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We are the best ally of multigrade rural teachers.

From teacher to teacher

A platform by teachers for teachers. We are a community of multigrade teachers who support each other, connect, share best practices, and make rural education visible.

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Who we are

Colombiando is a non-profit organization that, since 2022, has been researching how to be the best ally of multigrade rural teachers. We currently co-create educational projects with rural teachers from multigrade schools in remote areas of the country with the goal of supporting them in their teaching practice.

¿Sabes qué es una escuela rural multigrado?

Es una escuela en donde un sólo profesor enseña simultáneamente a estudiantes de diferentes grados en un mismo salón.

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We invite you to discover this multigrade rural classroom

This image reflects the heart of a multigrade rural school: a living classroom where learning, challenges, and dreams come together, told from the voice of those who teach there every day.

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Students of all ages support each other a lot
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Here I teach as best I can subjects that are not my strength
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Students respect different learning paces
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The school is a main part of the community
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During recess there are play spaces among students of different ages
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The first to arrive and last to leave, the jack-of-all-trades, the psychologist as well as the teacher
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They take care of each other a lot
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I have to plan classes for Spanish, mathematics, social sciences, natural sciences, geography, history, peace studies, Afro studies, geometry, statistics, English, literacy, computer science, religion…
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There is so much love for the school and interest in learning
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We still don't have bathrooms at school and we don't have electricity either
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They recognize me for being a teacher
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I have students from Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grade
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I have never received training on how to teach a multigrade classroom
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It's March and this year's textbooks haven't arrived yet
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The principal hasn't come in the last 2 years
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The textbook model doesn't exist for all classes