Education is foundation by which achieving a goal is fundamental. As an Enrichment and Literacy Teacher, I witness the neglect of education and the repercussions of its prowess in the lives of young people in under-resourced areas here in New York. Presently, my group of people range from the grades Pre-K to third graders, and modeling the importance of literacy is essential to personal and overall success. My goal each day is to inspire, and teach the importance of literacy by beginning with the foundation and climbing the ladder of development with each child making for dynamic, creative and challenging approaches to cognitive expansion. My introduction to working in the realm of education began with Citizen Schools as a Team Leader. The
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Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." Carl Gustav Jung made this careful observation in his appreciation for the science of psychology, and it is what I build upon when approaching any given situation, especially in the scope of teaching and learning. There is also life-span development to consider when teaching and learning. Each student is different. I gained a wider perspective in a second position working as a then as a group leader for the Bell Foundation. This role had the same premise as team leader, supervising and reinforcing along with the organization’s culture. Again, I am working for an organization that works with children in under-resourced neighborhoods, and numbers are in the 1 and 2’s and need a lot of help in bringing up their scores. A challenge such as this is always rewarding for both student and teacher.
I worked as a group leader for a couple of years intensely in the arena of behavior management and critically thinking. My competence is in the realm of mentoring and coaching. This motivates students to a higher sense of self, and internal look at who they are as individual’s and what they can accomplish with a healthy mindset. This too motivated and showed in my work and was offered the position of Program Coordinator for our summer …show more content…
I also collaborated with an intern with the Reach the World Program teaching children about geography and the adventure and advantages of studying abroad. It was wonderful Skyping with students from the states, Africa, Brazil and Germany studying in new lands! A couple of hours a day were critical. The words effective and transitional come to mind. The goal was that each student grasped or at the very least, had an idea of what was expected of them, and what they can accomplish with the right mindset. In the same year we had our last summer program with the Bell Foundation as it phased out in August. We did enjoy our summer program making it eventful for the scholars by throwing on our own adaptation of The
Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside, awakens." Carl Gustav Jung made this careful observation in his appreciation for the science of psychology, and it is what I build upon when approaching any given situation, especially in the scope of teaching and learning. There is also life-span development to consider when teaching and learning. Each student is different. I gained a wider perspective in a second position working as a then as a group leader for the Bell Foundation. This role had the same premise as team leader, supervising and reinforcing along with the organization’s culture. Again, I am working for an organization that works with children in under-resourced neighborhoods, and numbers are in the 1 and 2’s and need a lot of help in bringing up their scores. A challenge such as this is always rewarding for both student and teacher.
I worked as a group leader for a couple of years intensely in the arena of behavior management and critically thinking. My competence is in the realm of mentoring and coaching. This motivates students to a higher sense of self, and internal look at who they are as individual’s and what they can accomplish with a healthy mindset. This too motivated and showed in my work and was offered the position of Program Coordinator for our summer …show more content…
I also collaborated with an intern with the Reach the World Program teaching children about geography and the adventure and advantages of studying abroad. It was wonderful Skyping with students from the states, Africa, Brazil and Germany studying in new lands! A couple of hours a day were critical. The words effective and transitional come to mind. The goal was that each student grasped or at the very least, had an idea of what was expected of them, and what they can accomplish with the right mindset. In the same year we had our last summer program with the Bell Foundation as it phased out in August. We did enjoy our summer program making it eventful for the scholars by throwing on our own adaptation of The