Aurélie Valcin arrived at the school 15 years ago and is in charge of tutoring students in Primary and Secondary 1. Whether during or outside of school hours, she provides personalized support to students, helps with homework and gives French lessons to non-French speaking students.

What is your background?

With my empathetic nature, I have always had at heart to exercise a human profession, and more particularly turned towards children.

With a Master's degree in Human and Social Sciences (Psychology), a specialization in behavioral and autistic disorders in children, a training for children with "dys" disorders and a training in "Extra Lesson" (Support through Art Therapy), I have chosen to orient myself throughout my career towards understanding and helping others.

How did you hear about the school?

In the context of the follow-up of a child, I discovered by chance the Rudolf Steiner school. Having followed a "classical" education, I was fascinated by the flexibility, the humanity and the empathy that I could find in this school.

Touched by this pedagogy, I really wanted to join the school. I had the chance to do so in 2007. Afterwards, I trained in the Steiner pedagogy by following the courses of the FPAS (Formation Pédagogique Anthroposophique Suisse).

What is your mission in the school?

In close collaboration with teachers and parents, I provide tutoring, supervise homework and give French lessons to non-French speaking students.

Helping, supporting, advancing... The objective is to accompany the students as closely as possible to their needs, and thus offer them personalized help. 

This personalized tutoring is an integral part of the school's curriculum and the pedagogy developed here.
In my work, it is of course necessary to help with the understanding of academic content through individualized methodologies, but it is also necessary to be a good listener, to have a heart and to show humanity.