3 years ago

Bahrain: Behind ASB’s Early Childhood Education

Gulf Insider meets Sandra Al-Ajmi, Early Childhood Lead Teacher at American School of Bahrain. We recently had a chat with Lead Teacher Sandra who joined ASB after a 12-year tenure at The Learning Tree. With over 30 years of educational experience, Sandra has also served as principal, vice-principal, and has taught at the middle school, high school, and university levels. Can you walk us through a day in your life at ASB? What does it look like? My day begins at seven o’clock. I go through my emails and make sure that I’ve attended to parents’ and teachers’ concerns. From 7:30, I then head outside to welcome the kids and greet the parents. After that, I usually go into a meeting with other senior leadership team members to discuss learning support, budget, daily needs and all the administrative things that need to get done. If I’m not in that meeting, I am going from class to class guiding and mentoring some of the teachers. I also would usually have technology check ins and parent interviews and assessments with students coming in for next year. That goes throughout the entire day. By the end of the day, at around five, I’m […]