talents and be successful
Build teachers' and parents' psychosocial skills and competencies to improve student interactions in the classroom and at home, ultimately improving school performance.
Project objectives
Design manuals for teachers and parents with a life skills training approach, building on new research on teaching and learning processes.
Establish institutional partnerships to implement the program at the school level in each of the participating states.
Train teachers and parents through workshops aimed at developing life skills and updating teaching methods, reinforced with site visits.
Train students over the course of a school year, through teachers replicating the program with their students.
Evaluate the impact of the program on life skills, family-school relationship and academic performance, utilizing a randomized design and control group.
Achievements
3,510
students in grades 1-6
1,429
parents
240
teachers trained in 40-hour workshops
Results
+11%
increase in students' self-awareness and self-efficacy
+8%
increase in organizational skills, responsibility and task performance
+26%
increase in parents' participation in their children's school activities

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Área primaria 
Education
Modalidad 
Strengthening
Duración 
2007 to 2010
Prioridades del proyecto 
School drop out
Alcance 
State
Ubicación 
Aguacalientes y Guanajuato
Programas implementados 
I want to, I can … develop my talents and be successful

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