“Without trust and love, there can be no good education”
San Juan Bosco
MISSION
We are an educational center that promotes the teaching and learning of Spanish as a foreign language. We want to promote a more open society in which essential values are never forgotten. Our mission is grouped into the following points:
• Bring Spanish to all parts of the world.
• Make the student feel part of the Elcano family.
• Provide quality programs for Spanish students.
• Promote the integration and participation of students in the life of the school.
• Encourage participation in extracurricular activities for the purpose of a holistic teaching of the Spanish language.
• Create a more tolerant and just society by learning a foreign language.
VISION
The goal of our center is to seekacademic excellence. For this reason and taking into account the challenges of today’s world, we have a very clear vision that guides us and that is summarized in the following points:
• Bring Spanish to all parts of the world.
• Make the student feel part of the Elcano family.
• Promote active, autonomous and functional learning.
• Promote the Elcano School through advertising campaigns, fairs and social media presence.
• Expand and improve the centre’s infrastructure and facilities.
• Create a more tolerant and just society by learning a foreign language.
EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES AND VALUES
In 2010 we opened our doors, driven by the love of language and Hispanic culture, and since then the main goal has been to get Spanish to all corners of the world through students who are doing a Spanish program for foreigners with us.
During the 10 years of operation of the school we have maintained our commitment and academic solidity through excellent teaching-learning of ELE. This, together with our thoughtful and attentive attitude to change, has allowed us to self-evaluate, develop and make continuous improvements and changes in order to achieve educational excellence. In this sense, the Center’s Curriculum Plan is for the center the cornerstone for the integration of academic and business life, the linkage of teaching and non-teaching activity, as well as the stimulation of our own internal training. Therefore, we pursue a single objective: to satisfy the needs and expectations of the people who come to our center, thus making the student the axis of the whole process.
Today we have been able to establish an identity on the basis of principles that make us unique and different from other schools. This academic and business identity, as far as ELE teaching is concerned, has been built thanks to close and direct contact with students, constant training and curiosity, teamwork and the frequent exchange of knowledge between colleagues from the different departments that make up the school. This, accompanied by an attractive cultural and social environment, has facilitated the understanding of what we are, within our closest geographical and professional space.
