Summary of 12/9/10 Class

Whole class discussion of current grades.

Return of Hours by Arrangement assignments. Individual and extended discussion with some students regarding missing assignments and their current grade.

First Student Oral Presentation: Curious George Plants a Tree

Return and discussion of paragraphs responding to topic: "What are three things you learned in Professor Palma's class?"

Students took a practice test. Afterwards the answers were discussed. The professor tried to make it clear that the final would be very similar in nature to the practice test.

Homework: Practice your children's literature selection and study for the final exam.

Summary of 12/2/10 Class

Returned corrected drafts to students. Individual comments
Whole Class discussion of Resume Drafts

Here is a summary of common Problems and Solutions

Objectives should be short: and Don’t say “I want…”

Education: Dates are optional and don’t list school before High School.

Work Experience- list dates or date ranges. Be specific regarding your title or previous titles and the ages of children you worked with. Be specific about the trainings you have attended.

“Social and Emotional development”

·             CPR Training  January 2010

·             MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING, January 2010

Job Duties- Be very specific

Designed lesson plans
Created Play-Do art lessons to teach counting
Wrote my own songs to teach math
Guided field trips

Skills

Ability to multitask
Ability to make children feel comfortable
Make connections easily with children

General tip: Keep it Formal. Don’t say: kids, babies or “I love to work with children”

 Hobbies or Interests

Be specific and tie it to work. Love to go running three times a week
Early Childhood Education Courses: Completed 9 units

·             ECE 210

·             ECE 210 (in progress)

Group Work: Students divided into groups of 2-3. Talked about life experiences that might translate well as skills in a Resume.  They wrote 5 examples. One example from each group was shared with the whole class. Some examples follow:

I have worked for three years providing excellent customer service.
Work in high paced environment providing customer service to diverse clientele.
Experience working with children with special needs.  
Work as Nanny in at these locations with these families


Homework: complete a typed final draft of your resume