Internship site: Park Village Elementary School
Department: 5th grade
Project Title: Organization to the Nth Degree
General Description: Cleaning up and creating and organizational system for my otherwise unorganized mentor.
Learning Objectives: Learning how a classroom should be maintained, how organization can increase workplace efficiency.
Organization/Company Objectives & Benefits: An organized classroom allows for much easier access of learning materials and provides a much better environment for the education of our youth.
Academic Skills: Knowledge of various 5th grade subjects.
Technical Skills: None that I can think of.
Collaboration—Skills and Opportunities: No idea what I'm supposed to put here.
Exhibition Plans: Powerpoint presentation, tour of the classroom.
Schedule & Timelines: I've already started. I work on it every time the kids are out of the classroom, or when there is not much for me to do.
The last week has been draining. Four days with a substitute has been incredibly difficult. The kids are twice as rowdy without my mentor being around, and since the substitute lacked the ability to really control the kids, it was up to me to crack down and take control of the situation. There were a select few in the class that gave me continuous problems throughout the week. By the end of the day on Friday, I'd managed to get them to understand the mistakes and problems they were causing, and make them realize that they were only bringing trouble to themselves. Hopefully when my mentor gets back Tuesday, the class will be much easier to handle.
It's very eye opening, this whole internship experience. I never could have imagined the draining effect on the body teaching has. It's extremely tiring on the mind, and the body. By the end of the day Friday, I was ready to keel over. After this 3 day weekend though, I'm sure I'll be refreshed and ready to go for next week.
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