So last Wednesday before class I went to my training session with Boston Partners in Education :) I was looking forward to it because I got to learn how to be better at something for free.......huh I feel like that should be happening more offten!!!!!!!!
Anyways, it was interesting and helpful, I feel more prepared to step into a public Elementary School system & see how I can help the teacher, students & environment of the classroom.
Some things that we talked about in our training session was what exactly makes a great mentor. I think one of the most important qualities of the mentors that I have had in my life were to be able to explain something in a different way that will be more compatible with my brian & to be able to sense when there is a problem. I hope to accomplish these two things among many others. We also discussed tips on how to communicate with children which lets hope will be effective. They said to begin with a foundation of the child's life & to ask a few simple questions about them to understand more so of what kind of a child you are working with. I hope this will help me understand what kind of teaching the child will respond best to. They also said to begin with praise but specific praise on what the child has done successfully and then go into asking them what they think they could of done better and then guide them into improvement.
I am excited but a little nervous to get started, hopefully the children, teacher & I can all benefit from this!
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