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pre-service
pre-service
My thoughts:
"I am nervous about this new expierience."
"What if I mess up."
"What if I'm not good at it."
"Am I going to do enough?"
"This is going to be a great learning expierience."
Recognizing your assets
Recognizing your assets
SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY
SMALL GROUP ACTIVITY
I was in charge of the "recognizing your assets" small group activity in class. This was beneficial in getting creative and getting expierience in doing visual activities. It was also beneficial to see what my classmates felt their assets were, and what we had in common going into our service sites
My Assets
My Assets
what makes you come alive?
what makes you come alive?
When/where/in what ways during this service learning expierience have you felt most alive?
When/where/in what ways during this service learning expierience have you felt most alive?
The part of my service journey that has made me come most alive this semester is working directly with the students. It has been so fun chatting and getting to know them throughout the course of the semester. I've also loved watching their little "AHA" moments. There have been a few moments where I have made one tiny comment, and it has been enough for the material to click for them and they were able to finish the entire worksheet on their own.
It has also made me come alive watching the students grow throughout the course of the semester. For example, having watched students who struggled with adding money at the begginning of the semester do it with ease now. From their perspective, I've been there to help answer questions that they have, and be a leader for groupwork so that the teacher can spend more time with individual students. For me, I've also grown tremendously throughout the course of the semester. My placement has shown me that I geniunly enjoy being an instructor, and want to pursue being a professor one day. This expierience has helped me learn how to explain from a more visual perspective, which will beneifit my future students.
What about this service expierience resonates most deeply inside of you?
What about this service expierience resonates most deeply inside of you?
In a lot of my classes, we’ve discussed this idea of privilege and intersectionality, but it’s a lot different when you see these experiences unfold in real time in this type of setting. I’ve been witnessing a lot of the communication breakdown they experience within their own contained classroom setting. Some students are completely oral and do not sign which leaves the students who sign out of the conversations. I’ve also witnessed, in the hearing classrooms with the interpreter, the teachers aren’t completely aware of the D/deaf students needs. This isn’t the teachers fault, per se, just another larger systematic issue. I think the vast systematic issues with D/deaf education has resonated most with me because I’m watching them unfold in real time.
What connections do you see between the ways you feel most alive and the needs you see in the deaf community?
What connections do you see between the ways you feel most alive and the needs you see in the deaf community?
Communication access is a large value within the D/deaf community. My ability to sign, although small, is one less burden for communication the students who utilize sign need to worry about throughout the day. As the video "Put your hearing privilege to good use", we watched for class discussed, these events seem small by themselves but added together are a large burden D/deaf people have to carry. This will be a skill I can carry when I get a job and on.
Start Anywhere and Follow it Everywhere
Start Anywhere and Follow it Everywhere
What does this mean to me?
I think in the context of service learning, it means to start anywhere you see fit. It doesn’t matter where or how you start, as long as you make that start. Following it everywhere means continuing to make an impact after the initial jump. This is evident with the people in the park from our LTS book. They started their journey because they wanted to take photos and use the park again, and soon it turned into a community project that benefited everyone. There are so many different paths the start can lead you down, sometimes all you need is taking that initial leap. Start somewhere and follow it to wherever you see fit.
What start have I made and where do I plan to follow it?
My start was asking the teacher I worked with if I could be more of a benefit in her classroom besides just observing. This led to me doing more groupwork with the students and grow my intercultural competence. In my plan to follow it everywhere, I've been continually educating the people around me about Audism, Hearing Privilege, and the Opression Deaf people face, specifically in the schools. I am also planning on bringing what I've learned with me to my future jobs to advocate for Deaf people and support them in the best way I can.
Action learning plan
Action learning plan
What is the purpose of the collaboration between the CHIP program and I?
What is the purpose of the collaboration between the CHIP program and I?
From the Perspective of My Instructors
The goal of service learning is to become an empathic, educated community member while increasing problem-solving, leadership, project management and communication skills all while helping the community. It’s also about taking knowledge we’ve previously learned and will learn in the classroom setting and applying this information to real life experiences. Our instructors goal is also to get past the point of volenteerism into service learning, with deep reflection and personal growth from our expieriences.
From the Perspective of My Community Partners
The main reason for this partnership is to provide service to the students of CHIP and help meet their needs however they see fit. Along with this, bringing on students is a cost-effective solution to budget restraints that brings with it a different perspective which can benefit the community. It also benefits these organizations to have students come in and experience this firsthand. Witnessing issues firsthand can help us, as students, realize these broader societal and political challenges and help advocate for change within the system.
From my Perspective
The purpose of this partnership from my perspective is to learn and grow as much as possible throughout the course of the semester. Growth in the form of my ASL skills, ability to communicate with people from different communication modalities, how to advocate for change inside of a system, and how to regulate emotions in a new environment which you aren't comfotable. This growth should be met with benefiting the community however they see fit.
Achievements
Achievements
I have learned a lot of new ASL vocabulary.
I have learned a lot about Deaf culture and seen these events firsthand.
I have learned how to communicate with people who use different communication modalities.
I have built relationships with people who utilize different communication modalities.
I have learned to explain information more visually, which has benefited me in my current job.
I have learned how to support Deaf individuals without speaking for them.
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