Haley's Journey

Friday October  13th 2017, Today I went to the Lincoln school in Providence with my YDEV 352 class.  We got to see their after school program first hand. My first impressions were that you would have never known you were in providence if  it wasn't for the address. We were surrounded by brand new toys. A playground that wasn't rusty and worked. There was also grass and trees growing all around the surrounding areas.  Inside the building was clean and organized. Each child had their own designated space.  Today, select children had yoga and that was an expectancy in its own. They all followed along but what I liked most was if they made a mistake the teacher did not call the student out, she just kept going on to the next move. This was awesome because it allowed them to get their bodies movie after sitting in a classroom all day but it doesn't make them feel over whelmed by "getting the move wrong". The children laughed and enjoyed themselves.  Although there

As an event I went to the Elks Lodge in South Kingstown on September 23rd to help raise money for Parkinson Disease. It was hosted by the Elks and by the South County YMCA, which I also work for. I actually got paid to attend this event and to help set up children's events.  We had a blow up soccer field where there were sides so the ball would not go too far. This was self fun. We had a small bounce house where two children were allowed at once and a craft table. That is where I spent most of my time. We made spinners to hang in trees out of paper plates and decorated them with dot pant (bingo markers). We also made puppets out of sandwich bags and paper plates.  We had tape, markers, crayons and scissors for the children to craft with. One factor that made crafting hard was the element of being outside and the wind. The paper would blow away unless a heavy object, like a rock was on it.  The children favorite aspect of the day was the magician that came. He really drew they chi

INJUSTICE IN MY LIFE! For me this was the first thing that popped into my head. I worked at an "unnamed" [confidentiality] daycare for over a year and a half of my young life.  For six of those months, the last six months before I quit I was a lead teacher for ages 18-24 months making 10.30 a hour. That was after asking for two raises and reviews. They were never just given. MY INJUSTICE:  I soon found out on two separate occasions that new staff were coming in with no training or certifications as teacher assistants starting at 10.50 while I was making 10.30 to be a lead teacher.  I had been here for a long period of time and I had taken training to be a lead so I was not sure how this was possible. WHAT I DID: I asked the manager the first time I found out. This is when I was still making 9.80 an hour. She told me this was not true and gave me a 50 cent raise. stating that was the best she could do and that I was not making the most beside one other person

                Care for Children                          The Reading: I found this article very interesting because it is something I have never read before. Plus it is from our lovely teacher (: I also believe this is an interesting article because I have grown up in Rhode Island and only known Rhode Island ways so it is awesome to see how other states do things.  I really liked the idea of the teachers drawing artwork to express themselves. I think this is something done well. For example, Eli's Teacher map really stood out to me because I can connect to it as an educator but as a student I can also understand it very easily.  Uniforms are really important as we have to dress a certain way. For example, at my internship, if I do not wear my t-shirt I will get written up, but the trust is the kids do not care if I am wearing a bright orange t-shirt so who is it i am wearing the shirt for? Eli's image showed he cared for the students by watching his tone and showing he

Youth in Action leads by letting the Youth lead. The youth our the future. How can we make changes if we don't know the current situations? Sure we can hear stories but we are not living it. YIA teams up with its youth to hear about the issues they are dealing with daily so they can address them and create workshops to help create a better environment. Basically, YIA makes sure youth are involved every step of the way and that is how they lead. 

I was pushed.. for so long I had people informing me about the youth development program. Probably, since my arrival at RIC.  I didn't want to hear them. I didn't know what youth development was and it did not sound interesting. Development? I have to know what stages youth go though WHAT?!?! I Started Teaching.. When I started teaching at a daycare I was shocked at all the standards that even 3 month old have to meet. Why do we have standards for thee year old? Why are we documenting their strengths and weaknesses? Why do they have a writing domain?  Holding a toy the wrong way means they wont be able to write?  Why does every bumble bee craft in the four year old room have to look exactly the same? cant some have two heads? Some have 4 wings?  Why cant the children learn though their own creative minds. Why do they have to learn and complete activities exactly how the teacher has them planned.    Documenting Felt Wrong..   Why  is little Timmy getting a two