Post 9 - Final Reflection

1. Think back to the beginning of internship. What were your goals? Did you achieve these goals? If so, what did you have to do consistently to achieve the goals?

My goals were completed the internship hours, enjoyed the internship. I did achieve these goals. I did complete the 125 hours and I enjoyed to go to my internship work with kids everyday.

2. What are the most important ideas or skills you’ve learned in the last 10 weeks?
I learned listen careful and get the idea what the students said was important to be a teacher.

3. What has having a relationship with a professional employee such as your supervisor/mentor meant to your personal development? How have you have grown as a student and/or young adult in this relatively new country?

I learn and know how a professional employee looks like from my supervisor. I think I am one step close to a adult in this relatively new country.

4. What were the highlights (memorable moments) of your internship experience?

One memorable moment was students called me Ms. Yuni and students were like to work learned me.

5. What are your thoughts about jobs, careers, or the professional world in general as a result of having spent 125 hours working in it?
I think being a professional worker is not a easy thing to do. 

6. After high school, what do you want to pursue for a career? Are you more or less interested in college as a result of your internship?

After high school, I want to be a college student. Go to a college is helping me to pursue for a career, give me more chance.

7. What were your biggest challenges to overcome and how did you handle those challenges?

The biggest challenges to overcome were acted like a teacher in front the students; to spoke English with the students.

8. If you were to start a brand new internship next week, what are at least two things you would do differently?

If I were to start a brand new internship next week, the difference I will ask my supervisor questions when I don't understand. Be more proactive.

9. Think of two to three pieces of advice you could offer a new intern at your site.

I will advice the new intern do not touch the children but the children may like to hold your hand or hug your leg because they are little. When you work a few days, you can find out the rule about "do not touch the children".

10. What will you miss about your internship?

I will miss my kindergarten class K-002. All of them are sweet kids. I like to work with them, work with K-002.

Post 8 - Update Resume

Yuni Deng

ydeng@inths.org

Education               International High School at Lafayette                       2009-present

                                    Brooklyn, NY

                                    Expected Graduation Date: June 2013

                                    Grade Point Average: 3.4

Experience          Teaching Assistant, Brooklyn School of Inquiry        Spring-2012

·      Supervised students as they travelled from class to class

·      Assisted students with spelling, writing letters, and reading

·      Helped students solve problems and find answers

Activities                 iMentor, International High School at Lafayette        2011-present

·      Participate in technology-based mentoring program for high school students

·      Develop an ongoing relationship with an adult volunteer mentor via weekly email and regular face-to-face meetings

·      Attend monthly events with mentor

Familial Responsibilities                                             2010-present

·      Responsible for weekly grocery run for family

·      Spearhead cooking for household four nights per week

·      Wash dishes for household six nights per week

Skills                          PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Excel

Languages              Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese), English

References            Jill Hatton

Burberry Inc.,

hattonjill@gmail.com

iMentor                                

           

                                    Sean Burke

                                    Internship Teacher, International High School at Lafayette

                                    sburke@inths.org

Post 7 - Thank You Letter

May 23, 2012

Dear Mrs. Cintula,

Thank you for working with me these last ten weeks. I really enjoyed class K-002 and my first experiences as a teaching assistant. I appreciate that you were so nice to me the last ten weeks. That was so important to me because when I came to a strange place the first few days, I was nervous. That was the first time to be a teacher and have students calling me Ms. Yuni. This was my first time to see how a kindergarten teacher looks and how a kindergarten class functions.

I am thankful to you for teaching me while you were also teaching the students at the same time. I really learned!  I had never heard so many English fairy tales before. Before internship, I didn’t think that I would want to be a teacher.  But I might have changed my mind because of you. I can see that you really enjoy teaching students. I am inspired by you.

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to work with you and class K-002. This is a very precious experience.

Sincerely,

Yuni Deng

Post 6 - Photo Essay

This is the classroom I always work in. This is a kindergarten classroom. They are 5 tables called blue, green, yellow, red and orange. Students write and read on the tables. But sometime they will site together on the carpet to listen the teacher Mrs. Cintula read them a story book. Most are fairy tales. I enjoyed to listen the story.

This is the playground. There two different have two side. The picture above is for 1st grade and kindergarten to play. Another picture is for 2nd and 3rd grade. I also work in there everytime when I came to the school. Because it's lunch time. Students had to ate lunch or play in the playground. My job was to stand in the playground to make sure they play safely.

Both of two ladies were my superviors when I work in Brooklyn School of Inquiry. The lady of the left, she was the person who I met at the first in the interview. Her name is Ms. Kelly. The lady of the right, she was my teacher who I always work with in the class. Her name is Mrs. Cintula. And the man next to Mrs.Cintula also teh teacher I always work with. He is my co-worker. He also a teaching assistant but he is teh professional. I am happy and thanks those three person were work with me.

Post 1, First Impression

The internship was started on March 5^th. When I first day came into the Brooklyn School of Inquiry. It’s a very new school and I saw lots of children good work on the wall. This is my first walk in an elementary school. It looks a nice school. I think kids are happy to learning in this school.

My supervisor is the parent coordinator, she’s name is Kelly Baxter Golding. She is a nice and friendly. She is a patient person. She told us what to do when we coming and she bring other interns and me to introduce each of us to the class that we work in.

Ms. Kelly is my supervisors. But also the teacher that I work with is my supervisor too. She is Mrs. Cintula. And she is a nice person too. When I first go in the classroom, I got a 5 seconds introduction. Because Mrs. Cintula was very busy. We don’t talk more after that. And I stand here to watch her teach students. So many posters, student’s pictures, their work... are all on the wall; and I look at it. (One class have two teachers, I know he is helping Mrs. Cintula but not to teach kids. Also he is a nice person.) At the end of last class, Mrs. Cintula introduced me to the students. They said “Welcome” to me.

