For my first POL assignment blog post, I decided to use the prompt questions: "How did you make a meaningful contribution to your work place?" and "How was your work significant or meaningful to the world beyond school and your specific internship site?"
I felt like I made a meaningful contribution in both England and back at HTeNC by helping both promote change, whether it be revolutionizing the education system or protecting our natural environment. Back at England, I was a "consultant" for teachers, and my primary job was to help teachers get the hang of such a new teaching style, in hopes that their school would lay the path to better education in England. I made my work meaningful by taking their concerns and giving advice as seriously and accurately as possible, while also critiquing as best as I could. When I could, I would give as many resources as possible such as guides and websites they could access should they need help after I'm gone. Erina and I were there for the teachers, and as so, we devoted our work-time to them and their classes.
I felt like I made a meaningful contribution in both England and back at HTeNC by helping both promote change, whether it be revolutionizing the education system or protecting our natural environment. Back at England, I was a "consultant" for teachers, and my primary job was to help teachers get the hang of such a new teaching style, in hopes that their school would lay the path to better education in England. I made my work meaningful by taking their concerns and giving advice as seriously and accurately as possible, while also critiquing as best as I could. When I could, I would give as many resources as possible such as guides and websites they could access should they need help after I'm gone. Erina and I were there for the teachers, and as so, we devoted our work-time to them and their classes.
As for HTeNC, I've devoted my time to perfecting their last projects that will be shown in an exhibition to the public. As so, this project just couldn't be rushed, and hours of editing, fixing, re-learning programs, and troubleshooting were dumped in. I feel like this really helped the teachers, as without an extra hand helping, they would have had to complete what I've done by themselves.
My work was more significant to beyond the classroom in both internships. In England, Erina and I worked to help establish project based learning in a school, and hopefully the trend will continue to other schools. Walbottle wanted to students to enjoy their learning and be able to talk about it openly, something we at HTH do naturally. This goes beyond into the education system of England. It only takes a step to change to pioneer what could be a change in the entire system, especially with the support of teachers and students.
At HTeNC, I hope by helping them finish up their movie and poster project quicker and edited well that they will get the publicity that was meant for the project. Their posters will be put up in parks and near ponds to help the public start caring about our San Diego environment and wildlife.
All in all, I feel like my work in my internships was valuable and meaningful in the grand scheme of things. I feel like my work has helped boost changes both workplaces want