I shadowed Colleen for an hour and half on Wednesday. She
has three regular appointments on Wednesday so there wasn’t an issue about
having to wait for a student to come in or anything. When I walked in, she was
in the middle of one of her sessions, so I just sat to the side and waited for
an opening. While I was chilling on the side, I made sure to still listen to
what was going on and take notes of how she was interacting with the
student. I noticed that it seemed that
she was familiar with the student and he was open with her about his work and
other classes. She gave him some time to write without her being there and then
came over to me and introduced herself. After a couple of minutes she
introduced me to the student and we talked about what he was writing. Instead
of her telling me what they discussed earlier on in the session and catching me
up, she allowed the student to do that. In doing so, he was able to talk out
some ideas or concepts that he was thinking about for his poem. I soon realized
that this was a common thing that Colleen did throughout each session. She
encouraged them to just think aloud so then they can talk it out together. Also,
by saying things out loud they either found that they didn’t like something
that they were doing or came up with new ideas.
All three of her sessions were with student athletes and for
the most part they were open and funny and intelligent. So, it kind of showed
me to not enter any session with prejudices or stereotypical judgments. One was
writing a love poem for a poetry technique class that was very good and another
was writing a speech that was smooth and funny. There was an issue with one
student because it was obvious that he just wanted Colleen to tell him what to
do. Colleen did very well at providing ideas, but encouraging him to come up
with his own or expand on the ones that she provided. She then told me that
this was an issue that she normally had with this student and we talked about
me bringing it up for discussion in class on Monday.
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