Lifetime Recreation: Week 13 Job Qualification

Ideal Job: Recreational Therapist 

My ideal dream job is to be a recreational therapist. A recreational therapist works with people who have disabilities or illnesses and makes recreational activities  adaptable for them. A RT  has many duties including planning events for all ages and for all disabilities. It takes extensive planning of activities to ensure that all can participate in some way. These activities can be based on a variety of events such as hiking, skiing, white-water rafting, dance, sports, arts and crafts.

How being a Program Assistant applies to this position:

As a Lifetime Recreation Program Assistant, it was mandatory to plan variety of recreational activities that engaged college students.This required daily, weekly, and monthly updates on the status of the Living-Learning Community and how the students were being involved in recreation. The activities were based on ideal participation that the students could still be challenged but still able to enjoy themselves and to learn about themselves.

COE Week 13- Job Qualification

Find a job that you would like to apply for and create a resume description about the PA position that will fit with a career of choice.

I found a full time elementary teaching position in Boise Idaho off the easyrecruit.org site. Here are the Roles and Responsibilities that they have listed.

Roles and responsibilities

Elementary school teacher - We are currently looking for ambitious, energetic and highly responsible, reliable individual for this job position. We're offering unrivalled opportunity for career progression in an exciting and fast paced environment. If you are interested in this job position please do not hesitate to apply today. No experience is not a problem as we will provide full professional training for all new applicants. Wage or Salary per Hour: $40 Plus Bonuses

 

I decided to focus on the reliable individual part of their request:

 

Title                                                                                                                Date

Living Learning Communities Program Assistant                     May 2013- May 2014

·         As Program Assistant I directly assisted my faculty in any task he needed. My faculty relied on me to organize events, keep track of expenses, communicate with the students, and keep up with paper work without reminders.

 

LIfetime Rec- Week 13

Think about all you have been learning on this job.  In preparation for our field trip to the Career Center, discuss what you have learned on the job and how you could sell your qualities and skills to a future employer.  What will you include on your resume about this position to sell yourself for a job after college.  

After you write your description, find some article, video, or other electronic tidbit to illustrate one of the things you have learned from being on this job.

 Working as a Program Assistant, I have been exposed to many different new experiences. I think that one of the most important qualities that I have been improving on is communication. I feel that this is something that future employers are looking for because they need someone who is willing to interact and socialize with different people and then try to discuss what is happening in the workplace(or on the Res hall floor.) Something else that I can take away from being a program assistant, is the ability to work independently, work one on one, and work in a group. These three things are crucial because it shows the employer that you are willing to work by yourself and also you are willing to work in groups when needed. Without these few qualifications, it is harder for the employer to trust the person that they are hiring so that is why it is a great thing to start early and make mistakes to learn what you need to improve on for the long run. :)

http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html

The most Important Job Skill

Think about all you have been learning on this job.  In preparation for our field trip to the Career Center, discuss what you have learned on the job and how you could sell your qualities and skills to a future employer.  What will you include on your resume about this position to sell yourself for a job after college. After you write your description, find some article, video, or other electronic tidbit to illustrate one of the things you have learned from being on this job.

            The world is inhabited by 7.1 billion people. Regardless of your field, position, or job you will be interacting with a portion of these people. Furthermore, more times than not that portion of people will include a large discrepancy between communication styles. As the Program Assistant for the College of Business and Economics Residential College I've become the line of communication between students and resources they need around campus; in doing so, I become increasingly proficient in communication with other people from multiple groups. This is a lifelong skill, that needs to be worked on consistently. The Program Assistant position has kick started me through the first steps of a lifelong improvement cycle. Brian Tracy, an entrepreneur, public speaker and foremost expert on business communication sees communication as, “skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life.” After this first semester alone, I can see the drastic improvement in my communication, in just about every aspect. I can articulate my words more efficiently, I have a deeper understanding of my own non-verbal’s and how they make others feel and I have gained insight on how to motivate, support and lead my peers. The experience and knowledge I have pulled from this position have no price tag. These skills will assist me now and as I improve on them for the rest of my professional career.

http://www.coursepark.com/blog/2011/01/top-10-skills-employers-are-looking-for/

A brief article that outlines the top ten most desired traits in employees. Yep, you guessed it, communication is #1.

