1) What did you do?
a. At St. James afterschool program, I interacted with children ranging from junior kindergarten through seventh grade on a daily basis. My duties include helping with homework, doing check-in, check-out helping with snack time and interacting with the children during several activities.
b. When assisting the children with homework, I assisted all 4th graders with homework Monday through Thursday. Helping with homework included checking all 4th graders homework and assisting the children when faced with difficult homework problems. One an average day when helping with homework there would be ten 4th graders that needed my assistances. Working with the students during homework gave me the opportunity to interact with some students on a personal level.
c. Two days throughout the week my duties included sitting at the desk for about an hour and a half checking all students in. One these days I was responsible for keep documentation of who came to after school and who was absent. Due to …show more content…
My interest in the health field is related to maternal, infant and children health. Therefore the experience at St. James served as a great experience, in providing the opportunity to observe how children interact in social situations. This experience relates to the health field because it provided me with the skills to be able to interact with children and be able to approach adults. Problem-solving skills are something I learned from this experience that will benefit my career in the health field. My volunteer experience at St. James afterschool program was very worthwhile. This volunteer experience gave me the opportunity to strength several skills I already had and the opportunity to gain several more skills.
4) From a system thinking perspective, what is the direct positive impact and what is the indirect positive impact beyond the direct affect (i.e. how does it contribute to whole system, beyond direct influence/benefits) of the
a. At St. James afterschool program, I interacted with children ranging from junior kindergarten through seventh grade on a daily basis. My duties include helping with homework, doing check-in, check-out helping with snack time and interacting with the children during several activities.
b. When assisting the children with homework, I assisted all 4th graders with homework Monday through Thursday. Helping with homework included checking all 4th graders homework and assisting the children when faced with difficult homework problems. One an average day when helping with homework there would be ten 4th graders that needed my assistances. Working with the students during homework gave me the opportunity to interact with some students on a personal level.
c. Two days throughout the week my duties included sitting at the desk for about an hour and a half checking all students in. One these days I was responsible for keep documentation of who came to after school and who was absent. Due to …show more content…
My interest in the health field is related to maternal, infant and children health. Therefore the experience at St. James served as a great experience, in providing the opportunity to observe how children interact in social situations. This experience relates to the health field because it provided me with the skills to be able to interact with children and be able to approach adults. Problem-solving skills are something I learned from this experience that will benefit my career in the health field. My volunteer experience at St. James afterschool program was very worthwhile. This volunteer experience gave me the opportunity to strength several skills I already had and the opportunity to gain several more skills.
4) From a system thinking perspective, what is the direct positive impact and what is the indirect positive impact beyond the direct affect (i.e. how does it contribute to whole system, beyond direct influence/benefits) of the