Teaching Low Income, Disadvantaged Children in A Predominantly Latino Community Where Behavior and Legal Status Are Issues

Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Pedagogy - Orthopaedagogy and Special Education, grade: ninguna, Liberty University, language: English, abstract: Being an Internship student and teaching in a preschool has provided me with numerous and varied benefits for an aspiring teacher as myself. The way a school operates; receiving feedback on skills, learning disciplinary measures, and serving as part of an educational staff are some of the opportunities I have experienced. Two of the most valued benefits are the classroom experience and the chance to be mentored by experienced teachers. his paper will discuss the behaviors I have observed in the children throughout the internship, as well as the connection of these behaviors to educational and development theories for children aged three to five, specifically disadvantaged children in a Latino community. The benefits received by completing the internship in relation to future growth and through supervision will also be examined. Suggestions and recommendations will be made for individuals wishing to complete an internship. The paper will conclude with a personal growth section where it will be explained how completing this process has altered my future goals and impacted me personally.