Excited, nervous, prepared with a new wardrobe and an information level
equals to zero I'm looking forward to my first day at work. Tomorrow I'm having
my first day at GEMS Welling Academy (WA) as a Learning Support Specialist
(LSS)!
I'm expecting that I in the upcoming school year
will work with 2-3 students with some kind of special needs. I could be general
concentration problems and learning disability among students, could be kids
with diagnoses like ADHD or maybe Autism/Asperger - that is at least my
understanding. I'm expecting an established team and a professional organization
from my experiences with GEMS WA so far. I'm looking forward to motivate and support students who is academically behind their year-group average, to help them structure their daily school life and follow their progress. I'm looking forward to know how this school system is working, what about the teaching methods, teachers and different policies? Who will be my new colleagues and how will I fit in? Do I personally agree or disagree with the schools way of handling different situations and how will my own opinions develop through this meeting with one of the biggest school systems in the Middle East?
