Hélène Girard | Village Learning Place My placement collaborated with the 29th Street Community Center for orientation. Our missions as organizations are very similar, but 29th Street is more recent as a nonprofit, so they were still in the process of figuring out their structure for the children’s summer program….
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Cionne Gates | By Peaceful Means Everyday, I keep trying to find ways to challenge me outside of my comfort zone by setting higher expectations for myself in both professional and personal disciplines. This internship experience has made me retrospective in my approaches to children. For instance, my class schedule…
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Cionne Gates | By Peaceful Means Coming into the program this time for the second year in a row, I wanted to establish professional intimate relationships with my coworkers while also understanding positive approaches for interacting with the children. Last summer, my goal was to make the campers laugh, which…
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Cionne Gates | By Peaceful Means This week has been dedicated to staff orientation, so it included us preparing all the logistics for the program in addition to participating in team building exercises. Since most of the returning senior counselors have had in person experiences, they have much more memorable…
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Cionne Gates | By Peaceful Means Since my placement last summer was completely remote, there weren’t a lot of external circumstances influencing my placement. This summer, we are working the entire summer with in-person modalities, which means navigating more areas of Baltimore which I lack a little experience in. For…
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Cionne Gates | By Peaceful Means During the first week, my supervisor notified me she had COVID, so I worked remotely on a couple of planning tasks for staff orientation next week. While preparing for the summer program to be in person, I wanted to get fully acquainted with the…
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Cionne Gates | By Peaceful Means Since my entire CIIP experience was completely virtual last summer, I initially felt unprepared as a peer mentor due to my limited experience of being around Baltimore physically, and this made me question my upcoming role as a facilitator. In the beginning, I thought…
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