consejo curso

English translation: (termly) assessment meeting

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Spanish term or phrase:consejo curso
English translation:(termly) assessment meeting
Entered by: Charles Davis

20:29 Jan 31, 2018
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
Spanish term or phrase: consejo curso
No dispongo de mucho contexto. Estoy traduciendo una boleta (boletín de calificaciones, report card) venezolana al inglés (EE.UU.). La boleta tiene una columna con los nombres de las materias o asignaturas y a cada materia le corresponden los datos que aparecen bajo los siguientes títulos:

Inasistencias
Conducta
Calificación parcial 1 (o calificación del primer parcial o examen parcial)
Calificación parcial 2 (o calificación del segundo parcial o examen parcial)
Evaluación continua
70 %
Evaluación de lapso (o examen trimestral o examen de fin de trimestre)
30 %
Calificación del lapso (suma del 70 % de la evaluación continua y el 30 % de la nota del examen de lapso)
**Consejo curso** (supongo que significa consejo de curso)
Promedio sección (promedio de la sección)
Definitiva lapso 1 (nota definitiva del primer lapso o primer trimestre)
Promedio sección
Definitiva lapso 2 (nota definitiva del segundo lapso o segundo trimestre)
Promedio sección
Definitiva lapso 3 (nota definitiva del tercer lapso o tercer trimestre)
Promedio sección
Calificación definitiva

Cuando aparecen datos en dichas columnas, todos son datos numéricos. En **consejo curso** dice 02 en Física y en Ciencias Biológicas. No tengo ni idea de a qué se puede referir. La chica tiene notas excelentes en todas las materias, pero las más bajas son las de estas dos asignaturas (igual no son bajas, pero tiene promedio de 18,40 en base a 20 y sacó 16 y 15 en estas asignaturas). No sé si tendrá algo que ver.

Los comentarios entre paréntesis son míos, no aparecen en el documento.

Muchas gracias por sus sugerencias
Yvonne Becker
Local time: 19:43
(termly) assessment meeting
Explanation:
Hi Yvonne. Sorry not to have answered before; I had a quick look when the question was posted but didn't have time to put together a proper answer and then forgot about it.

The meaning of "consejo de curso" in Chile and Venezuela is completely different, and Chilean references are irrelevant here. In Venezuelan schools it refers to the meetings held at the end of each term to finalise the grades for that term for all students of a given level. These meetings are presumably of teachers, but perhaps there are also student or parent representatives present; I don't know. It reminds me of the "conseils de classe" in the French school my sons attended, which similarly reviewed and confirmed the results for the term and did have representatives of pupils and parents present.

"Curso" in Venezuelan schools seems to mean "level", in terms of primary, secondary, etc. "Sección" generally seems to mean a year group or part of a year group, either a single class or a group of classes.

So the "consejo de curso" has the grades for all the students and is in a position to determine the "promedio de la sección": the average grades of all students in each "section". It can also, in principle, determine the ranking order of students in each "section" for that term. I suspect that 02 in Physics and Biological Sciences could refer to the student's ranking order in those subjects: that the student got the second best grades in the section for those subjects. An alternative possibility is that 02 refers to extra points given at the meeting of the "consejo de curso".

Here are some references from Venezuelan schools:

"Curso: Educación Primaria
.............Educación Media General

Actividades Programadas....I Lapso...........II Lapso...........III Lapso
[...]
Consejo de Docentes..........14/09/2016....13/01/2017.....05/05/2017
Consejo de Curso...............03/12/2016.....27/04/2017....27/06/2017
.........................................04/12/2016.....28/04/2017....28/06/2017
[...]
http://www.colegio.com.ve/AAA/A041/Titulos/cronograma 201620...

So "consejo de curso" is an event held on a given date, and on a termly basis. Its function is to confirm the definitive evaluation of students, as is clear from the following:

"ART 36: DEBERES Y GARANTIAS DE LOS ALUMNOS
[...]
9. Ser evaluado apropiadamente y a solicitar reconsideración de las actividades de evaluación cuando considere que existen inconsistencias o dudas en cada asignatura, antes de llegar al Consejo de Curso."
http://uepdrjosemanuelnunezponte.com.ve/deberesyderechos.htm...

This one is particularly interesting:

"3.1.1. Al alumno que apruebe la asignatura con un promedio mayor o igual a los 16,0 pts. se le otorgará al finalizar el lapso en el Consejo de Curso un punto adicional en la definitiva de otra asignatura . Y quien apruebe con un promedio mayor o igual a los 18,0 pts obtendrá dos puntos adicionales."
https://www.colegiosanignacio.com.ve/portal/csi/index.php/co...

I hope that helps a bit.

