Placement+Reflection+Week+Two

Placement Reflection: Week Two JOURNAL RESPONSES Communication - How is your communicating skills in your workplace? Who are you regularly communicating with at work? - What is the main topic of conversation? When you don't understand something who do you go to and how do you ask? - When work gets boring what do you do? Are you sitting doing nothing or are you asking for something to do? How do you ask for something to do?

This was my second week at St. Mary's. Usually I get into work around 10:30, right before a 10 minute recess. When I get into my class room I fill out my time sheet, walk around and help kids with questions and then when recess does come I end p going over what planned for the day with my teacher. She'll first tell me the classes that are planned for the day and then what I should be doing during that time.

Most recesses I play with tag or grounders with kids and help get them running around. I remember talking to a group of boys who had been excluding another boy from their soccer game, when a boy from my class started crying somewhere behind me.

He had fallen on the jungle gym, cut his lip open and chipped his tooth. He was jumping up and down yelling and crying and I, well I didn't know what to do.

I felt panicked, his face was bleeding and he was crying and kind of jumping around. I didn't know where to take him, who to take him to. I ended up taking him to my teacher and explaining what happened. She told the boy that crying would make it worse and he had to calm down and stand still. He went to the office, got an ice-pack and was brought back into class before lunch.

This happening made me overly afraid of not watching the kids 24/7. I don't want to not know what to do if it happens again so I talked to my teacher and asked what to do in that situation. She said I did the right thing by coming to her, that I have to tell them to be calm but to always come and get her or any teacher close by.

I don't think I have the best communication skills because I'm easily intimidated and end up holding back. That's one of my goals during placement is to not hold back and to have more self confidence. I cant let my own insecurities hold me back from doing my job.

When work gets boring I often walk around and help out with all the kids and answer their questions. I make sure their all doing what their supposed to or I finish tasks that I've been assigned.