Blog 7 | Second Interview Prep

(I dont want to end up saying that in the end of my interview.)

Who is your mentor and where do they work? If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert?

• Now that I have changed my topic to 'College' Counseling I have few new mentors. Carlos D. Carrillo and Nancy Dufford both work at Uncommon Good, where they help students achieve their goal of getting into college. Uncommon Good is a non profit organization, they do their best in helping low income families and their students to receive a better education. I believe that Carlos Carrillo, and Nancy Dufford are experts in what they do (College Counseling) because of their 10+ years of being in the program. For this next interview, I plan to ask my questions to Carlos D. Carrillo, he is a graduate from the University of Redlands.

What five questions will you ask them about their background?

• Since you've started with the program, what have you struggled with the most concerning students or staff.
• What did you do after college?
• Has this profession change you in anyway? How?
• How have you dealt with past changes in the educational system? Or how does the 'common core' standard have an effect on you or the program?
• How do you manage to keep the students up to date with SAT's, or College Admission?
• Do you think middle school students should now more about college? Whats your opinion on this?

Blog 6 | Advisory Prep

(I know that picture is not relevant to the post but hey its something to keep my mind off things)

1. What has worked well for you concerning senior project? What has made it a positive experience for you?

• A few things have worked out well concerning senior project, some of the "few" things include being able to get a mentor in the topic that I am pursuing, the workload, and being able to manage my time (Senior Project-wise). Getting a mentor has made it a "positive experience" because I got to interact with someone I don't usually talk with and being able to bond with this person I was able to get the most of what I wanted for one I information regarding COMMON CORE and stuff like that. The workload has also been a great thing because....There isn't much to worry about than the past few years (Probably because I'm not taking Young-scholars). I was also able to manage my time separating the important bits such as senior project and the SAT.

2. What are you finding difficult concerning senior project? How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you? How might the senior team help?

• I'm not really finding anything too difficult about senior project, the only thing is that many people tend to stress a lot about things, I don't tend to do that. For the people that do though, they may need a 1 week break from blogs or research checks (Like about every 5 weeks of blogs/RC).

Blog 5 | Interview 1 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview? Is there anything I would do  differently for other interviews?

• The most important thing that I had learned from this interview is that I would have to find a place where there would be less interruptions, I also learned that I would have to edit my audio before I upload to SoundCloud.

2. Did I get additional resources and contacts? What is the most useful? Why?

• Sadly I did not receive any additional resources or contacts, but I had told her earlier, before the interview, that my topic is somewhat going around the idea of "Should middle school students receive some (If not, 'more') information about college" Mrs. Collins suggested I talked to some counselors, luckily I know a few counselors at a program I go to (Uncommon Good). I plan to change my topic from 'Teaching" to counseling since my topic seems to be going to assisting students to college.  

3. What makes my interviewee qualified to help me?

• Mrs. Collins is qualified to help me because of her experience in her field, since she has already dealt with a few things in the district she also seems to have more knowledge about the higher up dudes (EDIT: Administrators)

Link to my Interview Click Here

Blog 4 | House Advisory Prep

(A quote from Mark Van Doren)

I'm hoping to accomplish a few things through my senior project ("Teaching"). One of which i'm hoping to get a better understanding of the whole school district system. I'm planning to learn about these districts by volunteering in different school (Vina Danks in Ontario,  and Lincoln Elementary in Pomona). I also plan to figure out whether or not it is important to start showing students what college is or what it has to offer.

Blog 3 | First Interview Preperation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

• I plan to interview my mentor, Mrs. Collins, she has worked in the school (Vina Danks) for a while now and she seems to know a lot about how the things work around the school. With her experience I will be able to see what I really need to know about College/High School Preparation in an 8th grade level.

1. Additional questions that I may ask my mentor.

• What led you to this career?
• This school prepares students for High school/College. What time during the year will there be a point where the school talks about careers? Is it a simple career day event?
• With the new common core standards, is there a big impact on the way you need to teach?