Lesson 2 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 presentation and why?

I am most proud of my whole lesson in general. The hook went better than I expected, as well as the activity. Everyone seemed to be really into it. I felt like I did a good job at projecting myself.

2. a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation?

I would give myself an AE

    b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

I believe I deserve an AE because I have met all of the P requirements. I used a lot of examples from my mentorship and from research. I don't think I had a problem with presenting, my speaking time was around 12 minutes and from the feedback I've gotten from my peers everyone heard me clearly. My activity really engaged everyone into working effectively and it related to my Answer 1.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

What really worked for me in my Lesson 2 was the feedback from my Lesson 1. It taught me what to do properly and what not to do. I didn't have a hard time with my enunciation and I didn't get as nervous.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

I don't think I would have changed anything. Everything went as planned and I was very proud of it.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

I don't have any sort of thought put into it right now, but as I do more research and talk to several people that I know have studied Child Development I will have a solid answer.

Blog 14 - Third Interview Preparation

EQ: How can a care taker best ensure the proper development of a child under the age of 5?

1.  Who do you plan to interview? What is this person's area of expertise?

I plan on interviewing a family friend who also works at a Montessori center. She works at the Montessori of San Dimas. She has been working their for several years, and before that she had a daycare in her own home. She even has two daughters of her own, one of which is a high school student and the other is attending elementary school.                       

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?

Next Friday at 5 p.m. My sister tutors her daughter so I will be going with her to interview Miriam, the family friend.

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

There are many ways to go about on shaping the best development for a child. What ways do you find most helpful and necessary to their education and development?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

What educational activities do you find most helpful for a child in a classroom?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.

• What are some ways to best ensure the proper development for a toddler?
• What are the best ways to get a toddlers attention when they are misbehaving?

Blog 13 - 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?

I am doing my mentorship at Montessori Academy and Day Care of West Covina. 

2. Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

My mentor is Mrs. Martha. She is an expert because she has been teaching there for a few years now and has the experience of a mother and working with kids. She has taken the required courses and classes on Child Development to prepare her for what she is doing now. 

3. How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

Including my summer mentorship hours with the hours I have done throughout the school year I now have a total of 32 hours done. 

4. Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

I have been going to the Montessori Academy and Day Care since the middle of my junior year. I've known my mentor for a little over a year now just by doing my hours there. I do a routine of what other teachers would do there, but not changing diapers. Going there has taught me a lot of things, especially patience. We deal with a lot of different kids and personalities, and as a teacher(or student as I am one) we learn how to adapt to their needs while being able to educate them and use the proper forms of discipline and structure. My mentor and I work really well together, and I work well with the other teachers too. We coordinate what to do and who does what while following the routine the kids have. I plan on completing the remaining hours by continuing my mentorship and possibly exploring other classrooms of older age groups. 

Blog 12 - Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

Over break I went to mentorship. I also talked to a woman that studied Child Development. She told me about her experience of taking the classes and how she had to quit school because she was expecting a baby. I also found an article in a magazine at the hospital talking about how technology now-a-days actually helps a child learn faster.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

The most important thing I learned was probably the experience that the woman told me about. She seemed really passionate about taking courses for Child Development so it was an inspiration for me. It pushed me to look more in depth about child development and the different stages kids go through. 

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

I plan on talking to my mom's friend who is also a daycare teacher at Montessori Academy but at a different center. She has 2 kids of her own and she is a full time teacher. Her house is almost set up like a daycare itself because she used to take care of children in her own home. I feel like she would have enough experience and knowledge to tell me about Child Development. 

Blog 11 - Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?

I am most proud of my hook activity because it really engaged the audience into the lesson.

2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.

I would give myself an AE. I felt like I did a good job at presenting the topic and I didn't stutter too much how I normally would. The hook activity was well within the two minutes and my lecture had enough content with real life scenarios about Child Development.

3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?

I would probably bring in more props that the audience can interact with. That would help my Lesson 2 in keeping the audience more interested. 

Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

At my mentorship I am at a daycare. I get to have one-on-one experience with the kids as if I were a teacher there, but only under supervision of the other teachers there. I get to do activities with the kids and watch over them with the other teachers. There are many teachers there that are experts for my topic, so I will always have more than one person to rely on for information.

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?   

I found my mentor through my sister. She used to babysit a kid that went to that daycare and Mrs. Martha was his teacher. I just told her about my senior project and she said yes to being my mentor. 

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

I am comfortable with my mentor to the point where I don't feel the need to hesitate to ask any questions. I have been working with her since last year in November. 

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

I liked that I didn't have to ask her so many follow up questions to get information. She answered the questions with a bit of reasoning which was good. I still need to improve on making the interviews longer because this one was only about two minutes. For the next few interviews I will ask more questions that are long response.

Interview 2

Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).

I currently do have a mentor. I have scheduled the interview for next week on Monday. 

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.  

My research has guided me more towards the educational side of Child Development. By the educational side, I mean on how to best educate a child at such a young age and what to expect throughout those ages.
 
3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

The sources that will help me in the next month to gain more research depth will definitely be books. I will hopefully be getting them from local libraries or I will purchase them online. 

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

A possible EQ could be: What are the best ways to educate a child under the age of 5?