A Rewarding Experience

A Rewarding Experience

Reading this week was rewarding as usual.  The students had a guest in their classroom when I arrived and were expecting another guest or two later in the week.  Given the make-up of the students in the classroom the teacher reaches out for interesting ways to motivate her students, keeping an open door policy.  Their teacher possesses the qualities of a STAR teacher and her students are very fond of her.  She has obviously taken time to build relationships with her students as she clearly knows their individual needs and allows me freedom with an attentive ear.  I look forward to continuing the relationship that I am developing with the teacher and with the students as I continue this volunteer experience until the end of the school year.  If the teacher will have me, I would like to start up again for the next school year and find time weekly to continue to give back to the community.  Further, I would like to find some time to sit down with the principal and assistant principal to talk more about Title 1 schools in Cocoa and how they are unique, what programs are working, what the vision is for the school, etc.