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My time at the Mary Hayes Center

 

For my field work, I did not really know what I was going to do. I didn’t know whether I wanted to go and get some hours at the elementary/middle school or the high school. I got a call one day from the financial aids office at South Georgia State College asking if I could make it to a meeting at the Mary Hayes Center. Of course I went, even though I forgot that I applied to the center, to the meeting and met some great co-workers there. We learned all about what we were going to be doing during this job. At first, it seemed like a lot of work because I have never had a job like this before The Mary Hayes Center is in Douglas Georgia. It is and after school program for all students k-6. The center is a great place to work. It has the most dedicated group of individuals in charge of it all. All of the children at the center are very outgoing and are very smart; Although there are some students that need more help than others on their homework. The center is open Monday-Thursday every day the children are in school. What I do at the Mary Hayes Center is I work with first graders and one second grader. I have my own little class room that we go in and work on different things but mainly on their homework. I actually have had a great experience with teaching in the small classroom. Every day I have to make sure that my students have all of their homework done. I have to call out their spelling words (if they have any) every day and test them on their words. If the students get done with all of their work, they then get to go outside and play until it is time for them to go home. Every Thursday we have an older lady come in and work with the kids on learning about Jesus and the Bible. She works with the different grade levels at different times during Thursday. She does a really good job at what she does. Once a month on a Thursday, we will have an outing with the students. The students have to be on their best behavior before the outing to get to go on it. If they get into any trouble before the outing, they are not allowed to go. One outing that I got to go on with the center was to Hungry Howie’s in Douglas Georgia. We had a great time during the trip and hope we get to go on many more. When I first started this job I never would have imagined what an impact. The impact that this job has had on me is a great one. It has shown me that I really want to go into being an educator more than I have ever wanted to before. My boss lady has help a lot with my decision as well. She inspires me to pushing through school to get my degree. I am so glad that I got this job at the Mary Hayes Center.

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