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.