Senior Project Reflection

1) Positive Statement

I'm proud that i got to go up and talked about my topic and i felt comfident which is rare i hardly go up and present for 2 hr i thought it was a mission that has been acomplished. Also another thing im proud of is that i got to learn more about my topic and what is most important in the adoption process of a foster child.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.    P/AP because I feel that I had everything I needed, I met the requirements that were ask sponge,intro,foundation,3 answers, 3 activities, best answer,product, sources. I also met the time 30 mins of talking and 60 mins of my whole presentation.yes I was a bit nervous but everybody does not every time we get to present for 2 hr, but after a while i started feeling comfident with my work i knew what i was saying working in this topic for a year i felt that i was pretty prepare. 

    

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)? Why?

P, ive turned in everything that we had to do throughout senior year,I had trouble at first but at the end everything was set up. I think i did a good job in reseraching, working with kids, interviews, at the beginning of the year i never thought i would reasearch that many articles and provide 4 interviews but i did it! There was a few problems but i ended up solving them such as service learning, finding people to interview,and working on my i-search. 

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

what i fell that worked with me in my senior project is a few interviews, reasearching articles,blogs, and share out for our answers. sharing out gives you an idea if your in the right spot with your reasearrch and with presentations.Another thing that work was working with kids there were not foster kids but each kid was different some have been faced through many things and thats when you notice because its really hard for them to focus, i was able to experience working with different kids and knowing how to help them out.

(4) What didn’t work for you in your senior project?

what i feel that didnt really help me prepare for my 2hr was my towers it was just some answers and having articles support that answer. towers was something that i really didnt pay as much attention because to be honest i didnt know why towers was helpful for us we were just sorting articles not much memo.

(5) Finding Value

my sernior project has been helpful in my future because now im ready and help kids in foster care, i have information in how to help them, what they been through and the process it takes for adoption.

2-Hour Presentation

Essential question: what is most important in the adoption process of a foster child?
Lesson objective: the best way to help foster children
Sponge: have  picture of a foster child a small backgroumd-ask them what they think and what is the best way to help that child?
Intro: Explain why i was intrested in foster care, and the schedule for the day.
Foundation: Background info-what is foster care, how did foster care first start/
Answer1: identify the expectation of foster care
      - Activity 1- have images about foster kids with info and have qustions on how foster parents should treat them?
Answer2: hiring competent social workers
        -Activity 2- have social workers resumes, provide them interviews
Answer3: Facilitating a comfortable transition process for the chid
        - Activity 3- seperate the class and let them meet each other so they can feel comfortable
Conclusion: Best answer(2),Product( help kids in foster care)
Sources: Norma Perez- interview, Adoption Process-article, social workers today-article
Material: Resumes,images

Service Learning

1. Literal- Think Together Site coordinator Rupa Patel (909)331-2152 cell (714)742-1602 Buena Vista Elementary School 

   950 West D St.

   Ontario, CA 91762

   San Bernardino Service Learning Log

2.     Interpretive-  The most important thing I gained from working in think together, was working with different kids I experience bad/good  attitude, foster girl, learning disability, and easily distracted kids. The reason why I think this is so important is because in order to deal with kids in foster care you have to experience and know how they are and react not all kids are the same. Another thing I gained while working with the kids is that when they like you and they see you they want to run and hugged you but I learned that when we see it coming we should go side ways and just pat them because some people or the kids make take it wrong how you get near them, we have to have a certain distances. 
3. Applied- Before I changed my EQ to What is most important in the adoption process of a foster child? my EQ was What is the best way to help a foster child find a permanent home? My service learning helped me answer that question because as I spend time with the little foster girl, she would mention how she has about 4-5 moms and she is bearly in first grade, it made me think about it why was it that "she has had so many mom and now shes calling me mom" maybe because shes not that happy with the family she has, it made me realize my EQ was what is the best way to help a foster child find a permanent home? and how she has been through so many already then social workers were probably not finding a good home for her, or else she would of a;ready been stable but no shes been to one home to another. That is why I chose my best answer to be hiring competent social workers, social workers that will work till they find a perfect home and knowing the child and parents background information, and filing every information, and noting down the good and bad things they see with the child adjusting to their new home.

