Attached Reflection Paper

As humans, we are created to be in a relationship with God. We are called to love and serve Him. However, because of our sins, we fail to honor God. It is through God’s love for us that he used Jesus Christ to restore our relationship with Him. The doctrine of the person of the Jesus Christ is the centerpiece of our Christian theology. As followers of Christ, it is essential that our understanding of Christ must be the center of our faith.

On September 6, 2017, I were documented for an incident that involved a University Housing policy violation. I was charged with violating the University Housing Alcohol 1.2 policy. With my violation, came consequences. I met with The Residence Conduct Coordinator to discuss my actions and came to the conclusion that I would have to schedule a meeting with The Campus Alcohol and Drug Education Center (CADEC) and with that, a reflection paper.

The first skill I demonstrated was natural empathy at the 3:22 minute mark. De Jong and Berg (2013) discuss that empathy requires “the practitioner to explore and adopt the client’s sense of his or her experience, without ever losing the inner sense that he or she is a separate person from the client (p. 43). When Kelsey was talking about how she feels as though her grandma belittles her, I offered natural empathy after that response. I was trying to understand her story; therefore, I was trying to empathize with her. I wanted Kelsey to know that I understood that she was frustrated. I also engaged in nonverbal responses throughout the process recording, which also can convey empathy (De Jong at el., 2013). I thought I did a good job showing natural empathy.

In the middle of the session, I observed that I got stuck and didn’t know where to take the conversation, in that moment I asked a couple questions in a row which I observed as not good session practice. I need to paraphrase in that aspect so that it doesn’t feel that I’m asking questions the whole time. The second weakness that I perceived form the taping session is active listening, there where I couple of times in the taping were the client would be talking and I would interject and talk over them. This is something I need to be aware of and let the client express what they must say without my interjecting. The third weakness that I noticed was not using a lot of encouragers. In looking over the practice session, I observed that I didn’t have many encouragers like head nodes or positive fail expressions, I observed that my facial expression was kind of cold and I didn’t give off a positive feel. I need to be ware and structure myself to where I’m giving good encouragers to my client during the

The client this week met with his counselor for his 1x1 session to discuss the progress that had been made since arrival to the program regarding his treatment plan. The client has met all the requirement's of the program. Client has completed all three steps, in addition he has completed all assignments that was given during his time in the program. The client has been cooperative with staff along with following all the rules the house, the client has been written up for any G.R's since his arrival

This document is from a lesson taught to a grade level 9 group for my Field Base I final lesson. Attatched is the lesson plan called A Modulation In Time. It is a lesson that focuses on music history, how to recognize the history of a piece by observing instruments, styles, and techniques, and how to apply it to other music.

Going into this second skills practice activity, I was less anxious than the very first one that we completed. This session included Dana, Anthoneek, Margaret and myself. I think having gone through the process before, as well as having spent half a semester with the content, I was much more prepared this time around. While this session was easier, I still faced a few challenges. I had to build upon previous skills that I’d already implemented with newer ones. For example, using skills to gain information was something I worked to incorporate in my session as a counselor. I also tried to ask appropriate and helpful questions to support my “client.” Therefore, using these recently learned skills in combination with proper opening and closing procedures, and basic skills proved a little challenging in the beginning.

I need to sit back and listen more closely to what the client is saying and then jump in and continue the conversation. The second one is not defining the goals. During the beginning of the session, I didn’t discuss with the client what were some of the goals that she wanted to accomplish when it comes to the problem that is before her. I think that I needed to discuss with her the goals she wanted to accomplish a lot earlier in the session so that the conversion will be effective. The third weakness was asking questions; I’m struggling in this aspect because I observed that I still ask a lot of questions in the session. I do a lot more paraphrasing and summarizing instead of questions lot more than past sessions, during this session, from looking over this taping there was one question after another, this is something I need to beware of and use techniques like rephrasing and encourage in a way that it’s not a

While I was reading chapter 6, I had to take make a stop to do something else, but what I did was look on YouTube for a video on constructed-response assessment to listen to it while I was doing my other task in order not to stop completely. The video is called “21 Create Constructed Response Assessment Key”, then I looked online for the definition of constructed- response assessment and found the definition at “prezi.com Constructed-Response Assessment Performance Assessment”. The term I learned from my reading is “Learning for Transfer” according to the information found in chapter seven, is when a student has deep knowledge of something and uses or relates that particular understanding to a different circumstance such as a math problem using

