Cilento

Name:Kristin Cilento

Guiding Question: Would I like to have a job in the special education system?

(optional) Use this space to list possible activities, tasks, experiences. Remember everything you do should help you answer your Guiding Question.

(Required) This plan is a “best guess” as to what you and your mentor think you will be doing. It is not meant to be a hard and fast schedule for your Exploration. The plan should illustrate how you intend to complete a minimum of 80 hours.


 * = Date ||= Location/Activity ||= Number of Hours ||
 * = 5/2 ||= Richardson Park Learning Center ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/3 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/4 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/5 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/6 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/9 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/10 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/11 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/12 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/13 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/16 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/17 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/18 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/19 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * = 5/20 ||= RPLC ||= 6 ||
 * =  ||> Total Number of Hours ||= 90 ||
 * =  ||> Total Number of Hours ||= 90 ||

Journal: Journal 1
 * Mentor report handed in. Kristian still needs to add three journal entries. The presentation was a bit on the short side (4:40) but with questions ran 5:30.** [MJ Smith]

After my first day of my exploration, I had a meeting with my mentor to discuss what I would be doing in the weeks to come. Even after one day I was already tired from dealing with the kids all day. As my mentor explained, it wouldn’t get any easier and teaching these types of students required a lot of patience. We discussed using different teaching techniques on different students due to the fact that they all have different disabilities.

Journal 2

After being at RPLC for a few days I have already answered my guiding question, no. Working here is very difficult and stressful. I now understand how hard my mentor works to have done this for so many years. At my second meating we talked about how everything was going so far. I explained to her how difficult i found it was. She was not suprised when I said I didnt want to be a teacher.

Journal 3

Now that my project is finished I know for sure that the answer to my guiding question is no. although the kids were nice they were very stressful to deal with. it is not a job that i would like to pursue.