1. List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.
- Kristen Prater
- (310) 821-0963 (not her number, it's the organization's # just ask for her and she will gladly speak to you.)
- Leaps n Boundz
2. What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice?
- She has received her masters degree in Child Psychology from The Sage Colleges and is now aiming for her doctorate. Mrs. Prater has also been with Leaps for about seven years. She works as the gymnastics coach and social skills facilitator.
3. List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours.
- What can be done to make a child's way of learning easier?
- What can be done to ensure that a child learns and retains what they learn in class?
- How can we make sure that a child gets the best experience learning when in the classrooms setting?
4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
- The most important thing I gained from this experience is how important it is for a child to gain social skills. The children I worked with were between the ages of five and seven. Around this time in a child's life they are preparing to go to school for the first time. Some children become social butterflies and others have a bit of a harder time adjusting. This experience means a lot to me because when I was little I was this unbelievably shy little girl and would have appreciated this program.
5. What is your senior project topic going to be? How did mentorship help you make your decision? Please explain.
- My senior project topic is going to be on education in middle school. Mentorship has shown me how parent see education in elementary And education in high school is seen as very important because it is the last step of education before college. But education in middle school is sort of brushed to the side. So my senior project will be on education in middle school and getting it to be seen as just as important.
