Interview Report Recommendations

Share a brief summary of the interview you conducted. Include the nonprofit agency’s name and a brief description of the agency’s services.

S is a 59 year old African-American female born and raised in Anson County who has attended several institutes of higher learning. After earning a Bachelor of Science in Secretarial Administration from Barber-Scotia College, she later received special education teaching licensure from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Because of her love for learning, S has also taken online classes through the University of Phoenix. She has been a secondary special education teacher for three years and currently works with 8th graders at Anson Middle School.

As I was growing up I never thought about going to college, I came to the United States unaware of what an S.O.L, the SAT, honors, AP and DE classes were. I didn’t know anything about this. There was only one college I knew and that was James Madison University because it was everywhere in the city. When I was a freshman, history was my favorite subject it was just so fun to learn about the history of each country. When it was parent conference day my teacher told my mom that since i’m so good in history I can take World History History 2 honors. I didn’t know what an honors class was at that time but it sounded good so I decided to give it a try. I can’t explain why I choose Avid because actually I got into this class without knowing what Avid was, but I’m glad I applied and had been with this class

For my In-Depth Interview paper, I chose to Interview my co-worker Senada Cufurovic whom I work with at Bank of the West. Senada finds herself culturally diverse as being from another country and culture. As long as I have known Senada from working with her for the past two years, I have never been able to get to know her background from where she came from until this opportunity to interview her came up.

Substitute teachers must quickly adjust to the classroom schedule and may not know individual children’s needs. An appropriate orientation can address these concerns. The teacher can help by preparing written policies, procedure, and emergency list placed in visible sight. The teachers can keep copies of emergency care plans for your students in a secure place that you and substitute teachers can get to easily in an emergency.

After school, my mentor called me down to talk to one of our building union representatives. At first, I thought she wanted to discuss how she schedules café duty for the guidance department, since they have one lunch wave a day instead of an entire period every other day. Instead, the building rep had received a complaint by, as she described, “one of our more grumpy” staff members, who was concerned that I was “assigning” duties and that is the job of the administrator and not a teacher. She asked me to send out a clarifying email explaining that I was collecting data related to the teacher preferences and that the administrative team is scheduling the duties. As Diana, the union building rep and I were wrapping up our meeting one of the special education teachers popped her head in Diana’s office and said, “That was a great idea Shannon.” Perfect timing!

I had the pleasure of meeting Devyn in November 2015. I asked whether he was able to be interviewed by me, and he agreed. Devyn has worked in the Therapeutic Recreation field for 20 years.

For my Success Interview, I questioned Nicole Pha. An escrow assistant at First American Title and a first-generation refugee who escaped from the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia to settle in America at the young age of 4 with her family. They had fled in the middle of the night with no belongs from their village for fear of death and slavery. Her family was originally given asylum in Baltimore and after getting settled, they moved to California to restart their lives. Mrs. Pha is now working as an escrow assistant for First American Title in Orange County making a six-figure salary while supporting her husband and two children. During my interview with Mrs. Pha, I examined the 4 core reoccurring themes of her success: Success isn’t success, sacrifice

What other sources an administrator could provide to the staff while dealing with budget cuts?

The brown brick building in the back of the school, next to the Orbach Science library, is at first shockingly small in size, the UCR School of Medicine. The golden lettering is easily read from a far distance. The surrounding area is very peaceful and calming where I am able to hear the birds chirp as I walk along the shady pathway. There was not a student in sight. As I entered the brown brick building, it smelled delightfully clean and sanitized. All I could hear was beeping from a machine that I could not identify. As I continued walking, a cool breeze was felt as I passed a classroom that was in session. The interior of the classroom seemed very spacious. The more I continued to explore the building, I discovered the dean’s office, and

During my interview process I did inform everyone that I was interested in the MD/PhD program. nowhere in that interview did I showcase any desire to persuade a MD program only. I only take the MCAT once not twice and the only reason why I signed up for it was because most MD/PhD program require it. If I wanted to apply to an MD program only I would of not accept the invitation to the IPREP program. I have attended many medical conference and for most school’s research was not much of a requirement. even if it was, I have gained ample laboratory experience in the scientific field through my summer internships. All I needed was my volunteer experience and my MCAT score to get into medical school. However, medical school was not my only interest,

Maitland Faucheux is known by “Spuddy” to just about everyone. I met Spuddy though Alumni connections from my advisor. I did not know really much about him but when I talked to him over the phone he seemed really eager to do an interview. Mr. Faucheux actually majored in Computer Science at Nicholls University. He originally wanted to go to a technical school for electronics. Somehow one of his friends from high school ended up talking him into going to college. His friend had heard about the Computer Science major from one of his friends and talked to him about it. He worked in that major for 10 years before he got tired of the repetitive behavior. He also worked at a plant in Vacherie and a sales person for toiletries. Being around people was not a problem because he worked with people since he was 8 years old. He knew that he wanted to own his own business one day. When he opened Spuddy’s Cajun Food he

The principal’s role is to note, in line with the school s SEN policy, the fact that a Classroom Support process is being put in

An OTA can benefit from a fruitful interview. My interview with JBMT was highly rewarding and gave an excellent insight into an own culture that differs from my own which led me to understand diversity. The interview helped me get to know a lot about Mr. JBMT; his culture, occupation, and activities. Mr. JBMT is a caucasian male with ancestry origins in Italy, Germany, Russia, Austria, and England. Like most Caucasians, Mr. JBMT respects and observes holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. During these occasions, people come together to appreciate each other with gifts and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Mr. JBMT celebrations with family are traditional and invoke religion.

Madison Community Unit District #12 of Madison, Illinois has a combined junior high and high school. This combined school services just over 300 students, and has two secretaries. Each secretary is responsible for a particular grade level. I had the opportunity to interview the secretary for the high school. I will refer to her as Ms. X. Ms. X is actually the junior high school secretary, and has been for the last 19 years. However, she is filling the role of the high school secretary position to accommodate the other secretary who cannot walk stairs