For my service learning project I worked in Mrs. Evelyn Costa's first grade class at Meadowlane Elementary. Meadowlane is located at 4280 W 8th Avenue in Hialeah, Florida and was constructed in 1957. There are one thousand one hundred and seventy seven students enrolled at Meadowlane Elementary school. Meadowlane has fifty three classrooms and fourteen portables and there are one hundred and seventy nine students per grade level. The school was built on nine acres of land. The student population of meadowlane Elementary is comprised of 97% Hispanic, 2% White, and 1% Asian.

I believe that process recording is helpful to improve social workers abilities and performance. I’am highly confident in my aptitudes as a social worker. My experience with the first-time meeting with the client, I was unprepared and worried I would make mistakes. I have discovered some of my strength and weakness throughout the process recording. First, my weakness, I feel somewhat impatient, and I wanted to interrupt the client. That was incredibly difficult for me to control throughout the interview. In the recording at 7:11 minutes I interrupted the client, however, my strength came through to control that weakness.

As a Dual Enrollment Education student, starting college was already a nerve-wracking feeling. When I was first accepted, There was an influx of people giving me advice and telling me which classes I should take. One of the classes I heard about most often was Freshman English Composition 1. There I sat at my computer, contemplating whether or not I should take this English course. Knowing that I was about to enroll in a class that I had been warned about by several people made me undoubtedly anxious. Obviously, I eventually ended up registering for the class after hours of mixing my schedule around to find a convenient agenda. When I signed up for this class several thoughts and worries were going through my mind; Those of which including whether the class would be like the rumors, if it was going to be difficult and if it was actually going to teach me something in life.

Writing is a skill that has always come rather naturally to me. I do not remember struggling very much throughout school with written assignments, and I chose English for my undergraduate degree primarily because I enjoyed reading and writing so much. However, I do believe sometimes that the more naturally something comes to you the more challenging it is for you to teach that skill to someone else. I always use my father as an example when I discuss this concept with people as he is extremely adept at math. He struggled, though, with helping me with my math homework because math is something I find incredibly complicated and stressful. I do not see math the same way he does so it was hard for him to figure out why I was struggling. I struggle understanding why others struggle with certain aspects of writing, so this class along with other resources I have found through my studies, has been beneficial to give me strategies for how to address deficits within my students.

We all make mistakes. We all do things that we would take back in a HEARTBEAT. We all look back on situations and all we feel is guilt, shame, and wonder what in the world came over us. I can attest to this. Growing up in a Christian home I always knew that God forgave my sins. Heck, He sent his Son down to die on the cross for every single sin that would be made for the rest of time. He forgave me when I said a cursed word. He forgave me when I said something rude to my brothers. And he forgave me when I didn’t clean my room when I had told my mom that I did. These were the “little” things that we all do as kids, but it’s not until we get older and do the “big” things that we begin to really question whether or not we should be forgiven. And the answer to this is no. We shouldn’t be forgiven. But the King of the Universe tells us YES. I just completed my first semester at Kansas State University and have begun to understand what independence and freedom feels like. These are the two things that every kid dreams of. As we near our college years, we cannot wait to hop in our car, drive to our new address, and begin our years of “no rules.” This is great and all, until you realize that freedom and independence are not all sunshine and butterflies. I took my first few weeks of freedom by the reigns and did some things that I would definitely take back in a heartbeat. I’ll admit there are a few instances where I felt, and still feel, guilt and shame and I wonder if God will

Throughout my career as a student, I have met several great teachers that have inspired me in their field of expertise. These teachers often use approaches of great educators and their philosophies of teaching in order to become great teachers. One of the educators that have a valuable approach to teaching is the educator Eleanor Duckworth, who emphasized the development of intelligence through ideas from students (Hall, Quinn, & Gollnick, 2017). Duckworth’s philosophy can be seen in the two great teachers that I explored in this paper: Dr. DiFabio and Hanne.