Blog 10 : Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentor-ship 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...)
• What I'm doing at my mentor-ship is observing what the teacher does and also helping the students complete their work. I help them finish their work by doing hand-over-hand in order to trace the worksheet and to show them how to complete and how to do the worksheet. I also clean the classroom when the students are out and I prepare their backpacks with take home notes for their parents and preparing them to go home. Yes, I'm surround by lots of experts. There are four teacher aids in the classroom alone and there are other teachers and staff that are experts in what they do as well. 
2. How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?  
• I found my mentor because she's my little brother's teacher. I didn't really have to convince her because she already me and knew how interested I was in the topic and was always happy to answer any questions that I may have and always happy when I went over to visit and help her around the classroom and students. 
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 mentor-ship/with this person?
• My comfort level is very strong with my mentor only because I would always volunteering before I actually asked her to become my mentor. We kinda already knew on another because of my brother. This relates to the time that I've spent with my mentor because when I go to do my mentor-ship hours I already feel apart of the staff because I was and still am there so often, so that I can have a normal everyday conversation with any staff person and even some students. 
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?
• A lot things went well in my interview. My mentor gave me so much information that I can use for research and the conversation would never have an awkward pause or moment. I think it went well because we already somewhat know one another so it was easy to have a conversation with one another. I need to improve with more interesting and more in depth questions. I know this because I feel like I could have gotten more information out of my mentor. I will go about it by starting to develop good questions as I go along when doing my research. Also I can ask other staff members for more information on things that I may be researching on. 

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).
• Yes, I do currently have a mentor. I unfortunately still haven't scheduled my interview with my mentor. 
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.   
• With all the research I have been doing, I think a more specific area that I want to learn more about, is the way a special education teacher knows what method of teaching to do for each student's disability. If this idea does not play out smooth then I hope to focus on IEP for special education.  
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 kind of sources that I think will help me more in the next month are books. During our library visit I wasn't able to check out books because my school ID was not registered. I will get these sources at the Cal Poly library because it's on campus and it's easier for me to check out books and to return them on time. 
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.
• Possible EQ - What technique do teachers use in order to assure that each child is learning? 

Blog 8 : Independent Component 1 Proposal

• Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
• What I plan on doing for my 30 hours is to be the teacher of the classroom. I plan on printing out handouts, creating homework, and coming up with fun games and activities for the students to do. I'm hoping to do my lesson on learning their colors, new animal sounds, and counting up to 20. If I do this for my 30 hours, then I will get the feeling of having to teach each student differently, because each student may learn differently than others. Since each student learns differently than I would have to do different activities and different lessons. I would also have to come up with things to keep the students into the lesson.
• Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
• I will show that I did 30 hours by taking photos, bring the different handouts, and explaining or video taping the different lessons and activities that I did with the students. Also I can bring in the homework that I assign the students and the classwork that they complete in class. I will reach my 30 hours because I will teach for three hours every day and the work that I have to do at home like: creating activities, getting supplies, finding different worksheets, that fit every students disability, to do during class and homework worksheet to do at home. 
• Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
• This will help explore my topic more in depth, because having to find different techniques for each student but that still teaches the same topic as the rest of the class is the same as IEP program.  Having to find multiple worksheets and lessons for every student's different disability can help me see how special education is a lot of work because of having to teach each student differently. Some students learn with words, others with iPad, or with worksheets or pictures. Also just working with the students one on one will help me because it's giving me more experience with each student and each of their own different disability. 
• Update your Senior Project Hours log.
• I plan on updating my senior project hour log every time I go to the classroom to teach and when I'm at home creating the activities and worksheets for the students to do the next day.