Independent Component 2

Calender 30 hours
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Literal-


I Andrea Baltazar affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work. I work with my brothers to be a head of the game in how to work with kids, and worked with my whole family  to see how a family should treat others. And to realize how a family should function in order to help a foster child.


Interpretive-


I worked with my family for at least 2 hours a day and count the time we will spend together and what we did i noted some bad things such as we don't communicate that much and having a foster child its best to have good communication in the family spend time together know the people around you, whats going on their daily life's just because you live with the person doesn't mean you know them get to know each other you are family. During my independent 2 I decided to work with my family and experience some good things and bad things about a family so later on i can know how the family should be treating young children in foster care, parents should have less arguments it affect the child. try to bond more with the kids, spend time with them make them feel special just how my parents make my brothers and I feel loved.


Applied-


What is the best way to help a foster child find a permanent home? 
before i changed my EQ to what is most important in the adoption process of a foster child. my independent helped me answer my EQ by communication, spending time with child, love them, don't do anything that the child doesn't like listen to the child when they say they dont like something the parents do it will help the child to love their new family and not wanting to leave. make them enjoy each moment they spend with you, you never know what will happen in the future. 

Helping 2013

The junior i interview was Ana Barerra 

Thursday in lunch 4/26/12

(1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

     

      She is interested in doing her senior project on nail and art style, because admires the ladies in the salon who design nails and how they can fit designs in one tiny space on the nails. 

• I told her its a good topic and i haven't seen anybody work or learned about nail art its a really interested topic, and i asked her how did she first start realizing she wanted to learn more about nail art her response was when she was little she would see designs on nails and she started applying it to her nails and she realize its something she enjoys doing and maybe having her own salon when shes older. 

(2) What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning (working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting?  

      Her mom has a friend who works in a nail salon and she had already asked her if she can be able to work with her for her senior project because she wants to learn how to do nail art and her friends mom said yea she can be her mentor and she will teach her everything she needs to know and will have her work with her and design some nails. 

• I told her that its best if she starts getting some hours with her service learning and not wait till last minute because it can be frustrating, that if its possible to start working over the summer so she can get some hand on experience and see if she enjoys working in nail art if not so she can change her topic and still be able to have 10 hours completed before deadline. 

(3) What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

      She expects to learn different things something that we don't learn everyday, something new that will make her go home and do several research about our (2012) senior projects . shes looking forward in watching the presentations because she likes watching others perform so she can see what she has to be prepare for. She wants to see how people really know their topics and how they are able to explain them. 

• I asked her if there was something in particular that she is looking forward, and she said yes the activities and performance of each students, she wants activities to be entertaining and something unexpected.     

(4) What questions do they have about senior project? 

           Some questions she had that really concern her were how do our components work? or do we even have components? 

• I explained to them that in the beginning of the year your house teacher will give you a packet having everything that you need to have and when they are due and i told her how before they are do the house teachers will tell them when they should turn it in. I told her that by she told me if i was here i would like to see her presentation because i like to do art in my nails but i really dont know how only with stickes and she does her nails without stickers or stencils. 

Answer #3

• What is most important in the adoption process in a foster child?
• Answer 3: Keeping child connected to their family, culture, and religion 
• birth family members hold a puzzle piece in the child's life, some children need to confront their past with their birth family, sometimes is best to keep the child connected to their family, culture, and religion because as they get older they will ask about their parents and why they were sent to foster care they will want to know who they are and where they came from its best to let them know so the child wont later go claiming to the foster parents, why they never said nothing.- so to not cause a misunderstanding.
• sources: new foster parent role, my advice to foster parents

Room Creativity

1. How do you plan to address the room creativity expectation?

               - I was thinking in decorating the room into a child's dream room,  I will ask a few children "if they had their own room how will they want it? " I will try to make it in a child's point of view. 

      2. What activity ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2?

            - one of my ideas for my first answer is having some questions and then ask a few students to answer, for my second answer is having some students experiencing the field of social worker and having other student as foster kids and have the social workers(student) trying to help the students in finding a permanent home- ex: what will they do first? How would they find permanent homes? what should they do if the child is not comfortable with their family etc...