Job Skills - ERC Week 12

Think about all you have been learning on this job.  In preparation for our field trip to the Career Center, discuss what you have learned on the job and how you could sell your qualities and skills to a future employer.  What will you include on your resume about this position to sell yourself for a job after college.

Growing up with an engineer as a father, and an English professor for a mother, I received a very broad education. From an early age I always had a passion for math and science, doing math problems for fun, and researching different topics that interested me. It was obvious then that I wanted to be an engineer, to build something that changes the world. Although I was so mathematically inclined much of my struggle throughout my learning has been in English and the art of rhetoric and persuasion. Aristotle's formal argument model shows a triangle using ethos, pathos, and logos. Character, emotions, and logic. The idea of this whole rhetorical appeal to the senses really seemed to spark an interest in me. I started to think about how I communicate, the things that I say, and how they produced an effect in people.

While this all may seem irrelevant to the question at hand, it truly is relevant after all. It all ties into something that my dad told me fairly recently in regards to his job. My dad has been a Chemical Engineer for 35 years, working for the same company. Recently he said to me "You're developing the skills that set me apart from the crowd, the communication skills that most engineers seem to lack. Working in the business world as an engineer you could know everything, but none of it would hold value if you couldn't effectively communicate." This job is helping to provide those communication skills that I want and need in order to thrive in my future career. Effectively describing an invention in a way that allows others to correctly follow your logic and draw the same conclusions as you is essential.

Not only is it providing communication skills, but also time management, connections in the engineering world, and a broad perspective on what its like to be living in a world full of people who think differently than me. The skills that I am gaining from this job are more than I could have ever imagined before hand, and it truly excites me to know that they will help to assist me even more in my future career.

COE Week 12- Job Skills

Think about all you have been learning on this job.  In preparation for our field trip to the Career Center, discuss what you have learned on the job and how you could sell your qualities and skills to a future employer.  What will you include on your resume about this position to sell yourself for a job after college. After you write your description, find some article, video, or other electronic tidbit to illustrate one of the things you have learned from being on this job.

 When I tell people that I am a Program Assistant over 80% of them won’t know what I do and I will end up having to explain it to them. After I explain to them all the things that I do they usually end up comparing me to a Resident Assistant, which most people know what they do. Yet, there are differences between what I do as a Program assistant and what resident assistants do. Resident assistants help students with anything that is related to their living situation. I help students understand the living learning community program. This includes helping them with their classes, financial issues, living situations, people and their own lives. I have more responsibilities when it comes to connecting with each student on an individual bases.

Some skills that I have developed from this job and would include on my resume would be outstanding communication skills, organization, and responsibility. I have to talk and communicate with a lot of different people in a lot of different positions. I talk with traditional first year students, second, third and fourth year students, international students, faculty, and housing staff on a daily bases. I also have a lot of documentation that I have to do with my community and creating programs. Both of these tasks have required major organization to receive a successful outcome. Having so many people to care for and a lot of documentation to do I have gained a number of responsibilities that I have.

Below I have attached a short video about being a peer advisor  P.S. It is from a different school but I thought it was cute and applied to what we do as well. J

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYSgwR2dkRE

>Brittney<

Tunnel

Facebook Post about Tunnel:
"When you learn to grow with a group of people they become that much closer to you. And when you laugh and cry and get angry together it becomes a very special bond. But when you care about each other like this group does its so unique of a bond that it can't be described in words. I am so thankful to be a part of this unique bond."
"I went to Winco after the talk and I was checking out with my groceries and there was an African-American gentleman standing next to me getting help from one of the Winco employees. They were talking about Boise State and the employee asked him "Are you with sports?". It made me think of the talk and how J*** was explaining that people assume he's here at Boise State to play sports. And it really bugged me that the employee had asked that.."
"I must say that despite my emotional weekend with Tunnel, it has definitely been the highlight of college so far. I'm so glad I was able to participate all day both days and share such a wonderful and enlightening experience with a group of individuals with whom I could be open with. I'm also glad that I had this experience so early on in college so that I can participate in the years to come. Can't wait to do it again next year!"

