Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Mentoring at John O'Connell HS
The class is made up of both undergrad and grad students from a range of majors and interests. What brings them all together is their interest in serving the community through this exciting book project, organized by 826 Valencia.
The students have completed their third week of mentoring at John O'Connell HS and I'm very impressed of their progress. They were thrown into the mentorship of the book project from the beginning, and they all have risen to the challenges of encouraging and helping the HS students with their personal essays. It helps everyone to realize that this will be a beautiful finished project available at bookstores nationwide and online.
After the first mentoring session, the CCA students had the opportunity to meet as a class to reflect about their first week experiences. Students were able to share their anxieties and concerns, while also sharing best-practice methods in tutoring. Many were interested in learning about strategies of inspiring students who do not consider their stories or writing seriously--because they've often never been told they were worthwhile.
We also reviewed the Eight Studio Habits of Mind, which we will come to again during the Pedagogy section of the course.
I will try to post pictures soon of the high school mentoring.
The students have completed their third week of mentoring at John O'Connell HS and I'm very impressed of their progress. They were thrown into the mentorship of the book project from the beginning, and they all have risen to the challenges of encouraging and helping the HS students with their personal essays. It helps everyone to realize that this will be a beautiful finished project available at bookstores nationwide and online.
After the first mentoring session, the CCA students had the opportunity to meet as a class to reflect about their first week experiences. Students were able to share their anxieties and concerns, while also sharing best-practice methods in tutoring. Many were interested in learning about strategies of inspiring students who do not consider their stories or writing seriously--because they've often never been told they were worthwhile.
We also reviewed the Eight Studio Habits of Mind, which we will come to again during the Pedagogy section of the course.
I will try to post pictures soon of the high school mentoring.
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