I am completing my volunteer hours at a middle school that is involved with the STEM pipeline project that collaborates with UCF's Office of Diversity and Inclusion. Every Saturday I participate in a three-hour workshop that incorporates sessions from second year medical students, currently practicing MDs, mentors and student support services (my role). In the sessions that I am responsible for, I highlight a skill/tool that I help currently enrolled university students with and attempt to foster new habits/skills within the students who attend my sessions. The goal is to foster habits that will encourage life long learning within the students and encourage them to strive for a science/math based career. Each session features a lesson, an example, a reading assignment and a journal entry assignment. I create a PowerPoint presentation for each session, but I do now know how to attach the file to the blog. Perhaps someone can give me a suggestion as to how to do that? In the meantime, I will attach the PowerPoint presentations in our group if anyone is interested.
My first session was 3/16 and was on Time Management. I chose this topic because many students struggle with time management when taking a test, accomplishing a tasks or even organizing a study schedule. I created a presentation entitled "Time Management Skills for Success" that focused on developing these skills using a journal. Since this was my first session i made the presentation pretty short and straight forward so I could get a read on the kid's reactions. I'm not sure they were that interested, but they did participate when I asked questions and gave examples when I prompted them. At the end of the session I gave each student a journal and asked them to write a schedule for the upcoming week that included time to study and relax. We will go over the journals next session.
Latisha
I love that your volunteering experience involved fostering skills and tools. It's nice that the intention isn't a quick fix, but a long term solution. I'm sure your PowerPoint presentations are quite helpful to the students. I'm not sure how to attach a blog directly, but I'm fairly certain that you can hyperlink it easily. While your students may have not necessarily been enthusiastic about time management, it is most definitely an important topic that every student must mater. I really enjoyed reading your entry. I look forward to hearing more about your experience!
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