So here’s an explanation of my primary job thus far: I will be rotating between three different primary schools. My focus will be on literacy, and I will work mostly with the grade 1 and grade 2 teachers. There are a few VSOs that I will be in close contact with and they have already done an excellent job on improving literacy here. We just finished up our first week of school. As my partner mentioned, Monday we were at the Ministry, Wednesday we checked out a fish farm, and then Thursday I was at another meeting at the Ministry. One of the big differences between schools here and in the states is that a lot of administrative stuff is done the first week of school, while most of that is taken care of over the summer in the states. My meeting on Thursday was to discuss what would be happening this term at schools across the region. I was able to spend two days at school this week, and they are still in the process of distributing books and supplies, getting classrooms ready, etc. The teachers I will be working with are wonderful. Many of the teachers are untrained, and they are more than willing to accept any help that I can give them. Some are only 16 or 17 years old, and right out of secondary school. The Ministry has introduced a new literacy program, and this will be something that I will help to reinforce at schools. I also plan on teaching a few literacy classes for adults in the evenings.