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...)
 My mentorship time is being spent at an elementary school in the kindergarten section. I am working with a teacher named Mrs.Aguirre, i work with the students on different little lessons and i am helping teaching them how to read and basic math concepts. I do believe the work and things i do at mentorship are meaningful to my senior project topic.
2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?  

I started off with a  different mentor but that mentor was too far and i was finding it very challenging to work with that person, so i decided to look for a teacher closer to me so i went to my old elementary school and i talked with the office first and they told me to talk to the teacher Mrs.Aguirre because she was more likely to help me. Once i went to her classroom i just told her about Ipoly and the senior project and i asked if she would help me out by being my mentor and she agreed.

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 feel very comfortable with my mentor at this point, all the time ive spent at mentorship has brought us closer together and we kind of formed with cool bond with each other. 

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 believe the whole interview went well, we made the interview into a sort of conversation so it wasn't too formal and it wasn't awkward or anything. Something that could be improved is maybe having more follow up questions for the questions i already have.  

Second Interview questions 4 and 5 voice audio.

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 do currently have a mentor, she is a kindergarten teacher at Edgewood Elementary. I've been working with her for a couple of weeks now. I have scheduled my interview for next Tuesday October 27th.  
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.  
         The two most promising areas i have found is teaching methods and classroom management, i've also come across many articles about effective teaching methods with common core standards for kindergarten classrooms. 
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 source i want to try to focus on within the next month is to try to find more book about common core so i get more ideas and help for what i want to do for my independent component lesson. The library is probably the most likely place i will be able to easily access the books i need to find. 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.
        What are the most efficient and effective methods to teaching a kindergarten class and keeping classroom control?
    

Blog-8 Independent Component 1 proposal

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

   For my first independent component I am planning to do a lesson plan with the kindergarten students, and then i want to do different activities with the students based on what they should be learning in school such as writing reading and counting. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

   In order to get evidence i was planning to get a separate log that will record how long each activity with the students is and the lesson, then discuss with my mentor the privacy of being able to record certain sections of my activities and lesson. . 

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

   This independent component will give me a taste of what it would be like to actually be a kindergarten teacher and run a classroom for a little while. This would also give me some insight on how to teach a class and create a lesson plan efficient enough for all the students to understand and be engaged. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.