Vermont School (Redcol)
(+57) (4) 5 20 60 60 - 5 20 93 70
- Ages
- 1-17 yrs
- Curricula
- Colombian Curriculum, Highscope Curriculum (Preschool), International Baccalaureate, U.S. Currículum (Cognia accredited)
- Languages
- Bilingual (English/Spanish), Mandarin
About
Vermont School offers an international education focused on critical thinking, moral development, and learning conceived in light of the resources offered by modern technology. All this is in order to meet the needs of children and young people who in the twenty-first century will be committed to the transformation of society, the environment, and the country, within the global context.
Reason to Believe:
We care: our curricula include leadership development, environmental understanding, and social entrepreneurship.
We inspire: our school is associated with the most innovative organizations in teaching and learning, allowing the teacher and the student to bring the world into the classroom to understand and transform it.
We shine: our students have the power of inner motivation, take decisive and independent actions to achieve their goals and to be an inspiring example in the environment in which they find themselves.
We explore: Our educational environments allow us to create transformative learning experiences where the teaching experience and the vision of our students converge.
Santiago José Castro Agudelo
Headteacher
Santiago graduated with a Bachelors of Political Scientce and History from the Universidad de los Andes, a Masters of Political Studies from the Universidad Javeriana, a Masters of Business Administration from the Universidad Sergio Arboleda, an Executive MBA from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, and graduated from the Program of High Business Management of INALDE – Universidad de la Sabana.
In 2014, he was named one of the 30 leaders under 30 years of age by Semana magazine. He was also recognized as one of the 100 most important managers in Colombia by the Gerente Magazine in the academic category in 2018. He was a fellow of the OAS, the FAES Foundation of Spain and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation of Germany for the promotion of leadership and democracy.
He has over 15 years of experience in education in both Colombia and Mexico, promoting transformative and innovative processes in learning.
