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Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

Independent Component 2 Plan Approval 

(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.
For this independent component I'm planning on continuing to volunteer at Woodbury Preschool Village and in addition to that take an Childhood development course at Mt. Sac, which focuses on Language arts and Media for young children.
(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.
I plan to meet the 30 hour work requirement by going to the class twice a week along with volunteering the other two days. The class alone is 18 hours of lecture time, so to get the last 12 i would go and volunteer at Woodbury Preschool Village.

(3) How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ?  
My independent study component relates to my working E.Q because my EQ is: How can a Preschool best help a child prepare for Kindergarten, So the class will help because it's about Language arts and media aspect of my EQ i say this because they both can play a major part in how a preschool can best help a child. My volunteer services at Woodbury Preschool Village helps because I can get an in depth look on how there preschool program works and talk to parents of former children that went their and track their success at leaving and entering Kindergarten to see if they were actually more prepared than children that didn't go there.

Blog14: Independent Component 1

Blog14: Independent Component 1

           Literal
a). I Emani affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
b). The sources that helped me complete my independent component were my Mentors Genesis and Yessenia at  Woodbury Preschool Village, Books: You Me Us, which went in depth with explaining how Preschool is suppose to help a child with developing social, motor, cognitive, and language skills, another book was the Montessori Method, from this book I learned how they feel Preschool should be shaped, this then allowed me to compare and contrast Montessori, Public, and Private Preschools. 
c). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgRlije4fFfMdGthT05qWGh5S0EzR3FRdGN2eE1BUkE&usp=sharing

d).  I was a volunteer at Woodbury Preschool Village. I was in was in charge of assistingthe kids with reading, learning to write, art's and crafts ect.

             Interpretive 

My completion of my 30 hours consisted of going to Woodbury Preschool Village on Tuesday's and Thursday's. once there I would assist the kids with reading, learning to write, art's and crafts, putting there shoes on, helping with snack, being able to teach a class by myself twice, assisting the kids with going to bathroom, helping decorate the classroom, giving my input to my mentors on if this would be a good lesson or not, helping with cognitive skills, and by being an extra aid to my mentors. 

                            Applied

  This component helped me to understand the foundation of my topic better because going into my Senior Project I thought being a preschool teacher wasn't that hard of a job at all. I thought ok you teach kids not too hard. With my reading and volunteering I quickly learned it was more complicated than I thought. From rude parents and kid's not listening to learning how little Preschool teachers make. The component helped me to become more knowledgeable on the basics of early childhood education/preschool and allowed me to first hand how challenging the job can be. I was also given the time to examine if I truly want to go into this profession or not. 

Rough Draft of 30 min Presentation

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwRlije4fFfMVHRHYmpXdG13U2c/edit

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. What is the best way to prepare a child for Kindergarten?

2.Why is preschool beneficial for early childhood students?

3. Should early childhood/preschool teachers higher education be  any less than any teacher?

4. Do you feel a lower income student (ie. head start) has a disadvantage compared to one who goes to a quality preschool?

5. In your opinion does social/emotional development in the early years play an important role in a child's future?

6. Is parent involve in the early years of development critical to a child's future success?

7. How can non educated parents become more interested in the importance of early childhood preschool education?

8. What components make up a quality preschool?

9. How can you as a teacher ensure a parent of a slower learning student that they are receiving the same quality education as other students?

10. In your opinion should all early childhood/preschool teachers be well qualified through higher education and learning experience?

Blog 11 Mentorship 10 hours Check

            Content:

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship? 
        I am doing my mentorship at Woodbury  Preschool Village in Altadena California. 
2.   Who is your contact?
       Genesis R. 
3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?   

   I have done a total of 65 hours

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did. The 10 hours of service I did was spent with doing arts and crafts, language, english, mathematics, monitoring the kids growth and personal success,  and learning how hard being a preschool teacher is 
      
5.   Email your house teacher the name of your contact and their phone number.    

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