Guidelines

The welcoming process is based on students who, during learning activities, will move from being passive to being active participants, so teachers must design, plan and implement programs for students in order to make the transition from traditional teaching and learning to active learning possible and effective. It will be important to choose the right strategy: we need guidance for all students about general matters, but we need small group activities for students at risk. This can be a long term process, but also a brief intensive action: it is fundamental to have clear aims and goals. The steps to follow will be:

1. Examine the outcome of the sending school, formal and informal (any cards accompanying the findings and cognitive features of the student.)
2. Contact the sending school - a must in the case of obvious problems - communicate with the teachers of the student, even in a casual mode, to receive the information which is not held by the new school yet
3. Hand out entry tests and disciplinary orientation tests used in schools (cf. Online products), in order to identify attitudes, motivations, difficulties, learning gaps
4. Activate an individual interview - even several times - with the student, discussing the results of learning and listening to the explanations given about his condition and his school and life previous experiences
5. Invite family for a first interview to better understand, through direct but not intrusive contact, the individual characteristics (in particular the cultural background and context of family life)