The first day of tutoring at ASA Messer Annex Elementary School was very interesting and exciting. Although I have tutored many children before, this school was new and different than any other school I have been to. When my partner and I first arrived, we quickly discovered we were at the wrong school. We wondered, How is it that we are at our assigned school, but noone was prepared for us? The ONLY office seceratary discovered the problem, We were in the wrong building. I was confused for a bit, but she kindly explained to us that there was another smaller building that we were assigned to down the street. So my partner and I jumped back into my car and drove to the RIGHT school down the block.
We walked in and were greated by Sue Greenfield who explained what our scedules were going to be like for the next couple of months that we will be joining the school. The children that I was assigned to were 3 kindergardeners, and 3 first graders. We were told that for the 2 hours we are there every Tuesday, we start with observing and helping the teacher and the class with whatever projects, tasks or assignments they have. For one hour we are basically a "teachers helper" which is going to be a great time to observe the teachers methods, how she handles certain situations, and learn, by example, how to be a successful teacher.
For the next hour, that will be spilt into one half hour reading session with the kindergardeners, and then the next, and last, half hour with the first graders. This will be a good time for the children to get one on one help and to recieve the one on one attention that they might be lacking from their teacher.
I am very excited to see how everything goes in the next couple of weeks/months. I cant wait to go back and start learning all there is to know about being the best teacher I can be.