Blog 2 - Summer Mentorship

Senior Project Hours

1. List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.

Jessica Sosa

(909)986-8995

jessica.sosa@omsd.net

Berlyn Elementary School

2. What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice?  

• Mrs. Sosa was mine and my sibling's first grade teacher, so I know she's a great teacher. She has been teaching for seventeen years, so I believe this makes her qualified to mentor me as a school teacher. 

3. List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours.  

• How can a teacher ensure understanding among heir students?
• What type of preparation does a k-6 teacher need?
• How can the teacher personalize the learning?

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

• The most important thing that I've gained from this experience is perspective. I always thought that being a kindergarten teacher would be fun and easy, but now I see that I was right about the fun part. The teachers are always busy doing a million things at a time. Now I got a behind the scenes glimpse of the kindergarten chaos. 

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did mentorship help you make your decision?  Please explain.

• My senior topic is going to be teaching children. I loved mentoring and helping the little kindergartners because their was never a dull moment. There is always something that needs to get done and although it's tiring work I'm sure that this topic will have plenty for me to research. 

Blog 1 - Senior Final Lesson/Interview Reflection

1. What three lessons were most helpful for you to see, and why?

• The three lessons that I felt were most helpful for me were the presentations about Thai Restaurant Management, Preschool Special Education, and Psychiatric Technicians. I felt that these three were good examples on how a successful senior presentation should go.  

2. List one thing that you learned about the senior project in interviews that will help you get off to a good start?

• During the interviews I learned that research is one of the most important aspects and that I should make sure to choose a topic with a plentiful amount of research sources. 

3. What topic(s) are you considering, and why?

• I am considering the topics of teaching, nursing, or business ownership. I'm considering these because I am legitimately interested in learning more and possibly pursuing these as career option in the future. I also believe that I could find mentors and a lot of research for any of those topics. 

4. What EQ do you think might be interesting to consider in guiding a project like this? (Please don't worry about any sort of formula...we want this question to come from your genuine interest).

• Teaching: How do you engage students deeply in the content of the curriculum?
• Nursing: What is the most effective way for a nurse to provide the best care for the patient?
• Business Ownership: How do you ensure the most profit when owning a small business?

5. What are some ideas you have about finding summer mentorship?

• I can fill out applications to volunteer at hospitals, and summer classes, or I can make phone calls to people I already know who are familiar with either those topics or small business ownership.