The EIYP Program
Monday
-Hip Hop and Beat Boxing Workshop for students because of pro-d day
-Participated in workshop, encouraged the shy students to take part, conversed with students and got to know them more
Tuesday
-Created surveys that EIYP would use for the end of this year’s program.
-Helped one of the youth workers’ in preparing for the Cultural Celebration, Wrote lyrics on chart paper for students to refer to during the performance, created a powerpoint of the lyrics so that the audience would also be able to refer to the lyrics during the performance, and helped to edit and finalize a game of Human Bingo that had previously been started but not yet finished.
Wednesday
-Observed a wrap-up awards ceremony for the volleyball tournament held by students from the after school program.
-Helped with facilitating instructions and making sure students were cooperative and having fun.
At the volleyball awards ceremony.
What sports meant to them.
Thursday
-Created games for one of the youth workers’ to use for students entering the after school program in September 2014
-Played games and sports with students at after school program (it reminded me of when I was in high school!).
Friday
-Met with my FA.
-Worked on creating more activities to be used by the youth workers.
-Attended a workshop hosted by a guest speaker from Battered Women’s Society. This workshop was intended for the girls in the after school program.
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From my visits to a different school everyday to observe their after school program, I learned that students are not afraid to speak if you initiate the conversation. I found that when I asked them a question, they were more than happy to respond even if there was some level of difficulty for them to communicate in English. From this experience, I learned that they enjoyed conversing if they felt that the person they were conversing with cared about who they were as an individual, not just as a student. I also noticed that whenever I asked students questions, they would ask me the same question in return. I was touched by this because I felt that they cared about who I was in return.
