Service Learning Service Learning ProjectProject

EDCI-201-Contexts in EducationEDCI-201-Contexts in Education

Jane DoeJane Doe

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me at my me at my

Graduation fromGraduation from

Coeur d’AleneCoeur d’Alene

High School.High School.

Where I’m from and my Where I’m from and my Current MajorCurrent Major

I am from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the home of I am from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the home of the beautiful Coeur d’Alene Lake. I am a the beautiful Coeur d’Alene Lake. I am a French major and I would like to teach French French major and I would like to teach French in the middle or high school area. I have a in the middle or high school area. I have a minor in art.minor in art.

Why I want to Become Why I want to Become a Teachera Teacher

I want to become an elementary teacher I want to become an elementary teacher because I love little children. I used to play because I love little children. I used to play school with my little brother, and when I grew school with my little brother, and when I grew up, I just knew that is what I wanted to do in up, I just knew that is what I wanted to do in life.life.

Where I completed my Where I completed my Service LearningService Learning

I completed by service learning project at the I completed by service learning project at the Good Samaritan Home in Moscow, IdahoGood Samaritan Home in Moscow, Idaho

What did I do there?What did I do there?

While I was at the Good Samaritan Home I While I was at the Good Samaritan Home I presented some learning projects to the presented some learning projects to the elderly people who lived there. We did a elderly people who lived there. We did a lesson on Native American History and a lesson on Native American History and a lesson about the history of Moscow. It took lesson about the history of Moscow. It took our team some time to plan it, but it really our team some time to plan it, but it really worked out well.worked out well.

Where I completed my Where I completed my Service LearningService Learning

I completed by service learning project at the I completed by service learning project at the Good Samaritan Home in Moscow, IdahoGood Samaritan Home in Moscow, Idaho

The head nurse was Jackie and she always The head nurse was Jackie and she always made our team feel welcome when we came made our team feel welcome when we came to the home. She was happy to have us to the home. She was happy to have us spend some time with the people there. You spend some time with the people there. You can tell she liked her job.can tell she liked her job.

Some of my Pre-Service Some of my Pre-Service Learning ThoughtsLearning Thoughts

I really do not know why we have to do this I really do not know why we have to do this service learning project. I don’t have enough service learning project. I don’t have enough time in the day as it is already. It will be hard time in the day as it is already. It will be hard for me to take a bus to the Good Sam home, for me to take a bus to the Good Sam home, but maybe I can get a ride with one of the but maybe I can get a ride with one of the other team membersother team members

Some of my In-Service Some of my In-Service Learning ThoughtsLearning Thoughts

I guess this project is not so bad after all. The I guess this project is not so bad after all. The people at the nursing home really look people at the nursing home really look forward to our visits there. What I really feel forward to our visits there. What I really feel bad about are the people who have no one to bad about are the people who have no one to visit them. I think most of the people really visit them. I think most of the people really want to just talk someone. I can certainly give want to just talk someone. I can certainly give up a little bit of my time to do that.up a little bit of my time to do that.

Some of my Final-Some of my Final-Service Learning Service Learning

ThoughtsThoughts

Although this project took some planning time and Although this project took some planning time and the ability to work with my peers, I still feel that I the ability to work with my peers, I still feel that I have become more of a leader because of this have become more of a leader because of this experience. It was my idea to do the Native experience. It was my idea to do the Native American unit and to make sun catchers. The older American unit and to make sun catchers. The older people really liked this and I felt good about doing people really liked this and I felt good about doing it. All in all, the service learning project was a good it. All in all, the service learning project was a good thing.thing.

How did this Service How did this Service Learning Project Learning Project

Connect with my Future Connect with my Future as a teacher?as a teacher?

In the beginning, I didn’t really see how this In the beginning, I didn’t really see how this project would help me with my teaching project would help me with my teaching goals. However, teaching is really a service goals. However, teaching is really a service profession and I will be giving back to my profession and I will be giving back to my community when I teach little kids. It is community when I teach little kids. It is important to find out if I really want to be in important to find out if I really want to be in a service profession before I go into a service profession before I go into teaching. Through this project, I found out teaching. Through this project, I found out that this is where I belong.that this is where I belong.