Blog 23: 2014 Interview

1.  Who did you interview and what house are they in?

Gabriel Mendoza, West

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

I want to do my senior project on basketball statistics because it has always been an interest of mine.

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

I am not sure yet, possibly gather stats at a basketball camp.

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

I hope to see seniors that i know and topics that interest me.

5.  What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?

I would like to know deadlines.

Blog 17: Interview 4

1. How can a parks and recs afterschool program best support community adolescence?
2. What is there to be gained from extracurricular programs?
3. What factors create a good extracurricular program?
3. What is the goal of an extracurricular program?
4. What is there to be gained from health programs like bootcamp?
5. What factors go into a good health program?
6. What is the goal of a health program?
7.  What makes a program successful?
8. What effects can a cooking or food related program have on kids?
9. What effects can a dance program have on kids?
10. Is getting kids out of their comfort zone a common goal among programs?
11. What programs do you think support kids the most?
12. What programs make kids want to keep coming back?
13. How important is it to build relationships with the kids?
14. What kinds of programs do kids go for the most?
15. What is hardest when coming up with new programs?
16. What would you describe as a quality program?
17. How big of a role do the staff play in an effective program?
18. What else is offered here that has good long term effects on kids?
19. What are the conditions of an ideal program?
20. What can staff do to help the kids benefit from being here?

Blog 12:Third Interview Questions

1: What programs offered here do you think benefit kids the most?
2: When you create a program at this center whats your main goal?
3: What do you think is offered here that's better than other programs?
4: What factors should a successful program include?
5: What struggles do you sometimes face with programs here?
6: When there are problem kids in the programs, what is the best thing to do about it?
7: What kinds of kids do you target when you create a program?
8: In what ways does an effective program benefit the kids?
9: How many kids come in and out of this facility?
10: What different backgrounds do these kids mostly come from?

Blog 6: Second Interview

Questions:

1) Do you have a passion for the field you're working in?

2) Do you have any other kind of experience in this field besides working at this center?

3) What kind of training did you have to take to become an employee here?

4) Where there any kinds of classes necessary?

5) What would you say are the pros and cons of working at this center?

6) How long have you been working here?

7) Would you ever recommend this job?

8) Is this the job you always wanted to do? If not what was it and how did you end up here?

Blog 3: Interview Preparation

Content

Who do you plan to interview? Why?

I plan to interview Candice Smith because she is my mentor and has many years in the field. She has also worked at many other recreation centers and city buildings.

You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions would you ask?

I would ask what is the most fun event you have been a part of at the center? What is the craziest thing to happen at the center while you were on the job? Lastly I would ask What is the worst thing to ever happen at the center while you were there?