This morning at work Jenny and I had a nice talk with the music teacher, "Chauny." Many Spaniards know English very well, but are nervous to speak and will therefore only speak to you in Spanish. I have definitely experienced this, but "Chauny" is great because it is clear she does not care if she makes mistakes with her grammar or vocabulary, she wants to practice. She has been helping to design our schedule along with several other teachers in the school. Today she explained that as "auxiliaries de conversación" aside from teaching we will also help the teachers to design the curriculum and to translate what they already have into English if they have not done so already.
Chauny also shed light on our role in the school (we are employed by the Junta de Andalucia and therefore a "project" of theirs). While she thinks the concept is very important she told us that she does not like the way the project is being carried out. She thinks it is extremely disorganized or like, "swimming with no direction." She said that when CEIP Blas Infante volunteered to have this program in their school the Junta said they would give them all new computers and paper etc. However, this has not happened yet. Since it is a fairly new program at CEIP Blas Infante (only three years), I knew there were definitely going to be some organizational challenges and obstacles. I told Chauny that we understand and it will be our job to prepare for anything, be flexible and take initiative. A big part of our position is to be creative. I consider this to be one of my strengths so I am actually looking forward something coming up last minute and figuring out a way to improvise.
By 2012 all schools in Andalucia will have "auxiliares de conversación."
Chauny also shed light on our role in the school (we are employed by the Junta de Andalucia and therefore a "project" of theirs). While she thinks the concept is very important she told us that she does not like the way the project is being carried out. She thinks it is extremely disorganized or like, "swimming with no direction." She said that when CEIP Blas Infante volunteered to have this program in their school the Junta said they would give them all new computers and paper etc. However, this has not happened yet. Since it is a fairly new program at CEIP Blas Infante (only three years), I knew there were definitely going to be some organizational challenges and obstacles. I told Chauny that we understand and it will be our job to prepare for anything, be flexible and take initiative. A big part of our position is to be creative. I consider this to be one of my strengths so I am actually looking forward something coming up last minute and figuring out a way to improvise.
By 2012 all schools in Andalucia will have "auxiliares de conversación."
Ekke, not a good sign that it has taken that long to get technology into the school. Well I guess this is country life...far from the maddening crowd, so the saying goes. Teaching is very hands on and can be very low tech, so to the chalk board you go
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