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Note added at 1 day 14 hrs (2018-02-02 10:55:58 GMT)
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Here's another reference which shows that the "consejo de curso" includes consideration of extra-curricular activities. At this school the responsibilities of the "Docente Guía" include:

"6. Conocer las labores que desarrollan los alumnos en las actividades complementarias o extra cátedras, a fin de llevar registro en el Libro u Hojas de Vida, y poder suministrar información necesaria en el Consejo de curso.
[...]
9. Convocar y presidir con el Coordinador de Control de Estudios y Evaluación el Consejo de Curso, para estudiar las calificaciones parciales y el comportamiento de los alumnos, con vista a efectuarse los reajustes necesarios."
http://cosafam.org.ve/new_home/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AC...
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Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 01:43
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Muchísimas gracias. Creo que es efectivamente esto.
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Summary of answers provided
4(termly) assessment meeting
Charles Davis
3academic advisement
Anthony Mazzorana (X)
2study program(me) orientation
Taña Dalglish
Summary of reference entries provided
Refs.
Taña Dalglish

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academic advisement


Explanation:
Sounds to me like it's what we would call an academic advisement period. Depending on the school, grade level, etc., it is sometimes built right in to a student's schedule. Taña's references are good ones. If it has specifically to do with those relatively lower grades, then it might also be called academic support, but that would be heavily dependent on what happens in that class. So maybe finding the meaning of "02 en Fisica y Ciencias Biológicas" would be helpful. Maybe she received tutoring for those two classes.

Anthony Mazzorana (X)
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1 day 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
study program(me) orientation


Explanation:
Education System Chile - Nuffic
https://www.nuffic.nl/en/publications/find-a-publication/edu...
necessarily mean that all of the learning outcomes associated with these levels have been achieved. • Information on the Dutch ... is issued by SBB, the foundation for Co-operation on Vocational Education, Training and the Labour Market. Education .... consejo de curso (study programme orientation). • religión ( religion).

lengua castellana y comunicación (Spanish language and communication)

idioma extranjero (foreign language)

matemática (mathematics)

historia y ciencias sociales (history and social sciences)

filosofia y psicologia (philosophy and psychology)

biologia (biology)

fisica (physics)

quimica (chemistry)

artes visuales o artes musicales (art or music education)

educación física (physical education)


​*****​consejo de curso (study programme orientation)​*****​
religión (religion)

Taña Dalglish
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Local time: 18:43
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(termly) assessment meeting


Explanation:
Hi Yvonne. Sorry not to have answered before; I had a quick look when the question was posted but didn't have time to put together a proper answer and then forgot about it.

The meaning of "consejo de curso" in Chile and Venezuela is completely different, and Chilean references are irrelevant here. In Venezuelan schools it refers to the meetings held at the end of each term to finalise the grades for that term for all students of a given level. These meetings are presumably of teachers, but perhaps there are also student or parent representatives present; I don't know. It reminds me of the "conseils de classe" in the French school my sons attended, which similarly reviewed and confirmed the results for the term and did have representatives of pupils and parents present.

"Curso" in Venezuelan schools seems to mean "level", in terms of primary, secondary, etc. "Sección" generally seems to mean a year group or part of a year group, either a single class or a group of classes.

So the "consejo de curso" has the grades for all the students and is in a position to determine the "promedio de la sección": the average grades of all students in each "section". It can also, in principle, determine the ranking order of students in each "section" for that term. I suspect that 02 in Physics and Biological Sciences could refer to the student's ranking order in those subjects: that the student got the second best grades in the section for those subjects. An alternative possibility is that 02 refers to extra points given at the meeting of the "consejo de curso".

Here are some references from Venezuelan schools:

"Curso: Educación Primaria
.............Educación Media General

Actividades Programadas....I Lapso...........II Lapso...........III Lapso
[...]
Consejo de Docentes..........14/09/2016....13/01/2017.....05/05/2017
Consejo de Curso...............03/12/2016.....27/04/2017....27/06/2017
.........................................04/12/2016.....28/04/2017....28/06/2017
[...]
http://www.colegio.com.ve/AAA/A041/Titulos/cronograma 201620...

So "consejo de curso" is an event held on a given date, and on a termly basis. Its function is to confirm the definitive evaluation of students, as is clear from the following:

"ART 36: DEBERES Y GARANTIAS DE LOS ALUMNOS
[...]
9. Ser evaluado apropiadamente y a solicitar reconsideración de las actividades de evaluación cuando considere que existen inconsistencias o dudas en cada asignatura, antes de llegar al Consejo de Curso."
http://uepdrjosemanuelnunezponte.com.ve/deberesyderechos.htm...