Tunnel of Oppression at Boise State has been very powerful learning experience over the years for me. The post that were made on facebook is very similar to what I am feeling and I am kind of sad to realize that I may not be in Boise next year to participate in Tunnel. Tunnel has questioned what I think and how I think in different ways. The strong and powerful always feeding on weak and powerless (Power in terms of: social, economic, intellectual, racial, gender, religion, nationality and many more that I am missing here). The role of power, privilege and  oppression in our society and how that leads to discrimination is a really interesting topic to explore. Exploring my role in all of this has been an awesome experience. How I personally perpetuate dominance gives me chill for the work that I need to do personally. Victim blaming is very common globally. Tunnel helped me understand and realize how we can shift our focus from the victims to the real issues; issues with the one who perpetuate oppression. As a straight individual, I am the person who discriminates/perpetuates against people who identify themselves outside of the gender binary. Being a male, I perpetuate the "issue of men" and call it the "issue of women". Not having any physical disability, I perpetuate and dehumanize the people with physical disability. The list goes on. The quote that is stuck in my head since last year and still is very relevant today kind of sums up what I need to do: Golden rule "Treat people the way you want to be treated" and the rule that my dear friend shared was "Treat people the way they want to be treated". I am not sure how I can live up to that quote. I guess it's a work at progress and will need significant change in myself than anyone else.

Tunnel of Oppression, COBE

Blog free write about Tunnel of Oppression:

The Tunnel of Oppression was a truly unique experience. When I first signed up for the event I had no idea what I was getting into, only that it was a powerful, enlightening moment. Outside of that, all I knew was that the purpose was to gain more perspectives on the life that moves around me every day.

Upon arrival, I signed in with my friend Michael and we patiently waited for the doors to open. Until that time came I looked around to observe the people in attendance. It became clear that about half of the people there were there solely for a class that they were enrolled in. It was as if it was marketed for that purpose, signs and sheets for classes and extra credit littered the tables. This frustrated me; I could see the difference in mentalities between the students there for points, and the students there to learn. I had to let all of this go because the event was starting.

Pushed into the first room, packed “like sardines”, I knew the oppression had started. The group of people that I was attending with slowly walked through the doors and was met with another, smaller group of people; the two groups intermingled and made up one large group that continued into the next room. When I looked to my right I saw someone I knew, I knew she was coming to this but she wasn’t out there when I signed in. I leaned over to ask her what was she doing here, as if on cue, she looked up, yelling, “****ing slut”. I looked back to the scene occurring in front of me and I saw a girl, clearly acting wearing a small black dress. Clearly my friend was here to be a part of the tunnel; it made the experience even more powerful. It wasn’t some random girl that was acting to play her part in the tunnel; it was my friend and coworker. I’m sure the experience is impactful regardless of whether the guests knows someone or not, but it just made it real for me. It put the interaction I just witness into perspective immediately, I knew she was acting, but I could see this interaction between two people anywhere, especially at school. My experience was made in this one moment and I spent the rest of tunnel taking every scene and relating it to my life, when and where had I seen that, how could I prevent it, and what could I do to change it? Tunnel of Oppression had a huge impact on me I don’t see that diminishing or changing for years to come.

Don't like what you see? Then go outside and do some yard work!

This year I feel like the Tunnel of Oppression had an interesting impact this year that I am not sure that I have noticed as much in the past. All of the scenes that represented forms of oppression were examples that took place in proximity to all of us. I think I have noticed with students this year is that they were even more thoughtful honestly. There is a lot of oppression that so many of us are blind to because it seems more distant. It is really powerful to our emotions to see the harsh forms of oppression that goes on in the world, but I think in the past students have been somewhat perplexed. Students are intrigued but they are left wondering: "what is my role in all of this?"

Since all of the examples were forms of oppression that are not so distant to us but are actually a part of our very own community. It was thought-provoking because it challenged us to really examine our thoughts and actions in our daily lives. It is impossible not to acknowledge that this oppression is happening and really I don't think it can be lost in our heads because there will always be constant reminders all around us. I think so many students are now much more aware and the question they now have: "how should my role change in all of this?" 

Plausible deniability is no longer an option. The curtains have been torn down and now we just need to decide for ourselves whether we want to change the view that we see outside the window. If you don't like what you see then instead of buying some new curtains, let's go do some yard work!

I think that so many more people need to be aware of the horrors of oppression that are happening everywhere in the country and in the world. But I am now convinced that the best way to open people's eyes and their hearts is to show everyone what is going on right in front of them. Once they feel the connect there might be a greater impact when they learn more about everything else going on in the distance. 

