An experience to be shared

                 At the beginning of this year (2014) I got the position I currently hold, Coordinator of the English Department at a private school in the province of Bs As. Before I got the position, there had been no coordinator for 4 years and thus, the teachers worked following their personal beliefs with no clear directions or any type of control. It was February and classes were about to start and I was asked to attend the first meeting with the Supervisor, who does not know English but had decided the focus of her attention this year was going to be Language Practices, including the teaching of Foreign Languages. She gave me the format in which all schools were to write their annual plans, following the Curriculum of the Province of Bs As for Primary schools (forms 4^th to 6^th). Her plans did not take into account that this document did not fit in our school, which has English lessons every day from kindergarten to 6^th form. In order to meet her requirements and directions, all plans had to be rewritten and practices, observed and modify. It has been hard work to comply with all the requirements the Supervisor asked for,. Making all changes effective will take time. However, working as a team with my colleagues and meeting to agree on procedures and study the curricular designs has paid off.   Our new plans have been signed and the Supervisor even sit in on a class to see if we were doing what she expected us too. In fact, after having watched the class, she stated we were one of the few schools implementing the new curricular directions. It was a rewarding experience.