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Colombia, Bogota
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The school implements the RULER social-emotional learning program from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, adopted since the 2022-2023 academic year. The program promotes recognizing and managing emotions and improves student well-being and classroom climate. SHINE, the schools approach, focuses on nurturing the inner self and personal development as part of the educational project. Emotional intelligence is integrated into student development, with teachers playing a central role in supporting socio-emotional growth. The curriculum supports the development of social, emotional, spiritual, ethical, and interpersonal competencies across the learning experience.
The school has a special educational needs policy. It identifies and eliminates barriers to learning and participation and develops targeted action plans to support wellbeing. Needs may derive from acute or chronic medical conditions, physical or sensory disabilities, learning difficulties, attention difficulties, or hyperactivity. The school provides individualized learning plans and adjustments to support access to learning. The school collaborates with external specialists as needed to tailor support.
The Learning Center provides targeted support to students with English language learning needs. It aims to help students master essential strategies and develop linguistic and cognitive skills to learn effectively in their second language. Support is delivered through sessions with the language department and small group sessions. The school coordinates with the foreign languages department to support students inside and outside the classroom.
The school has a wellbeing and mental health policy. It also maintains a safeguarding policy to protect students. The school supports wellbeing through a formal governance framework and has a School Convivence Committee to promote citizenship rights and to prevent violence and adolescent pregnancy among students.
The school has a safeguarding and child protection policy. The policy is available on the school website and is part of the broader safeguarding framework, which includes the School Convivence Committee aimed at promoting safety and protecting the rights and wellbeing of students.
Colegio Santa Francisca Romana, in Bogotá, Colombia, is part of the Cognita family of schools. The campus serves students aged 3 to 17 and offers the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (DP), the American curriculum, and a bespoke Colombian program. In the DP, 11th and 12th graders study six subject groups: Language and Literature (Spanish); Language Acquisition (English) at Higher Level; Individuals and Societies (History/Global Politics); Sciences (Biology or Environmental Systems and Societies); Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation; and an Arts or elective (Philosophy, Global Politics or French). The DP core covers Theory of Knowledge, the Extended Essay (Monografía) and Creativity, Activity and Service. In the later DP years, courses from the national curriculum accompany the Diploma, and French is available through DELF with Orientation Professional – ICFES. The school emphasizes well-being, uses modern classrooms with technology, and provides spaces for sport and recreation. It offers a triple diploma—American, international and Colombian—and linguistic immersion programs with the UK, France, Canada and the United States. Transport is included.