Tunnel of Oppression - ERC Week 11

The Tunnel of Oppression was a great activity to do as a group. At the time I didn't feel very impacted by the tunnel, but I have been fortunate enough to have a broad perspective on life, and the people co-inhabiting the earth. I wish that the tunnel had more people go to it, because I believe that it really does teach a great message, but to the people who mostly need it the least.
Nevertheless, one scene in particular that I had not previously thought of was the elevator scene. After we got off and saw the peoples various reasons I was really struck by a few of them. Namely the fibromyalgia sign. Its something I had never thought of, being a disease that includes crippling pain, yet shows no physical signs.
It was really great after the tunnel/therapy was over when we spoke to each other about it. The thought process of each person in the group is so unique, and its just a terrific discussion environment, much of the experience was greatly complemented by the discussion that we had immediately following the tunnel itself.
I'm proud to work on a team that's so globally aware and full of thoughtful individuals.

COE- Week 11- Tunnel of Oppression

Reflect on your experience through the Tunnel of Oppression:

 

The Tunnel of Oppression was a great eye opener to so many things. I liked how they focused it on things that happen on campus. I feel like this gave people a different thought then it would have it were different situations. For me it gave me a sense of hope that I can do something to make a difference. It also gave me a sense that oppression happens everywhere and in every form. Even simple things that we may not think of as oppression can be very hurtful to others.  

I found a couple scenes to be very attention grabbing to me. The first one was the elevator scene. This one stuck with me the whole way through the tunnel. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The message I took form that was that just because you can’t see someone’s disability doesn’t mean they don’t have one. Getting mad at people for taking the elevator one floor is a form of oppression that I am guilty for and am going to change.

The other scene that was catchy to me was the bus scene. When the women got on the bus people made it clear that they didn’t want her on the bus. Yet, when another person got on the bus and didn’t say anything but walked right past the women to sit somewhere else the women still felt unwanted. It really brought my attention to the fact that and act without the words is still as hurtful as the act with the words. Saying nothing doesn’t make the action ok.

I am glad that I participated in the Tunnel of Oppression and was able to open my eyes to the small things that are prevalent on our campus and community but have big impacts.

>Brittney<

Lifetime Rec: Tunnel Week

I had volunteered for Tunnel all day Friday and when I had finally walked through the whole scene, I had a realization of why I was involved in the Tunnel this year. I had the realization when we were sitting down in the last classroom scene. Twenty short minutes can show you a side of things that are uncomfortable and can be hard to intake. But those twenty minutes can show you a whole other side of things and how oppression works within our society. The fact that the Tunnel was based on oppression on Boise State campus was really an eye opener because it is happening right before our eyes and we continually ignore things that we do not want to face. As we had discussed in our debriefing between PA's, what is the line where you draw your passion for exploiting oppression. I definitely think that if you are constantly fighting people on what they believe, it makes it harder for them to change. Within my Humanities 207 class, we discuss that it is important that you are not trying to change the people around you but yourself. When you have investigated how you can change, things around you will begin to change. But I still feel that there are certain situations where I am more likely to jump on someone due to my own personal experiences. In the situation where I had told one of the students to stop making Helen Keller jokes, he was thrown off and said " I am sorry, I didn't know." I feel that in this situation it is just a brief realization that we all needed in order to become more conscious of what we are saying to each other and what we are feeling. That is why I think it was great that we went through Tunnel as a group because we were all able to see things that our residents are experiencing and things that we are experiencing personally.

Energy - ERC Week 10

How do you use the following aspects to GENERATE ENERGY? Write a sentence or 2 about each one.  (You may have to go to the back of your Radical Leap Book to review some of the terms below):

- Love
Love your job, the people around you, and the community that you have built. Use it to motivate you to continue to be positive and support the community.

- Great Ideas
Keep being interactive, be creative with your interactions. Create fun activities and ideas for fun things to keep the community together.

- Noble Principles
Remember that you have an impact on the others around you, and it is your job to be supportive, strong, and have positive energy.

- Interesting work
Be someone who they are able to talk to, be spontaneous and unlike anyone else. You have a unique opportunity to help students develop into something that they might not have ever imagined.

- Exciting Challenges
Embrace the difficult, any difficulties always result in a better state of being in the end. Stay strong and don't be afraid to fail. Sometimes its when we fail that others become even more inspired by us.

