Blog # 13 10 Hour Mentorship check- in

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1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
Foothill Family Shelter 

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?
Megan Nehamen. She has been working at foothill family shelter for twelve years. She is the co- executive director of the nonprofit, and has had years of experience in all aspects of the organization.

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).
38 hours. 

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.
I spend most of the time working with the volunteer coordinator. I feel like I don't get adequate time to talk with my mentor and that is frustrating to me. I plan to spend the remaining hours working at the volunteer place but also working concurrently with a professor at Scripps College for more guidance.

*You need 50 hours plus the original 10 in the summer by May.   The original 10 from the summer do not count toward the 50.  By the end of the year, you will have 60 hours counting that original 10.

Blog #12 Holiday Project Update

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1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?
 Over the break I learned more about my topic. I found out that it actually has a name. ( Food Justice) It is a social movement that has been slowly arising. Unfortunately I found out about it too late to strongly incorporate the ideas I learned from food justice thus far, but I hope to be able to give a better explanation of it in my final presentation. I also volunteered at my mentorship for seven hours. I almost changed the whole focus of my project. I reached out to a professor at Scripps College, who I will be talking to tomorrow about my project, so I may get a stronger insight into my topic. I looked at my local grocery store and priced out items in preparation for my 1st component. I struggled with should I write journal entries for my 1st component or vlogs. I hope to talk to Mr. Holt about that soon. 


2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?I learned that you can't take breaks. I took a huge gap during my mentorship between November and December. When I came back I felt so out of the loop. I missed so many important events. I felt terrible because I didn't help, but I also realized how much of an impact the volunteer work is. During the holidays, people donate ALOT more, so non profit organizations get swamped and need as many volunteers as they can or they can't effectively do their job. 


3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?
If this conversation goes well with the Scripps Professor I hope to interview her. ( Nancy Neiman) She teaches two classes pertaining to my topic and also has started two programs in the local area for food justice. I hope that she can give me insight into the questions I dont know I should be asking and more resources to look at in the area. 

Blog 11 Lesson 1 Reflection

1. What are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?
I am proud I did it. I thought it would be really bad and it ended up being okay. I was worried because I was going first so I was setting the standard in my house. I am also proud of being able to do the presentation with out a power point. Ive always used power points to present so I was very nervous that I wouldn't be able to remember anything without the power point.


2. What assessment would you give yourself on your lesson? Explain why you earned that grade using evidence from the component contract.
I think I deserved a P/AE because I felt like I was extremely concise and accurate with my info. I used my time and resources well. I think I went deeper into my topic than others did for their first lesson. 


3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson?  How can you use that knowledge to give a better Lesson 2?

I think I would have worked more on my hook. I neglected that aspect of my presentation and that ruined me a bit. I would want to do a model of my hook and make sure it worked out very well. 

Blog 10 Interview Reflection

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1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else? Are you shadowing? Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic? If so, what? Are there other people who are experts in the location? Etc...)

 I am spending my mentorship time working with the volunteers. I do not feel like I am learning as much as I could but my schedule is busy and it is hard to align well with my mentor at this time. I am scheduled to talk with her soon about how to move forward in the process so I can get the most meaningful experience out of the situation.


 2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you?

 I was volunteering at the shelter and I asked Michelle if I could mentor under Megan and if she could put a good word in for me. Megan said yes and here we are.

 3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?

 How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person I am pretty comfortable with Megan but I haven't spent that much time with her. I believe I am comfortable with her due to the fact that I am generally comfortable with adults and I know she is here to help me.

 4. What went well in this interview? Why do you think so? What do you still need to improve? How do you know? How will you go about it?

 I think the interview went very well. Megan was very helpful and insightful. She explained each answer in detail and I never had to put much effort into getting her to explain things. She loves her job so much she could talk about it forever. I need to go further in depth to find other people to interview. I am sticking to people that are familiar and that won't help me in the long run.

Blog #9- Advisory Prep 3

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1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).
I have scheduled the interview for Friday the 23rd at 3:30 

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.

I found that food education and housing are too big components to helping nutrition in homeless areas. My reasoning is, in all the articles about nutrition in homeless populations, the two key solutions are always about education and housing
   
3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

More scientific studies, I can get from the library 

I can also watch documentaries on netflix and youtube 

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

How can an organization best combat nutrition deficiency in homeless populations? 

Blog 8: Independent Component Proposal

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I want to read a nutrition text book. Through out this process I feel like I have gotten lots of hands on experience in terms of homelessness; however, I have found no way to learn about nutrition. Since I could not get a college class in nutrition, I thought that reading a college text book about it would be the next best thing. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will read for an hour a day reading close to half a chapter each day. I will take notes on what I have read to prove I know and understand the material. 

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

By doing this reading I will be able to understand certain parts of my project that I could not before. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.

Okay?

Blog 7 : Second Interview Prep.

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1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?  If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert? 

My mentor is Megan Nehamen. She is  the co executive director at Foothill Family Shelter. 

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?

How did you get started in non-profit work? 

How did you move up the ladder to become the co executive director? 

What do you love most about your job? 

What is the most difficult part of your job?

Is there any regrets you have about going into this career? Do you wish you were somewhere else?