Rough Draft of Presentation 1

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Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

CONTENT:

(1)    Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.

      For my independence study component I plan to do a study on the benefits that kids has when they attend preschool. I would compare the knowledge preschool kids have compare those that do not attend preschool. I have been noticing the kids of the preschool where I volunteer know a lot more that kids who I interact with outside of the volunteer center. With the help of my mentor and the teachers of the center I plan to prove that preschool makes a big difference for preparing a child for its education.

(2)    Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours’ work requirement.

      I plan on meeting my required work hours by volunteering on the center. While I volunteer there I will ask teacher why preschool is important for children and why is it important for education. Also I will analyze how children are learning by asking them questions.

(3)    How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ?  

      Although I have not yet created an EQ, this independent component would relate to it because preschool prepares children for kindergarten and future education. Educating children is important for both themselves and our future.

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Second Interview Questions

1.        When and how did you realize that this is the career you wanted to go into?
2.        How long have you been working in this field?
3.        What are the specific classes that you had to be a preschool teacher?
4.        Tell me about one of your accomplishments and why this was important to you?
5.        What is the hardest thing you have experience while working as a preschool teacher?
6.       What upsets you?

Working EQ:

The Pentagon:

 (1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far?

One positive result is that I have learned how to work with children. Working with children it seems an easy career to do but actually is the opposite, this career is not easy. My mentor enlightened me on the fact that you as a teacher have to have a lot of patience and understand because everyone is different. Early Childhood Development requires a lot of growing inside the brain, which makes the child to act in different ways.

(2) EQ Content:  Pick a piece of research or your interview.  How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic?

When I interviewed my mentor, I was impressed with much of new information. Due to the interview, I can understand much more on how to work with children, making then understand, how to help them, and much others things.  Many specific details were explained to me, being a preschool teacher you should have a basic grasp of child psychology and child development, communication is very important talking with children, parents, and co-workers. Also teachers deal with a wide variety of behavior in children from extreme shyness and separation anxiety to hyperactivity and aggression. Teachers have to know how to handle health and safety-related situations that may arise in the classroom. Working with children is not that easy, but if you love your work it can be fun.

 (3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project?

So far, I was confused I didn’t know how to start and I came up with conclusion that I wanted to work with children.  After researching places I finally found a children center in Cal Poly Pomona College, which it was really interesting for me. I went personally and they gave me an application filled it and they asked me for my TB shot and I had to get that shot. They called me and accept me I was so excited to work there. Getting to work at the children center was fun and exciting. There are many teachers who can help me and which they are really nice. Also, there is no problem gathering research. There are so many articles and books about early childhood development.

(4) What hasn't worked so far? 

I have trouble on memorizing the teacher’s and children’s names, is hard when they tell me to go and tell someone something. I have to repeat the name a lot and I forget I know some of them but not all of them. Is hard to me memorize everyone’s name because I don’t go every day.

(5) Finding Value:  Based on your experience so far,

What possible question or questions come to mind regarding what you would like to study this year?

A question that comes to mind regarding what I would like to study is, how hard or challenging the course load in childhood development.  Also, what is the best way to make parents understand the difference between a preschool and a child care. What is the best way to deal with a child who is crying or been restless. 

 What is your end goal this year with your senior project?

My end goal for my senior project this year is to get to know how is the feeling to work as a preschool teacher. I also want to make sure if this is what I really want to continue my career on.  I’m pretty sure that it would help me decided if I really enjoy working as a preschool teacher.  Also, to do a good job explaining my topic to others, and make them understand what is my topic and how everything works.

Who would you like to talk to you next? Why?  

 I would like to talk to someone in the childhood development field, because they can tell me more information on how children learn and the process of their development. This would help me a lot, by knowing more information of how kids react.   

Blog 5a: Problem Statement

1) Preschool Teacher

• Problem in your topic.  What will you do once you solve the problem?

2) Parents do not understand why preschool is important, for their children future. Parent mistaking child care for preschool because is cheaper but, not the importance of preschool.

Once solving the problem, I will encourage parents to put their children in preschool because of the importance and their child future.

3) Aggressive behavior between children, like hitting, biting, or fighting over toys.

 Talking with them is the best thing to do when fighting over a toy. Once the problem is solved and they say sorry each other they would share the toy. If they continue with the same problem,  I will talk to them again and take away the toy from them.

Blog 3: Interview Preparations

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

•  I plan to interview Melissa Terraza, or Elaine Cortez, they are teachers for several years in early childhood development (child care). I believe that whichever of them have such as great experience and the true understanding on children.

2. You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask?

• In addition to the five questions, I plan on asking what, is the best way to start a job in a children center. Also, I would ask in case i decided not to continue with this job, what are other choices in almost the same career? The last question I would like to ask is if she recommends me to pursue this career choice.

Topic Choice

A. What is your topic and why?

• My topic is Early Childhood Development. I chose this topic because I really enjoy being with kids. I want to learn more from the teachers and feel more the experience being with children. Someday I would like to put my own children center, and by focusing my project on this topic I would get a good experience.

B.

• Effective I-Poly Citizen: I plan to be helping others and guiding them to the right answer. This will help me to be an effective I-Poly citizen by helping others and making them secure with the best choice.

• Effective Learner:  I plan to be creative and put all my effort to finish on time. This will improve me to be an effective learning because putting all my effort in starting early; I would get more time to be creative with my work.

• Effective Communicator:  I plan to tell others about my project. This will make me more effective communicator by being able to share others my ideas and what i have planned for the project.

• Effective User of Technology: I plan be able to complete all my blogs. This will make me more effective as a user of technology because I will learn more and others can see what I have learn an experience.