Support, COBE Week 10

This week's blog post:

Energy is important in the last half of the semester.  

How do you use the following aspects to GENERATE ENERGY? Write a sentence or 2 about each one.  (You may have to go to the back of your Radical Leap Book to review some of the terms below):

- Love

- Great Ideas

- Noble Principles

- Interesting work

- Exciting Challenges

I strive to love everybody in multiple ways. Not only be tolerant and respectful of others people but, more importantly, to make their lives and experiences better every day. The more I continue to strive for that goal the more I find myself loving people. The way the book recommends doing this, which I try to do, is by finding a fascination in everyone and cultivating it.

            Great ideas and noble principles go hand in hand for me. When I act in accordance to my moral compass and do what I feel is right and just I think in the same mindset. This allows me to create and foster great ideas to improve the community, the school, and the company we all work for. There is room for improvement in all of these things and fostering these great ideas undoubtedly benefits the three separate entities.

             Finding interesting work is crucial. Not finding the job that fits you and that you can always find interesting but, finding something you enjoy in what you do. Enjoying your work creates a love and passion that is unmatched by any other processes in the way that it fosters motivation and drives in people. Coming to work every day knowing what you do is important, interesting and that you enjoy it has profound effects.

   Besides loving what you do, sharing love and having noble it is important to have something to push you. Exciting challenges and lofty goals are like a wall. This wall presents two very distinct options; leaping over the wall, or being content without the success of completing a goal. As leaders, our job is to create an environment of Love, Energy, Audacity and Proof. The purpose of this is to motivate and support people to combat self-doubt, lack of energy or anything that can bring people down so that everyone can reach their goals. This is truly the only way to change the world, supporting one person at a time.

             

Energy Booster for this Radical Leap Road Trip

Energy is important in the last half of the semester.  

How do you use the following aspects to GENERATE ENERGY? 

- Love

- Great Ideas

- Noble Principles

- Interesting work

- Exciting Challenges

LOVE: I definitely think that love can be the most fundamental source of energy for myself and ultimately the people that surround me. Remembering this just gave me an idea to start taking note of the things that happen to remind me how much I love my (a) academics and (b) leadership position. If I do this a few times a week, hopefully that will help keep me refreshed and remind me that I am in love with what I do. I also hope to find informal ways to help my students remember what they love so much or at least help them find their own passion that they can fall in love with.

GREAT IDEAS: This is important to remember so that I can avoid stagnation in the work that I do and in the community that I am a part of. I have already begun but I think I will continue to search for new ideas within myself and among the people I work with. Improvement always brings a great spurt of energy! Even just trying something new can be a great energizer.

NOBLE PRINCIPLES: I know that I have principles and values that guide me in everything I do, but I don't know if everyone else always knows what they are. I like the idea of finding a way to articulate what my principles and values are to as many people as I can which is really the ultimate accountability mechanism. Also it might be great for my residents to explore their own guiding principles that they live by so that I can help hold them accountable to that as well. To recognize that you have a cause that drives you is very rejuvenating.

EXCITING CHALLENGES: Having exciting new challenges can definitely generate some energy for myself, but even more it can generate some energy for my community. Constantly challenging myself in new ways has been one of the most incredible factors in explaining my incredible personal growth in college. I will continue to explore and invite my residents to challenge themselves in constructive, meaningful new ways. We have started to do this more in our class time and the events that we plan and I hope that they get an energy boost from the challenge.

This road trip is lasting all year long, so we better drink our coffee and blast some music and get this show on the road! There is nothing quite like a Radical Leap Road Trip my friends.

ENERGY BOOSTER: Remembering our purpose and why we love what we do is our completely renewable fuel source. Our principles and values are the navigation center that keep us on the right track. Now we just need to hit the gas and continue forward with this exciting road trip challenge. We always have to be open to new ideas so that we can continue to improve our route, but don't be afraid that your great idea might not work out. We have the greatest luxury of all that allows us to try new things and constantly challenge ourselves. As long as we remember that we have a completely supportive pit crew ready to help us out and we have a fuel source that can be fully replenished at any time.

Let's get this show on the road!

Energy

Energy is important in the last half of the semester.  

