I feel someone who is has qualities of internship readiness is prepared. By being prepared you are making sure to write everything down when directions are given out, and asking questions if something is misunderstood. For the internship you must bring the necessary materials for the day, catching up on any reading and/or becoming familiar with your job tittle and tasks for the job. By having respect gives you a personal persona towards others and your boss. You must be respectful to others in their personal space and keep on task without having to be told over and over. You must have an open mind even though you may be nervous about the job. Do not continuously have beliefs that you will not succeed. Keep yourself positive and know there’s always a solution. In my internship I want to be able to show readiness by never leaving class without making sure to have full understanding of the concept at hand. If I ever find myself having questions, I will take the initiative to find, a fellow colleague or teacher, after class. Other examples of me taking this seriously would be for me to go over my past evaluation, be ready for my future evaluation, look at infractions and see how they can be avoided next time, personal days taken and make sure to be careful about taking any more, and being proficient in my homework and never having anything late. It’s important for me to communicate all these examples with my advisor, site leader and teachers to make sure I am on track and anything that they may feel will be great feedback so that I can improve.
In this program, a few things that I have been told that I need to improve on was more patients with fellow colleagues with understanding concepts and to take the initiative to more of a leader and encourage others to show their inner leader. With that feedback, examples of changes are making sure a fellow colleague has fully understood a concept and that I, the teacher, or the rest of the class has not moved on until everything is understood. If for some reason we do have to move on from the topic, I take the time to go up to this colleague and ask once again if there is anything that I can go over. In projects outside of the classroom but still in Year Up, Inc., I have volunteered to make a ‘Thank You’ YouTube Video for those who invited us to the ‘Carmen’ Opera. I have helped with the Year Up, Inc. Gala where we raised money for the site from cooperate partners and those who wanted to invest in this non-profit. So far I have been asked twice to be a part of meeting with people who either want to learn more and invest in Year Up, Inc. or other site leaders from other Year Up, Inc. sites in the U.S. Lastly I have encouraged a fellow colleague to be more open and volunteer for different events within the site. I have made an announcement to others that I would like more students to volunteer for the events that I am asked to do. I told them to ask teachers or site leaders what they need to do to get noticed and what they could be doing better to be part of those events. I believe that even though some are not making it apparent, they have the same, if not better, skills and drive as I do when asked to talk to those interested in Year Up, Inc.
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