Spanish Tutoring Update

While tutoring an underclassmen in Spanish, I wanted to undertake new challenges and develop new skills. Spanish is my hardest subject in school, as I struggle formulating thoughts to speak while incorporating all the skills and grammatical skills I have learned. Some skills I learned in the begging of my journey causing me in needing to be refreshed. Tutoring in Spanish so far has helped me to re-familiarize myself with these skills. Preparing lessons helps to really evaluate the skill in a broader sense and real world application. It not only makes me a thinker, but an effective communicator in my foreign language.
Undertaking the challenge of tutoring Spanish also combines with learning new skills. It is really helping me to establish a clear understanding in the basics is Spanish, which was something I have been lacking.
Tutoring as a whole is going well as the other student is actually benefiting from it. His test scores on retakes have improved, on instance from a D to an A. Finding different ways for him to practice what he is learning in class is helping him benefiting him by being at the right pace with the rest of the class and not falling behind with a need to catch up. Going over his test mistakes also seems to aid in the effectiveness of the tutoring.
Ciara

SSS w/ Cans for Hope (Service)

Myself and the director of Cans for Hope have met to discuss joining together to do various events from awareness to fundraising. They focus on rehabilitating victims of sex trafficking, SSS works to help establish self worth in others. They go hand in hand, so we are plan to meet again to come up with exact events and plans. Through combining with Cans for Hope I want to accomplish two learning outcomes;

1. Working Collaboratively With Others
2. Engaging an Issue of Global Importance

Putting two organizations together should raise some challenges as we try to promote the idea of each of your non-profit, and making sure we incorporate each others ideas and input.We will be engaging in an issue of global importance by addressing the problem of women being used as tools for manipulation amongst countries along with the issue of females having a hard time establishing and identifying self worth.
More to come!
Ciara

SSS Classes (Service and Creative)

This Thursday will be Shimmer Sparkle Shine Project's first class. We will be visiting the Boys and Girls Club in Commerce City, and other locations in the future. We will have one hour to teach that group of girls the basics of SSS and self worth. This shall prove to be a challenge, because we are used to hosting 6 hour events that have to be condensed to one.
With these classes I will aim to;

• Consider the Ethical Implications of Actions Taken

I really want to see the social impact our program has on these girls, so I want to check back with the various Boys and Girls Club locations to see if our program is working.
In these classes we will follow this basic schedule; 

10 min; intros
15 -20min: power point/discussion on beautiful things
20 - 25min; various activities
5 min; closing remarks

I hope it all goes well!
Ciara