How do you use the following aspects to GENERATE ENERGY? Write a sentence or 2 about each one.  (You may have to go to the back of your Radical Leap Book to review some of the terms below):

- Love
Not putting judgment to any individual person in particular (I want to be clear: I am not saying there can’t be judgement for individual acts). Where we live is our home, so making sure that the home is a safe place to live for everyone. This is a really tricky job. I feel like there is a lot issues arising in my community among residents.

- Great Ideas
Discussing ideas with peers, mentors and resident. Learning from what everyone else is doing and the experiences they are having. Listening, reading the signs and being open to ideas. 

- Noble Principles

Learning from the observation and the feedback that I get from the students and mentors. Listening, reading, reflecting, critical thinking, writing and just having a conversation with people around me.

- Interesting work

Asking them what kind of activities people would like to do. Planning the activities and notifying everyone on time. Providing the help and the support network when needed.

- Exciting Challenge
Asking question to think beyond the norms and conventions. Challenging my own thinking in order to generate growth in myself. Setting the bar above the comfort zone.

Lifetime Rec: Generating Energy

Energy is important in the last half of the semester.  

How do you use the following aspects to GENERATE ENERGY? Write a sentence or 2 about each one.  (You may have to go to the back of your Radical Leap Book to review some of the terms below):

  Love

 To be able to help your community grow, you need to love what you are doing. When you love what you are doing,  then it is not really considered a job but more of a lifestyle.

Great Ideas
Generating ideas off each other is how everyone stays involved in the process of community building. Without constant asking of the residents or FIR(or in my case FOR) you are not engaging everyone in the community building process. When people are talking about they would love to do, then it is something to take into consideration to make the Living-Learning Community experience the best. 

 Noble Principles
 When leading a group of students into there first year of college, it is extremely important for the bar to be set high. The students then have the ability to grow and try and reach the best maximum potential that they can reach. Without some type of noble principle structure, things would fall apart. Now this does not mean do not think that everything will happen the way it is "suppose to" but when the goals are there, it gives more motivation to those who want it.

 Interesting work
Never expect anything is something that I have learned a lot about this past semester. You may set the goal but you can never make people do things that you want them to do. They have a choice. That is why it is so important to realize that this is a fun high paced job that you have to be able to adapt to what is happening within your community. Without this ability, you will become extremely annoyed because of your high expectations. That is what makes this job so interesting because you never know what is going to happen within the next five minutes, next hour, next day, next week, or next month. 
 

Exciting Challenges
Within the community, there needs to be new things that the students can experience so they can broaden their experiences. For instance, we took the residents out on a mountain biking trip through the Boise foothills. Now more than half of the students had never gone mountain biking before so it was great to see them try something new that was would definitely challenge their mental and physical capabilities. 

COE Week 10 - Generating Energy

Energy is important in the last half of the semester. How do you use the following aspects to GENERATE ENERGY? Write a sentence or 2 about each one. (Love, Great Ideas, Noble Principles, Interesting Work, and Exciting Challenges)

Love is the ultimate motivation of an extreme leader. I love the Living Learning Community Program! I have gone through the system as a student and have now been given the chance to be a leader in the program. I use this love to seek out feedback. I am always asking how people feel about the community and programs we do so I can find ways to better our weaknesses.

Great ideas may not seem like a great idea at first, but you have to go and try! If you fail the only way to be better is to ask for feedback and adjust. I have used this method when planning our flag-football team. Not very many of my members had ever played football before and I knew that it could get ugly. Yet, I tried it anyways. I just wanted my residents to have fun and try something new, and that’s what we did!

Noble principles are standards; what everyone expect to happen, but I had chosen to step higher than the standards. For example, when I did my academic check ins, I asked for more of my residents time to talk about the community and how they are doing in the personal life outside the community. I took the standard job of checking on their academics and took a higher route to talk more in depth.

Interesting work makes the community members enjoy their time here more. By avoiding the extra work that just sucks out their energy we can create interesting work. My FIR and I have created interesting work by taking away the walls and rules for the student’s assignments. The only thing we make them do is write a post in the discussion board. We leave them to decide what they feel is most important to share with the community and encourage them to read each other’s. We leave each day up in the air to decide what our community really needs that day.

Exciting challenges is also a way to create interesting work. I am able to create exciting challenges for my community by offering activities that a lot of them have never done before, also asking them to communicate with different people during class time to get them to spread their wings in the community. Everyone is going to find different tasks more challenging and my goal is to offer multiple things so that everyone has a chance to be challenged.

 

>Brittney<