Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

Literal: 

1. Link to mentorship hours.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1E4IpBrBIdnRIGBsKEjXse-Y7BdvLsgA-WbFYxJy3370/edit#gid=0

2. Contact name and number.

I volunteered at Rivera Middle School in Pico Rivera.

Mentor: Laura Murillo

Number: (626) 975-1796

3. Questions.

What exactly is going to change with the switch to common core?

How will you be affected by the new teaching methods?

Will the students be able to adapt to the new methods?

Will the classes become more or less difficult because of the switch?

Interpretive: 

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience?

The most important thing I learned from this experience is that teachers still rely on teamwork to put things together. For example, there are about 2 or 3 math teachers for each grade level, and the all work together to figure out the most affective way to teach their math using common core. As I helped in setting up the basic lesson plans, it was apparent that the teachers worked a lot swifter with each other to achieve the goal. This was obvious a very important thing for me because although we practice this at iPoly, it was sort of weird to see it in an actual work environment. However, this showed me that it is a very important concept. 

Applied

5. My senior project is going to be about teaching math through common core. After going to these two days of I realized that it would be nice to understand the new common core system that everyone will be using.