Blog 22: Mentorship

Content:

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

·     Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties updated on the right hand side of your blog (done)

·     Mr. William Harper  , San Jose Elementary School Pomona, CA

    Interpretive

    The most important thing I've gained from this experience is definitely my ability to interact with children who have special needs in a classroom. Teachers take months of training because working with these children can be tedious at  times. Because of that, i'm proud of myself for advancing so quickly and learning how to communicate and assist them in a professional manner.

   Applied

    My essential question, "What is the most significant factor in insuring the independence of a preschool special education student by the age of five?", was applied to a very specific age group. Because of this, it was easy to find answers to my eq by getting books or finding articles that had specific answers to my specific question. My observation skills at mentorship also helped me see, first hand, the behavior and teachings methods I spent so much time researching about.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 hours check

1. I'm doing my mentorship at San Jose Elementary School with a class of 6th graders, as well as a class of 3rd graders.

2. My contact is Mr. William Harper

3. I've done 49 and a half hours.

4. At my new mentorship, I've been volunteering at an elementary school. On thursdays from 12:55-2:30, i volunteer with Mrs. Anderson's 3rd grade class. I help organize things, grade papers, and decorate the classroom. On fridays from 12:50-3:00, I volunteer with Mr. Harper's 6th grade class. I mostly grade papers, and observe classroom activities and different teaching methods he uses.

Summer Mentorship Component

1. Mentorship

2. San Jose Elementary School (Teacher Blancas Special Ed Preschool Class) (909) 397-4670

3. A few questions That came to mind during my summer mentorship were if the students had to 

be recommended by a doctor to be in a special ed class, or could the children be placed there by 

a teacher's or parent's request? Also, does the schedule and curriculum that the children learn 

ever change?

4.The most important thing I gained from this experience is how to be patient with children, especially

those who aren't capable of doing things for themselves.

5. The Early Stages of Child Development is going to be my senior topic. Working with the special ed class 

made me realize that a student's foundation for learning is very important, especially in special ed.