SVS | the Service de la Vie Scolaire

The Service de la Vie Scolaire (School Life Service) is involved in the educational supervision of students. Alongside the class coordinators, it is one of the first points of contact for parents in all matters relating to their children's schooling. Its role includes welcoming, informing and advising students, and it offers a place to listen and exchange ideas, whose door is always open to all. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact one of our departments by e-mail.

 

CARE | Psychosocial Well-being


The CARE multidisciplinary team aims to promote psychosocial well-being by offering support in cases of personal, family, social, and educational difficulties. They listen to students, parents, and teachers, while adhering to the quality objectives of the psychosocial and educational support approach, such as assistance and guidance, prevention, referral, inclusion, and social equity.

Missions:

  • Listening to students, parents, and school members in cases of psychosocial distress
  • Individual interviews
  • Close communication with external services
  • Subsidies for low-income households
  • Individualized Support Plan (PAI)
  • Communication with school health services
  • Implementation of various projects
  • Classroom interventions
  • Organization of prevention (External interventions)

 »Contact via email: care@eimab.lu

COOLDOWN | conflict support

Members of Cool-Down take in students with discipline-related behavioral problems and support them in difficult socio-emotional conflicts within the school community.

Preventive measures are taken to support students and teachers in avoiding or defusing conflict situations.

 » Contact via e-mail: cool-down@eimab.lu

LIFT | support in times of need

The LIFT team provides support and expertise to students with special educational needs. Its members are a part of the Inclusion Committee (CI).

»  Contact via e-mail: lift@eimab.lu

COMPASS | guidance and integration unit

The school guidance and integration unit is responsible for implementing the school and career guidance process at the secondary school. The aim is to inform students about the school system, training paths and opportunities for higher education, and to introduce them to the socio-economic world, in particular the job market, and to develop their skills in choosing a training path and drawing up a personal study project.

The school guidance and integration unit is made up of teaching, educational and psychosocial staff.

»  Contact via e-mail: compass@eimab.lu

CHECK-IN | absences and late arrivals

Together with the teachers and coordinators, the "check-in" service's mission is to gain an accurate overview of pupils' absences and lateness, and to better manage the excuses to be produced. As a result, the school now has a single platform (WebUNTIS) to facilitate communication with parents concerning absences and lateness.

The check-in service centralizes excuses and sends them to the coordinators concerned. The service also tries to contact parents if necessary. Absence lists are checked regularly to identify absences that are too frequent or even abusive.

»  Contact via e-mail: check-in.secondary@eimab.lu

BOOST | support

This is the support offered to students in classes S1 to S7, in line with the European Schools' policy on Educational Support and Inclusive Education. More information on the website of the Office of the Secretary General of the European Schools (pdf).

 

»  Basic support - differentiation in the classroom
EIMAB has a very diverse student population. To best meet the needs of each student, teachers must use a variety of differentiated teaching methods.

Differentiation is the foundation of effective teaching. It is essential for all students, not just those in need of support. Differentiated teaching must take place in the classroom. Every teacher designs it to meet the needs of all students. Differentiated teaching ensures that, in the preparation and conduct of lessons, the teacher is aware of and takes account of each student's individual learning styles, needs and abilities. However, any stigmatization or over-explicit categorization of different learners must be avoided.

 

»  General support
This is aimed at students who are experiencing difficulties in a specific area, need support to regain confidence, or need to catch up on a particular subject (for example, if he/she has been ill, does not study in his/her mother tongue or has arrived late at school).

General support consists of active help in L1, L2 and math. Called "APPUI" from S1 to S3, it runs in parallel with study and is provided in small groups. In S4 and S5, it is offered outside class hours.

General support is usually provided by the student's L1, L2 and math teacher.

General support can be one-off, lasting at least 3 weeks, or longer, lasting up to a semester. It is planned with precise objectives and success criteria.

Teachers will determine who should be enrolled in general support.

 

»  Moderate support
Moderate support is provided to students who need more focused, longer-term support (one year), or who have moderate learning difficulties, as well as to those who need more intensive support.those who may need extra help to acquire effective learning strategies or skills. Moderate support is an extension of general support. It is provided by support teachers.

 

»  Welcome/integration courses in L2-FR
To facilitate the integration of new arrivals into S1/S2-FR and S1/S2-EN classes, an intensive course in French as a second language is planned for students who have already mastered the language of the English-speaking section or who have L1 Portuguese. This support in the form of 9 lessons in S1 and 7 lessons in S2 falls within the scope of the July 14, 2023 law on the reception, orientation, integration and educational support of newly arrived pupils.

The students concerned will be taught by a teacher of French as a foreign language during lessons in L2-FR, L3 and Lëtzebuergesch (in S1).

 

»  Intensive support
intensive support is provided for students with special educational needs (intensive support A) to help them develop the required skills (knowledge, know-how and attitudes related to a discipline). Support is provided in or outside the classroom, either to small groups of students with similar needs, or on an individual basis. Each student benefiting from intensive support goes through the CI (commission d'inclusion) and receives accommodations, sometimes adaptations, granted by the CAR (commission d'aménagements raisonnables).

Intensive Support B is designed for students who do not have special educational needs, but who require greater support to overcome temporary obstacles to learning, particularly in the area of language.

»  Contact via e-mail: boost@eimab.lu