ROMSKA POMONICA NA O OB RINI

ROMA ASSISTANT AT PRIMARY SCHOOLLILICA MAJERAPRIL, 2012Slovenia

Prepared by: Petra Poje (mentor) and Lili Majer (Roma assistant)

1I WORK IN TWO SCHOOLSPRIMARY SCHOOLO OB RINI (16 Roma attending)

PRIMARY SCHOOL WITH ADJUSTED PROGRAMME (11 Roma attending)

2I SHARE A STUDY WITH OTHER TEACHERSTABLECABINETCOMPUTER, PRINTER

3MY WORKSPACECLASS-ROOM

A SPECIAL ROOM FOR TEACHING AID

4MY WORK TEACHING AID FOR ROMA PUPILS

5MY WORKTO HELP THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER

6MY WORKCREATIVE WORKSHOPS WITH PUPILS

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11MY WORKTAKING CARE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE OF THE PUPILS IN SCHOOL(WASHING, GETTING CLOTHES FROM THE RED CROSS)

12MY WORKVISITING PARENTS AND CHILDREN AT THEIR HOME

13MY WORKDEVELOPMENT OF ROMANY CULTURE AND LANGUAGE LEADING AN AFTER-SCHOOL DANCE CLUB ORIENTAL DANCE

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15MY WORKINTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY ON APRIL THE 8th (WORKSHOPS, CEREMONY)

16MY WORKREADING ROMANY FAIRY TALES, STORIES, POEMS

17MY WORKPERFORMANCES WITH ROMA AND NON-ROMA PUPILS

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PERFORMANCES WITH ROMA AND NON-ROMA PUPILS

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PERFORMANCES WITH ROMA AND NON-ROMA PUPILS

LIVING CONDITIONS OF ROMA PUPILSThe majority of Roma live in wooden sheds: they live in poorly organized settlements, without electricity and water. Problem: most threatened is the family, where the father is seriously ill, he has to have an oxygen tank that is being run by an aggregate, for which they have to buy gasoline on daily bases.Sometimes I go to the settlements announced, sometimes not. When I come to a settlement, usually the whole family gathers around me. They welcome me warm and friendly. We talk about school. I help the pupils with their homework, I read them stories, etc 21GOOD EXPERIENCES

WITH PUPILS: Good experiences with pupils are first of all achieved educational aims and objectives. Above all things I am most pleased that they have accepted me well and that they can rely on me with their school obligations.

A great achievement to me means also that they come regularly to school and that they stay with me after classes. What the pupils most like is that I talk to them in Romany language and that I follow their success in school.

22GOOD EXPERIENCESWITH PARENTSI am happy that the parents welcomed me well and that they understand my work. They told me that some pupils like to go to class, that they rely on me a lot and that they can see the progress their children are making at school. Most of them would like very much that I visit them also in my spare time as a family friend, not just officially.23GOOD EXPERIENCESWITH TEACHERSI am very pleased that the teachers accepted me well. I am also aware of the fact, that teachers would very much like for Roma pupils to be successful in school and that other non-Roma pupils would accept them as well. 24BAD EXPERIENCESBAD EXPERIENCES WITH PARENTSI have bad experience with parents, which dont send their children regularly to school. At the beginning the problem was also bad hygiene of the children and their living conditions Because of the fights between different families some parents dont want that the Roma children socialize among themselves or go home together.

25MY OPINIONI am very happy to work as a Romaassistant. I have met a lot of new andinteresting people. I am most pleased tohave the opportunity to socialize withpupils and co-workers. Most of all I liketo work with my mentor, with whom I have agreat relationship, we work together very welland she helps me with my work most of all.

26THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION