Experience Summary
I have always loved woriking with children. My first experience of the rewarding feeling was in St Louis MO. I volunteered at a Children's hosital with terminally ill children. I worked for three hours in a play atmosphere with terminally ill children and their siblings. Unfortunetly, it realistically was a place where many parents dropped their children because they could not cope. I made it my goal to make it a fun happy time. There were many days where it brought me to tears to witness their unconditional love and acceptance of each other and others. I became many of these children's families and someone to depend on. Most of my kids were bald and under going chemo but playing among other sick children or their siblings. It was very rewarding to watch these kids accept each other and not make judgement on each other. I loved it. Unfortunetly, I had to leave that volunteer position due to my "real" job going well; I was promoted and had to begin traveling unable to be accessible for the volunteering.
Teaching Style
In the last year I began tutoring for a company locally. Twice a week I worked at an Elemnatary school. There was a group of 10 of us tutoring. We each tutored 2 sometimes 3 children at a time for a period of two hours. On Saturdays I worked at the office of this tutoring company and tutored 2-3 children at once. This company tutored children in either reading or math. The children were tested upon beginning tutoring. Their scores indicated their strenghts and weaknesses. The remainder of their program was individually tailored based on thier reading and arithmatic levels.