POSITIVE STATEMENT
I am most proud of the flow and organization on my final presentation. I spent some time rehearsing what had to be discussed on my topic and made sure to speak clearly. I chose significant mentorship experiences and tied them to my answers while presenting. Overall, I am proud of what I accomplished with senior project, finding my passion and a career path.
QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER
Final Presentation: AE P+ AP CR NC
I believe that I earned a "P+" overall for my final Presentation because I meet all the "P" considerations requirements and included an extra activity.
Senior Project: AE P AP CR NC
I believe that I earned an "AE" overall for my senior project because I meet all the "P" considerations requirements but on several components earned an AE. I also made and sent templates to the senior project team for E.C.
What worked for me in my senior project was the research I found through databases and books. My topic was broad so I had to spend time focusing on subtopics and finding credible sources of research.
If I had a time machine, I wouldn't do anything differently to my senior project other than spend more time finding mentors initially. I was stressful not having a "good" mentor.
FINDING VALUE
The senior project has been extremely helpful in my future endeavors because I was able to meet and build connections in the field of work I plan to pursue. For mentorship, I spent time working for THINK Together, a nonprofit organization that provides free elementary school tutoring, and because of my work ethic there, they offered a paid position for the fall.
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Blog 21: Mentorship
LITERAL
I, Ingrid Nicole Mata, affirm that I have completed mentorship during the academic school year which represents 51 hours and 35 minutes of work.
My Senior Project Hours log has been updated.
Contact: Lesley Martin & Maricar Caragao
Mentorship: Lark Ellen Elementary, THINK Together
INTERPRETIVE
The most important thing I have gained from this learning experience is the significance in great people skills and organization. For mentorship, I was surrounded by elementary school children but also worked with adults, experts in this line of work, who carried themselves gracefully in a fast-paced learning environment. I was able to observe my mentors complete tasks and goals with proper planning, ultimately learning what is key to creating an effective teaching practice.
APPLIED
What I have done has helped me answer my essential question because I learned the fundamentals in planning, executing, and concluding lesson plans. How can an elementary school teacher most effectively produce fluent readers? While observing and shadowing my mentors, I was able to answer this question because I witnessed first hand examples of students going from having trouble with reading to reading above their grade level.
I, Ingrid Nicole Mata, affirm that I have completed mentorship during the academic school year which represents 51 hours and 35 minutes of work.
My Senior Project Hours log has been updated.
Contact: Lesley Martin & Maricar Caragao
Mentorship: Lark Ellen Elementary, THINK Together
INTERPRETIVE
The most important thing I have gained from this learning experience is the significance in great people skills and organization. For mentorship, I was surrounded by elementary school children but also worked with adults, experts in this line of work, who carried themselves gracefully in a fast-paced learning environment. I was able to observe my mentors complete tasks and goals with proper planning, ultimately learning what is key to creating an effective teaching practice.
APPLIED
What I have done has helped me answer my essential question because I learned the fundamentals in planning, executing, and concluding lesson plans. How can an elementary school teacher most effectively produce fluent readers? While observing and shadowing my mentors, I was able to answer this question because I witnessed first hand examples of students going from having trouble with reading to reading above their grade level.
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Blog 20: Exit Interview
1. What is your essential question and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?
My EQ is How can an elementary school teacher most effectively produce fluent readers? My three answers are: providing students materials and time to develop fine motor skills, using visual arts to stimulate response and understanding, and expanding vocabulary and tracking any to all progress made. After researching and accumulating 80 sources, my best answer is expanding a student's vocabulary and tracking any to all progress made because there were a numerous amount of studies conducted proving how beneficial this instruction is for students.
2. What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
Initially, the idea of documenting a student's reading progress originated from one of my first mentors, AnnMarie Krall. Each week, she sent out short stories to her students and instructed them to practice reading them home. The following week, she would assess the students using Fluency and would fill in a bar graph on a take home folder/data sheet. This method was great for my mentor for multiple reasons so I decided to look in to it. I researched for studies done that proved that monitor progression was effective and found significant credible sources agreeing that this method works.
3. What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
The only major problem I can think of had to do with researching itself. As stated before, there were studies done on monitor progression by specials but they were slightly out dated. The studies published ranged from 1980 to 2005 and I felt that not all of the studies done were still relevant to my topic. In order to resolve this issue, I had to find more in-depth research by visiting libraries and looking through several online databases.
4. What are the two most significant sources used to answer your essential question and why?
The two most significant sources I used to help answer my EQ was a book by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo titled Great Habits Great Readers and an eBook tilted Teaching All Students to Read in Elementary School. The book Great Habits Great Readers immensely helped me with answering my EQ because it presented examples and real-life scenarios on my third answer. Teaching All Students to Read in Elementary School was an exemplary guide that helped me answer my EQ because it explained the critical elements needed for an effective reading program.
My EQ is How can an elementary school teacher most effectively produce fluent readers? My three answers are: providing students materials and time to develop fine motor skills, using visual arts to stimulate response and understanding, and expanding vocabulary and tracking any to all progress made. After researching and accumulating 80 sources, my best answer is expanding a student's vocabulary and tracking any to all progress made because there were a numerous amount of studies conducted proving how beneficial this instruction is for students.
2. What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
Initially, the idea of documenting a student's reading progress originated from one of my first mentors, AnnMarie Krall. Each week, she sent out short stories to her students and instructed them to practice reading them home. The following week, she would assess the students using Fluency and would fill in a bar graph on a take home folder/data sheet. This method was great for my mentor for multiple reasons so I decided to look in to it. I researched for studies done that proved that monitor progression was effective and found significant credible sources agreeing that this method works.
3. What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
The only major problem I can think of had to do with researching itself. As stated before, there were studies done on monitor progression by specials but they were slightly out dated. The studies published ranged from 1980 to 2005 and I felt that not all of the studies done were still relevant to my topic. In order to resolve this issue, I had to find more in-depth research by visiting libraries and looking through several online databases.
4. What are the two most significant sources used to answer your essential question and why?
The two most significant sources I used to help answer my EQ was a book by Paul Bambrick-Santoyo titled Great Habits Great Readers and an eBook tilted Teaching All Students to Read in Elementary School. The book Great Habits Great Readers immensely helped me with answering my EQ because it presented examples and real-life scenarios on my third answer. Teaching All Students to Read in Elementary School was an exemplary guide that helped me answer my EQ because it explained the critical elements needed for an effective reading program.
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