Volunteering At North Elementary And I Am Working Through The Refugee Development Center

Adapting your communication by using sign language or pictures, flashcards or slowing down your pace will also encourage a child and giving them

While you were listening to them make sure to have eye contact and if communicating with the child show your interest by saying different expressive work like ' that's sound amazing' or praising them if they

With children langue needs to be age appropriate so your language will need to be simpler and you need to be very clear and concise about what you are saying. You may also have to give more reassurance to build their confidence. Body language may also have to be more exaggerate as children may not pick up on subtler signs. Also you may have to use more physical contact with children especially the very young.

In todays society there are many things that people can be involved in. One is volunteering. Local organizations around my community are always looking for people to come in and help volunteer with the young and the old. A local Boys and Girls club is one that I volunteer at when ever I get a chance to. Volunteering with the Boys and Girls Club has allowed me to help the boys and girls to have a safe place to come learn and grow while having fun. It is a place where young people can come and know someone cares about them. Volunteering makes a difference in the lives of boys and girls in the community. (Volunteer1) Volunteering with the Boys & Girls Club has taught me more about the organization, what a volunteer does, and what I can learn from volunteering.

I volunteered at Chiefland Elementary School, under Ms. Sidorenko’s supervision. After doing my twenty hours of volunteering at Chiefland Elementary School, I have gained new knowledge on how religion works in schools. If you grew up in a small town area like I did, you would know that religion around here is not a touchy subject with many people. Many faculty administrators who work in the school system happen to be Baptists or Christians. Therefore, people are able to throw in religious assessments here and there without getting into too much trouble. In this case, at this school, everyone goes to the same church or partners with each other’s churches. Before I go on, let me just say, even though I am a Christian, I think that religion shouldn’t be a topic talked during school hours. My reasoning for this is because children are there to get an education and to learn about the world around them. Teachers barely have enough time to teach the concepts that are mandatory, if we add religion it will just offend students and teachers won’t be able to get their job done. Now that society is changing and is starting to accept individuals more, I have noticed this school is having a hard time accepting that.

My observation purpose this week was to find out from my mentor how many ELL students were in her classroom. Ms. Zapata has thirteen students that are ELL (English Learning Learners), which concludes with it being her entire class. Furthermore, Ms. Zapata plans her lessons by having certain days where it’s Spanish day for two days and English days for two days as well, gathering this from a Bilingual Program her class is in. Although, on Friday it is a half day for English/Spanish. Resources are practiced in both languages so students are able to understand properly, there are times that students work one-on-one with Ms.

Although I can’t deny that language plays a major role, I think there are more to the story. All of “my students” are immigrants. English is not their first language, and that requires me to use body language. That was quite a problem. When they start being a little too energetic, most of the time, I have to use body language. I know it sounds fun, and it is fun, but believe me, it takes up a lot of energy. Especially, if you’re doing that everyday. My days at Migrant Ed might be boring, miserable, disordered, tiring, and the other unattractive words, but despite everything, it’s been astoundingly amazing. I wake up everyday, knowing that I am doing something right, something meaningful. To be honest, my first impression to the kids was “they look cheerless”. They were. But there was this ambitious goal when I saw them for the first time. It might sound exaggerating but I told myself that I will make them feel normal, and happy. I never wanted to be a teacher nor to work with little kids, but as I said in my previous post, I don’t like things to be simple, I like it to be complicated, and these kids are just a little too complicated. That’s why I am

I was in Casa 1 with the children from the age group between 3 and 5 years old at the ASI Children’s Center. There were one teacher and three aides overlooking the children. The teacher and aides are all female. The teacher, Pa Dao Vang, has a bachelor degree in Child Development, while the aides are students attending the University. The teacher speaks another language, but English is the language used. The class consist of more girls than boys. I observed 10 groups of children while using the Peer Conflict Checklist. They were a culturally mixed group with several bilingual children. There were approximately 27 children present.

What did you learn about the children? I learned that they are very capable of having a conversation with each other about the choices they made when painting their pictures. I also learned that the children really enjoy painting when they have the freedom to mix the colors and paint whatever they

From the time we have known them, they have been a blessing to our church.

I volunteer full time for a non-profit animal rescue group called “Dogs 2nd Chance.” This organization established in 2007 has fostered and found new homes for over 500 dogs locally, up the East Coast and in the New England area. Dogs fostered in our homes are rejected family pets found abandoned on the streets, abused and left to fend for its self. We provide medical treatment, rehabilitation, and find loving homes for each rescued animal. While working with the rescue group I have successfully helped manage multiple events through crowdfunding, silent auctions, and community events, so far this year we’ve risen over $10,000 for the cause.

As the subject of my Community project, I have chosen my classroom volunteer work from Foundations 2100 because though it was not an opportunity I specifically chose to go out of my way to go to, it provides me with an insight as to how there might be different cultures in the different communities I experience in different aspects of my life and by practice, it helps me to apply what I have learned in this class so far into such situations. For the past three Thursdays, I have volunteered in an English Language Learners Biology Assistance Classroom at Highline High School for my classroom volunteer work and have thus spent six hours so far assisting in as well as observing. The particular

They were trying very hard to learn the language that everyone speaks here. They wanted to understand their work on their own without having a hard time understanding the language. In, the beginning I had a hard time because it was my first time teaching someone and helping them with their homework. I didn't know what to do, didn't know how to explain.

Have you ever wondered where you would rest your head at night? Where you would find your next meal? How would support your family given unforeseen sudden circumstances? I’ve never thought about the importance of these questions until a recent experience I had volunteering at a food pantry. There are organizations whose main purpose is to help those in need and provide resources to members of the community who are going through difficult times. A food pantry is a non-profit community serviced organization that provides members of the community with groceries and resources. From volunteering at this food pantry I learned more than ever to never “judge a book, by its cover”, or in other words, even though I person may look well put together on the outside, you never know what it is they are dealing with on the inside. I’ve encountered homeless members of the community, people who have suffered from physical abuse, and people who have experienced unexpected disasters such as house fires to expected job layoffs while volunteering at a food pantry. I’ve also come to appreciate everything that I have in my life from the roof over my head to the food in my stomach and that some people are less fortunate than me.

Regarding the English teacher, she has utter freedom in what and how to teach. Nevertheless, she tries to plan the lessons with the main teacher to try to present the learners similar vocabulary in Spanish and in English. The aim of the institution is that students can approach to English in a friendly and positive atmosphere. Regarding the group I have been observing, it is integrated by 12 learners, aged 3 and 4 years old.