Reflective Essay On Practicum

I have spent my eight week practicum at the Woodstock High School where I was an Educational Assistant (E.A.). I was expected to help students in various classes with various subjects. We (the students and I) worked on regular class assignments and projects. I also participated in some outings such as grocery shopping for culinary class, bowling for gym class and a special day of town beatification where we picked up garbage in an effort to help clean up the town.

While working at the high school I was able to use some of the skills I had learned while in class such as active listening, token economy. I was able to look at things from the student’s perspective after learning about life stages and temperament.

When working with the students

I spent time in the shop class with one student. I helped him to cut copper pipe and solder it together into a coat rack. We worked with the lathe to make a wooden handle for a chisel that will be an upcoming Father’s

This class was a lot of fun. There was grocery shopping for culinary class. I had a group of four students who needed some help with reading the recipes and preparing the dishes. On Monday we would choose a healthy recipe, make a grocery list and then head to Sobey’s on Tuesdays to purchase the food. Wednesday was prep day where we would get ready to cook and eat on Thursday. As with shop class, this class was another favorite for me. On one day early on in my practicum there was a day scheduled for town clean up. On that day I had a group of students and we were given a designated area downtown to pick up and bag whatever garbage we found. Myself and my group collected and filled over ten bags of garbage. The students seemed to have a good time. Many treasures were found while clearing garbage that day like money, lost photo I.D., and gold ring. I helped students do project on social justice issues in both grade nine and ten. The students and I researched different topics and made power point projects to present to the class. The subjects we worked on were child slavery, refugees, and human trafficking. Some days were spent in the science lab working with models to build the structures of