Interning At The Tmc Head Start My Internship Experience

We will house kids who are products of all facets of society. For example, children of immigrants, children who have affluence, children who are loved and cared for greatly and children who may be in a situation of neglect. Teaching is about reaching out to each student, helping them to overcome challenges and be the best that they can be. It seems that an increasing number of these challenges may not be academic in nature. I believe that conquering these challenges actually beings with the little community forming within our classrooms. As teachers we have the obligation to teach our students how to have respect and compassion for one another. How to be on the same team and work together, no matter each person’s background.

I started my internship at Cook Children Healthcare System in January 2016. I selected mental health as an area of focus on which I wanted to work. Initially the learning goal was to study Community-wide Children 's Health Assessment & Planning Survey (CCHAPS) data well and look for factors causing mental health problems in six North Texas Counties. Initial task was to study as much literature as possible to get an idea what factors are causing mental health problems in children. After studying literature and CCHAPS survey data I discussed the goals and objectives of my research with supervisor Dr Jackie Meeks. I decided to work on the relation between not breastfeeding during early infancy and the development of mental health problems. I included known covariates like gender, bullying, age of the child, marital status of the parent, alcohol exposure during pregnancy, tobacco exposure during pregnancy and annual household income which are known to cause mental health problems in children. I was introduced to Mackenzie and Sheryl who are data analysts and know CCHAPS survey thoroughly. Entire Cook Children staff was very helpful and friendly. Experience at Cook Children was great in terms of learning and getting real world experience. I could not have asked for a better internship site than Cook Children. It is rated among top job in the DFW because everyone is so positive and helpful. I was hesitant initially to perform data

Until I reached high school, I had never felt such a connection with my peers or teachers. Gradually, the more I became involved in school and the bigger my Catholic faith grew, the more I understood what community meant. Soon enough, I became infatuated with being involved in school activities, in clubs, and other events. I did this not for the benefit that being involved would bring me, but because I knew that the skills and attributes I possessed could help improve my school. At ICCP, community is the key to challenging young students to think independently but to act selflessly, and to lead confidently but to be

As I reflect on my internship year and first year at St. Rita Catholic School in Dallas, I have only become more entrenched in what I believe the root beliefs, shared purpose, and core values of an ideal school should be. Especially for a school with similar demographics and culture as that of St. Rita.

For our education system to be strong it is imperative to offer a real opportunity to every child, it’s a moral crucial and an economic necessity. “The Covenant, pgs.36& 37” discuss schools called, “Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools, these schools are a product of the relationship between CDF and community organizations, churches, universities, and schools. The program’s key elements are educational enrichment and cultural awareness, parental involvement, and social action. Building self-identity and skills for social interaction are two major tasks in growing and becoming a well-rounded individual for society. Anything children learn in the toddler years greatly influence whether they will grow up to value, accept, and comfortably

* It is important that the teacher builds a community in the classroom. This way all students feel safe and valued. A good way to build a community in the classroom is through team building exercises. The class will learn how to communicate effectively and how to problem solve.

A meaningful experience in my community placement was learning how to interact with children in various developmental stages. My limited experience working with infants and toddlers, made me apprehensive about being able to engage and communicate with the children in an age appropriate level and manner. The first few days at my placement, I did not feel capable of connecting with the children, rather only building rapport with their parents and caregivers. I had difficulty applying the theoretical development concepts to the real-life child population.

