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Job-Shadowing at a French primary school<br />
Comenius In-Service Training<br />
Institutions involved:<br />
Thematic Field: ECEC<br />
Ecole Primaire Dacier-Angers (France), Direzione Didattica Pallavicino, Palermo (Italy)<br />
Key words: Staff competences, Content, Quality<br />
Description:<br />
Scelfo Donatella, a teacher working at a pre-primary school in Italy did a jobshadowing<br />
activity at Ecole Primaire Dacier in Angers (France). Both involved schools<br />
were already working together in a Comenius partnership, which allowed for a very<br />
good preparation of the training activity and a strong impact on teacher, host and<br />
home institution.<br />
The Italian teacher had the possibility to compare and share various methodologies<br />
of teaching small children; she worked together with the French teachers from the<br />
host institution in various "didactic atelier" with children of pre-primary schools.<br />
Some of the activities were also carried out in mixed groups of children (pre-primary<br />
and primary) in order to facilitate the "continuity" of didactic exercises and allow<br />
children to be better integrated in the school environment. The experience was<br />
considered by the beneficiary to be excellent and with an important impact on her<br />
professional life but also on the home institution.<br />
After the Job-Shadowing, the teacher was able to meet the needs of her school by<br />
developing small units of action to face problems related to management of<br />
differentiated teaching methodologies within the same class, management of<br />
timetables and activities respecting programmes as well as collaboration and<br />
communication with students’ families.<br />
Furthermore, among the results figured an assessment procedure and preparation of<br />
more readable, easy and effective documents to evaluate pre-primary schools<br />
and continuity and collaboration among different classes (in perspective of “vertical<br />
didactical continuity” within the school). After the Job-Shadowing the beneficiary<br />
prepared a presentation with detailed description of the host school, consequent<br />
activities concerning the organisation of school and the working with parents which<br />
was published on the school website and on the website of the schools' network in<br />
which the institute is participating.<br />
Duration:<br />
One week in 2010<br />
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