The program is held at the Iberoamericana Jesuit University in Puebla, Mexico. Faculty for the program comes from both St. Mary's and the Iberoamericana. Two St. Mary's Faculty members teach two classes apiece in their respective disciplines. Ibero faculty offer two classes and a practicum for teacher education students in the Jesuit High Schol or elementary school in Puebla as a teacher's aide to a Mexican Teacher. Students participating in the program can take up to six classes, mostly from the Core Curriculum.
Students live with Mexican families with two students to a family and share in their daily routine.
The families are selected, monitored and administered by the Iberoamericana University. Most of the families have been hosting our students for several years and are well aware of the needs of our students. For Teacher Education majors, or prospective majors, an observation practicum with a Mexican teacher at the Jesuit elementary or high school in Puebla is also available.