The International School Nido de Aguilas

The school provides a comprehensive guidance and counseling program delivered by a qualified team to support students' social, emotional, academic, career, and global development. The guiding principle is to meet students' learning needs in a responsive, collaborative, and inclusive environment so they can be successful socially, emotionally, and academically. Counselors provide short-term, solution-focused counseling and programming to support student well-being, including small group sessions, family workshops, and referrals to external providers as needed. The program follows a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework that prioritizes prevention and advocacy. Counseling emphasizes developing social-emotional skills that can be applied to personal and intrapersonal situations, with a strong emphasis on building rapport between counselors and students.

The Learning Support Program provides ongoing academic support to students with identified learning challenges. It offers skill-based interventions addressing reading, written expression, math, executive functioning, and social and sensory needs to remove barriers to learning. Support is provided inside and outside regular classes, with a Learning Lab in Middle and High School to remediate skills and build executive functioning. All learners have individualized learning support plans, and a Personal Learning Assistant may be arranged at the family's expense for ongoing 1:1 support. The Learning Resource Center on campus provides access to external Occupational and Speech Therapy services; these services are paid by families and may be reimbursed by health plans; staff are private contractors. The school admits a managed number of learners with mild to moderate learning and social-emotional/behavioral needs.

The school offers English as an Additional Language (EAL) to help students develop proficient social and academic English. The EAL program uses a blended service delivery model that combines small-group language instruction with scaffolded in-class content support. EAL specialists collaborate with classroom teachers to adapt instruction and provide targeted support across all four domains of literacy: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Early Years (PK–K1) classrooms are designed to support learners new to English; Elementary (K2–5) provides in-class or outside support, including an EAL Academy in Grades 4–5; Middle & High School (6–12) offer an EAL Academy or English for Academic Purposes. This program has an additional fee.

Nido's Guidance and Counseling Team delivers a comprehensive developmental counseling program, working in partnership with students, families, and staff. The guiding principle is to meet students' individual learning needs in a responsive, collaborative, and inclusive environment so students can be successful socially, emotionally, and academically. The school's counselors provide short-term, solution-focused counseling and programming to support the well-being of all students, including small group sessions, family workshops, and referrals to external providers as needed. Counseling follows a Multi-Tiered Systems of Support framework, with emphasis on prevention and advocacy. Counseling helps students name their strengths and develop social-emotional skills that apply to personal and intrapersonal situations.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of students, ensuring a safe environment for learning. Measures include annual training on child protection awareness and procedures, background checks for all employees, clear reporting and responding procedures in line with the Chilean Ministry of Education and international best practices, and a Designated Safeguarding Lead coordinating safeguarding efforts with regular audits and reviews. Any questions about safeguarding can be directed to the Designated Safeguarding Lead at safe@nido.cl. The school collaborates with external specialists and local authorities as necessary.