The first day I was a little bit nervous. Honesty, I feel a little embarrassed to stand in a class room at the first day. Some of the students look at a confused face with no speaking. I know they think “who am I?” (Because the teacher haven not introduced me at the first I came in). They feel weird about me and I feel weird they look at me. But I know they are nice friendly children. This is my first impression at Brooklyn School of Inquiry.

Post 5 - New Vocabulary

Advisor, Native Language: 顾问
Definition: A person who gives advice.
Sample sentence: My advisor is Ms. Kara, if I have any questions in my internship, I can talk to her or ask her.


Appropriate, Native Language: 适当
Definition: Something you did is acceptable or correct.
Sample sentence: Jeans are not appropriate for a gym class.


Attitude, Native Language: 态度
Definition: The way that you think and feel about somebody/something.
Sample sentence: When you work in a school, keep a same attitude to every student.


Co-worker, Native Language: 同事
Definition: A person who work in a same place or company with you.
Sample sentence: Mrs. Cintula is one of my co-worker in my work place, she is a nice person.


Cover letter, Native Language: 求职信
Definition: A letter that sent to a company to find a job/career.
Sample sentence: I sent a cover letter to my supervisor before I start my internship.


Criticism, Native Language: 批评
Definition: The act of expressing disapproval of somebody/something and opinions about their faults or bad qualities.
Sample sentence: When I did something wrong/bad in class, I take criticism from my teacher.

Employee, Native Language: 雇员
Definition: Aperson who is paid to work for someboy.
Sample sentence: A big company has over 500 employees.


Employer, Native Language: 雇主
Definition: Aperson or company that pays people to work for them.
Sample sentence: The employer always paid for employee on time.


Flexible, Native Language: 能适应新情况的，灵活的
Definition: Able to change to suit new conditions or situations.
Sample sentence: We need to flexible when we work in a group or other people.


Proactive, Native Language: 积极主动的
Definition: Controlling a situation by making things happen.
Sample sentence: Don't be lazy, to be a proactive person.


Novice, Native Language: 新手，初学者
Definition: A person who is new and has little experience in a skill, job or situation.
Sample sentence: I'm a complete novice to work in a school.


Reliable, Native Language: 可信赖的
Definition: That can be trusted to do something well; that you can rely on.
Sample sentence: I want to be a reliable person when I work in my internship place.


Salary, Native Language: 薪金，薪水
Definition: Money that employees gets for doing their job, especially professinal empolyees or people working in an office, usually paid every month.
Sample sentence: He gets a basic salary plus commission.


Task, Native Language: 任务，工作
Definition: A piece of work that somebody has to do, especially a hard one.
Sample sentence: My first task in my internship is to make a communication with students.


Wages, Native Language: 工资，工钱
Definition: The money that you earn every week for work or services.
Sample sentence: Wages are paid on Fridays.

Post 4 - Midpoint Reflection

How has your internship been similar to your expectations? How has it been different than your expectations?

My internship has to talk with many different kids. They are big part of community. To meet and learn about is one thing of my my expectation. The different of my expectation idteaching. Iwill not to be a teacher.

What is similar and/or different about the culture of your internship workplace environment compared to IHSL's school environment?  Provide at least two specific examples.

The smimilar is every body respectful to each other, be nice to each other, listen, learning and teaching. For example, my internship place also a school. Many teacher and students are similar to IHSL's envionment. The difference is grade level, they're not teengers, are kids.

What new skills have you learned that you can apply at other jobs?  For example, have you learned to become a better verbal communicator as a result of interacting with clients each day?  If so, how and where could that skill help you get a job in the future?

I can be a patient and good listener when I work with different kids. I think be a patient and good listener person are improtant and useful in each job.

What kind of relationship do you have with your mentor and co-workers?

I think teacher and student is kind of the relationship with my metor. Because I am new and I have to learn form her. Also can be a helper, to help her in the classroom.

How have you grown as a result of interacting with professional adults?

To know want is the most improtant, and what I need to do first. To take my time and be organize.

What kinds of communication skills have you gained?  Specifically, how has your English improved since beginning internship?

The commucication skills I gained was to listen careful and care about what they said and answer. The students I work with are like to share whit people. I always listen to them and try my best English to communica with them.

What challenges have you had to overcome? Explain the specific steps you've taken to beat those challenges.

The challenges is to listen care to what the kids said. Seriously, they're good English speaker, better than me more and more. Sometiome I don't understand, but I try to ask them what's that mean to understand what they want to say.

How has the altered internship schedule affected you?  How have you reorganized your time to make sure you are getting all your classwork done? If you're not getting your assignments done, what can you do for the remaining five weeks to ensure you earn better grades? 

My internship schedule make me feel more tire than before and less time to do class work in the class. So I have to take home to finish it. I may use a little note book to write donw what I have to do every day. And remain me to do the assigments done to earn better grades. 

You have FIVE WEEKS of internship left. What are two goals do you hope to accomplish during the remaining weeks? These goals could include knowledge you hope to gain or skills you hope to learn. 
My goal is to finish 125 hours in the internship. And also can take my tiome finish work in class or home to get a better grade. I hope my internship can be a good job experience of my life. I hope to learn good communication with kids.

What new things have you learned about New York City as a result of being "out and about"?
The new thing I learned about was what a kindergarten looks like, works like.