Hello Out There,
Finishing up my day at my internship. I feel fortunate to have it. I still find it funny that I am an intern who oversees interns. I met with one intern today and she felt so morose over our school. She felt like she was not supported by anyone but me. This led me to thinking about the welfare of my interns. I want them to grow and learn in a conducive environment. I do not want anyone to be left behind. Hence, this has made me dwell on developing a person. We may stop growing tall, but we always grow in depth and understanding of the world. Like children, we need support from our community to survive. One person can help us survive, two or more can help us thrive. Hence, I have learned from my exhausted teaching community that we need to feel the love from one another and it is hard to do when stressed with finances and uninspired. I once thought charter schools were the light in a dark time of education. The light is now tarnished with exhausted expressions of my colleagues and the lack luster passion in their heart. This scares me like it scared my intern.
I try not to let this monster of disdain affect my work and passion, but it makes me question. Who are these people? Where did they come from? Why do the feel so fore lorn and angry? How can you inspire disheartened people? This all comes down to my interns. What is best? I want them to thrive, not survive. I think my newest goal for this internship is to make a connection with each faculty member. If I listen to them and help them. Then maybe, they will help guide not only me but my interns. I need to do a little thank you. I wrote a cover letter today for Girl Scouts San Diego. In this cover letter I said that there are five pillars to retaining volunteers. They are: 1) Education, 2) Reflection, 3) Training, 4) Appreciation and 5) Support. Throughout my day, I ruminated on this. I realized that this goes beyond volunteer world, it goes straight into every work environment across the United States and even the world.
Thus, I want to state this one goal loud and clear: Get to know each co-worker, show each one that I care, help them feel supported. Maybe then, their opinions, their lives and their demeanor will change.
Right here,
Jenna
Finishing up my day at my internship. I feel fortunate to have it. I still find it funny that I am an intern who oversees interns. I met with one intern today and she felt so morose over our school. She felt like she was not supported by anyone but me. This led me to thinking about the welfare of my interns. I want them to grow and learn in a conducive environment. I do not want anyone to be left behind. Hence, this has made me dwell on developing a person. We may stop growing tall, but we always grow in depth and understanding of the world. Like children, we need support from our community to survive. One person can help us survive, two or more can help us thrive. Hence, I have learned from my exhausted teaching community that we need to feel the love from one another and it is hard to do when stressed with finances and uninspired. I once thought charter schools were the light in a dark time of education. The light is now tarnished with exhausted expressions of my colleagues and the lack luster passion in their heart. This scares me like it scared my intern.
I try not to let this monster of disdain affect my work and passion, but it makes me question. Who are these people? Where did they come from? Why do the feel so fore lorn and angry? How can you inspire disheartened people? This all comes down to my interns. What is best? I want them to thrive, not survive. I think my newest goal for this internship is to make a connection with each faculty member. If I listen to them and help them. Then maybe, they will help guide not only me but my interns. I need to do a little thank you. I wrote a cover letter today for Girl Scouts San Diego. In this cover letter I said that there are five pillars to retaining volunteers. They are: 1) Education, 2) Reflection, 3) Training, 4) Appreciation and 5) Support. Throughout my day, I ruminated on this. I realized that this goes beyond volunteer world, it goes straight into every work environment across the United States and even the world.
Thus, I want to state this one goal loud and clear: Get to know each co-worker, show each one that I care, help them feel supported. Maybe then, their opinions, their lives and their demeanor will change.
Right here,
Jenna
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