This one is particularly interesting:

"3.1.1. Al alumno que apruebe la asignatura con un promedio mayor o igual a los 16,0 pts. se le otorgará al finalizar el lapso en el Consejo de Curso un punto adicional en la definitiva de otra asignatura . Y quien apruebe con un promedio mayor o igual a los 18,0 pts obtendrá dos puntos adicionales."
https://www.colegiosanignacio.com.ve/portal/csi/index.php/co...

I hope that helps a bit.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 day 14 hrs (2018-02-02 10:55:58 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Here's another reference which shows that the "consejo de curso" includes consideration of extra-curricular activities. At this school the responsibilities of the "Docente Guía" include:

"6. Conocer las labores que desarrollan los alumnos en las actividades complementarias o extra cátedras, a fin de llevar registro en el Libro u Hojas de Vida, y poder suministrar información necesaria en el Consejo de curso.
[...]
9. Convocar y presidir con el Coordinador de Control de Estudios y Evaluación el Consejo de Curso, para estudiar las calificaciones parciales y el comportamiento de los alumnos, con vista a efectuarse los reajustes necesarios."
http://cosafam.org.ve/new_home/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/AC...

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Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
http://ilosproceres.blogspot.com/2017/06/consejo-de-curso-3e...
***Consejo de Curso** 3er Lapso 2016-2017 - Discusión de Notas

Por medio de la presente se informa que mañana 14 de junio de 2017 será el CONSEJO DE CURSO del 3er Lapso en sus respectivos espacios habituales a las 7:00am

Por tal motivo mañana los estudiantes de Media General y Media técnica NO TENDRÁN ACTIVIDADES ACADÉMICAS.

Reanudándose el Jueves 15 de Junio de 2017, que deberan venir a las 7:00am para revisar sus calificaciones Finales y de haber alguna observación hacer el reclamo respectiva (Discusion de Notas), luego serán despachados a las 8:30am

Solo tendremos actividades especiales con los estudiantes de 5to año de Ciencias y Humanidades.



https://www.ashoka.org/en/fellow/sebastián-marambio
Sebastián seeks to change Chile’s educational system so that students’ passion and desire to learn are awakened through creative learning. Sebastián equips students with skills that support both academic achievement and psychological well-being. He does this through ***Consejo de Curso, a series of education programs** that build upon children’s natural curiosity and desire to learn while positioning education as the opportunity to create life-long learners.

He is leading an effort to make summer a time of learning for young people. This is done through Consejo de Curso, a program which brings together children and young people between 7 and 18 years of age to spend their summers engaged in fun and challenging learning experiences. Consejo de Curso is modeling a new type of learning environment in Chile, where the approach to education remains traditional and yet struggles to produce results.


Sebastián is changing the learning experience for young people by making it a highly engaging, project-based, collaborative experience that broadens young people’s horizons and motivates and equips them to be lifelong learners. Sebastián is likewise changing the teaching experience by inviting and rigorously selecting professionals of all areas to spend their summer teaching something they are passionate about. This is done in ways that develop cognitive and social-emotional skills in the students. Furthermore, by bringing together students from different socioeconomic realities, Consejo de Curso successfully breaks down barriers in Chile's highly segregated society.

For Sebastián, creates the best space for a laboratory, an untapped opportunity not just to reverse learning loss but to model a radically different way of teaching and learning. Using his program as a model, Sebastián is working with the government to develop policies that encourage and incentivize summer learning opportunities nationally. He also recognizes, however, that most of students' learning time is during the school year, and is thus working to change the conversation about education more broadly. He is bringing his new model into classrooms by leveraging an existing yet unused regulatory opening that allows public schools in Chile autonomy over twenty percent of their class time. He has started working with schools to use this time to implement the Consejo de Curso approach to teaching and learning.

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https://www.google.com.jm/search?q=Chile "Consejo de curso" ...

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https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED046812.pdf
The liceo común, or general secondary school, offers 6 years of
humanistic and scientific subjects in a compulsory basic general course
(plan común), which includes during the entire 6 years one hour weekly
of counseling or guidance (consejo de curso) and during the third year
3 hours weekly of electives (plan variable). Pupils who are not going
on to higher education must have part of these electives in prevocational
orientation. Pupils who do plan to go into higher education
take during their sixth year 18 extra hours weekly in certain specialized
courses (plan diferenciado).


https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED046812.pdf (page 44)
Consejo de curso > Course [vocational] counseling

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 245

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Charles Davis: Hi Taña. Fine for Chile, but "consejo de curso" has a completely different meaning in Venezuela.
1 day 12 hrs
  -> Thanks. My bad, I did not read "venezolana" at all!
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