I have not been able to go to a school yet due to work, but I am planning to go to a school in Springville -- I feel like they have less requests than schools in Orem and Provo. Since I need to do this post, I figured I do it on the school that I want to do my Service Learning which is Westside Elementary. The main reason I want to do my SL here, is because I love their Mission Statement: To provide quality standards-based instruction driven by assessments of students, where all students will learn as they are given appropriate time and support, in a caring, collaborative, and respectful environment, where students are empowered with a vision, a thirst for learning, and the ability to become contributing citizens. Other reasons I like this school is because it is an older neighborhood. I tend to gravitate more towards students who are from the other side of the tracks -- I can relate to them more. They also have a good number of male teachers in the fifth and sixth grade that I can relate to better.
My understanding of Service Learning is that I will be watching what teachers do on a daily basis. Not just see the fun things they do with the class, but also talk to them about lesson plans and grading homework. It will also be an opportunity for me to be able to see what it is like in the classroom on an average day and to interact with the students. This is really an opportunity for me to be able to decide (if I really have thought about it quite a bit and am looking forward to doing) whether or not I actually want to do this as a career for the foreseeable future.
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