Classroom volunteering at Pacific Way Elementary School:

During the school year of 2019-2020, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to volunteer in a grade 2/3 classroom. By this point in my life, I knew I wanted to become a teacher one day but my experiences in the classroom inspired me to want to learn more styles of teaching. When I was working with a student who found it difficult moving forward from auditory instructions, I brought in a white board as a visual. This experience caused me to learn new tools for teaching diverse students and gave me great fulfillment as I saw the students suddenly grasp a concept that had been difficult. This was an important time in my educational journey as it made me want to learn more ways to adapt to student’s diverse learning needs as well as solidified that I was going down the right career path.