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INSTITUTE FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN (ZSSM), LJUBLJANA ( November 2013 ). The law. Parnets hand in a application form to The National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia.
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INSTITUTE FOR BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN (ZSSM), LJUBLJANA(November 2013)
The law • Parnets hand in a application form to The National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. • A commission tests a child – in a decisionit is set: school, special equipment, hours of special help (school, Institue), ways of testing, adaptations needed ... • School contacts Institue for blind and partially sighted, if a child is not accepted at our school.
OUR WORK • Kindergarten, • Elementary school, • Secondary school, • Inclusion.
Itinerary teacher – coordinator in inclusive classroom Children (aged 0 to 19) from: • Ljubljana, • Gorenjska, • Koroška, • Primorska, • Štajerska , • Prekmurje, • Dolenjska.
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO Advisingtheteachers, schoolcounsellors, headmasters; Class – observations;
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO • Test of the sight; • Giving information about novelties (books, laws, new instruments ...); • Helping to get special equipment (computers, magnifiers ...);
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO • Lectures for the teachers – test of the sight, • Lectures for the students, • Workshops for the students and the teachers,
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO • Individual work with a child; • Monitoring child`s progress (school, special education, as personality);
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO • Preparing teachers for the blind and visually impaired student (class); • Preparing the kindergartens, schools, parents, child for the change (level). • Helping with decisions for elementary, secondary school;
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO • Organizing special learning hours (orientation, computer skills, typing, self-help);
IN THE SCHOOL WE GO TO • School meetings for setting an individual program for the child (3-times a year – ip, evaluation of ip, evaluation of ip and new goals); • Other: • help at home, • counseling to other after school teachers (sports, music ...), • ...
IN THE SCHOOL and AT HOME • Workingwithparents (e-mail); • Writingreportsfornationaltests (at theendof 2nd, 3rd triad and at endofsecondaryschool);
IN THE SCHOOL and AT HOME • Invitations to workshops, meetings, lectures, camps organized by ZSSM or other institutions;
AT OUR INTITUTE We take care of: • KINDERGARTEN, • SCHOOL, • ACTIVITIES FOR INCLUSION, • DORMITORY.
AT OUR INSTITUTE • Organizing workshops and lectures for parents and children (pre-school– high-school);
AT OUR INSTITUTE • Working on different projects, conferences (OPTIC – an Inclusive classroom, ESS – Early language teaching, A creative and effective learning environment for the blind and visually impaired, Early intervention ...).
+ in this job • A great deal of variety. • You respond when needed. • You stay in the classrom as long as you want. • A real environment (more than 3 hours). • Instant advice. • Constant contact with a child, parents, teachers. • Children: “Itinerary teacher = my friend”. • You can help other children too.
- In this job • Teacherscangetyouwrong (a burden, control, inspection). • School`s willofcooperation (to muchwork, responsibility). • Parents` willofcooperation (school, environment, facingtheirownfears). • School: “Itineraryteacher = wehave to work”. • A lot oftraveling (20 – 400 km / day, up to 5 hours in a car, up to 12 hoursawayfrom home).
How to get the best of it? • Cooperation: child, parents, school, itinerary teacher. • Environment (schoolmates, class organisation). • Doing your job, homework, reaching the goals. • Feel, understand the other person. • Working for life not for one lesson. • Learn!