Mrs. McKenzie has been teaching for over twenty years. During her early career she worked at a Montessori school for children between 12-months and ten years of age. For the past ten years Mrs. Mckenzie has worked in the Florida School system as a pre-K teacher. Working in the Head Start program has been a roller coaster of successes and hard situations for Mrs. McKenzie. The Head Start program accepts only children from low-income households. Various research has proven that students coming from families of low socioeconomic class typically don’t achieve the same level of academia of their peers coming from families of higher socioeconomic status. Working with these students is difficult for all types of reasons, such as language barriers, learning disabilities and behavioral problems. Most of Mrs. McKenzie’s students have never had prior schooling and come from foreign speaking homes so not only are they coming into the new environment of school but linguistically they are completely frazzled for the first few months(if not years) of school. Despite these difficulties Mrs. McKenzie cries every time these children leave her at the closing of the school year. She loves being able to watch these curious, young minds blossom in ways they had never

During my internship at Tenaya Middle School, I was able to assess many students. However, for the purpose of this assignment, I will only be discussing about one student. The student I’ve chosen to write about is a 7th grader who has 2 D’s and 2 F’s letter grades. The reason why this student is on my caseload because she was identified on the Early Identification & Intervention System (EIIS) as at risk because she has 3 or more D’s and F’s letter grades.

They experience a sense of being valued and respected; the children matter to one another and to the teacher.’” (Kohn, 2006, p. 101). This concept is discussed about often with respect to grade school, however, with higher education, in the typical classroom, this is not as commonly thought about. With the academic rigor of college courses, creating a classroom community in the same manner as those in grade school seems unlikely. However, classroom communities still exist. Elliott, Gamino, and Jenkins state “a sense of community is vital to the success of today’s college student. Students who report feeling a sense of community in the classroom are more likely to attend class, more likely to participate during class, and more likely to graduate from college”

The educators role can positively influence the children’s social development through positive interactions with others and the environment and thereby establishing a sense of wellbeing. The children will model the educators sense of community involvement within the childcare centre and will make connections with local community members (Walker & Miller 2014, pp.51-65)(Australian Government. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations for the Council of Australian Governments

I take a holistic view when considering a child’s early education. I believe we must contemplate every aspect, from the artistic and physical to the social and academic. Doing so ensures that these crucial early years set the stage for a child’s love of learning and future well-being. Thus, the voices of teachers, administrators and parents should all be heard as we share the responsibility for creating the type of community environment that supports and cultivates the development of a balanced child.

Further, in this paper it will be shown how early childhood educators, parents, and policymakers are working together to ensure all young children have access to quality early learning programs. Such efforts are reliant upon governmental subsided programs such head start to help disadvantaged families with young children in poverty level communities. All Young children must have opportunities to get a head start in early learning and development. Early childhood education, play-based curricula, and Head Start are the three main factors that are crucial to the development and learning of young

To begin with, AR can help students learn challenging concepts by involving the students in an interactive learning environment. In a case study done in Taiwan, students went around campus and pointed their mobile phone to their surroundings (citation). The device would calculate the students’ positions with a GPS system and produce a virtual scene with tags around objects. The students could then click on these objects and view the object’s detailed description in English. After this learning process, the students were asked to compose a descriptive essay. By analysing these writings, researchers found that the students

This research article, titled, The Effect of an Augmented Reality Enhanced Mathematics Lesson on Student Achievement and Motivation by Anne Estapa and Larysa Nadolny from Iowa State University, was written with the goal of examining more closely the effect of Augmented Reality-based lessons on student achievement and student motivation in a high school math class. Investigating this question is important because with more and more available technology to use in the classroom, it is essential to examine the effectiveness of it and not implement a certain tool to have technology for technology’s sake. The article discusses in depth the achievement levels and motivations of students who participated in a high school math lesson that involved the use of Augmented Reality, or AR, to reinforce the concept of dimensional analysis. In the article, AR is described as an ideal tool for the mathematics classroom because AR can facilitate things such as “manipulation, visualizations, and authentic contexts”. Another benefit is that to increase motivation, the researchers used real-world situations which is easier to fabricate with the use of technology, especially because of the prevalence of technology in almost every moment of a person’s life today. Although the researchers are seemingly seeking to confirm their belief that Augmented Reality is a useful classroom tool for technical mathematics, they are quick to point out that a good classroom is comprised of a clear distinction of