Blog 14: Independant Component 1

Literal

(a) I, Isaiah Chavez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) My mentor is Jerica Bonilla, 909-243-2076
(c)  Hours
(d) For my component, I spent 32 hours at the De Anza Teen Center working with kids and helping with their programs in order to help answer my EQ. Specifically I refereed different games, helped create posters/ fliers, helped distribute food for their movie nights, and generally monitored different activities.

Interpretive
Shoot Around

Tournament

Practice

Arts and Crafts

Ping Pong Tournament

Kids Just Hanging Out


Applied
Well my component helped a lot. It game me a good answer to my EQ which I was able to present on. For instance, it was from there that I understood that afterschool programs benefit them kids by making them want to be more healthy. All the foods cooked in the kitchen are healthy, and theres always a game going on which makes the less healthy kids want to get up and go play with their friends. It was also through my independant component that i learned factors of creating a quality program. I learned that a big factor was the person running the program, the friendlier staff had more kids wanting to play with them than others. All this I learned from being out in the field, and not through my research.

Blog 13: Rough Draft for 30 Minute Presentation

My Presentation

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 11: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
For my mentorship I help and get involved with programs at the De Anza Teen Center.

2.   Who is your contact?
My contact is my mentor Jerrica Bonilla, an employee at the teen center.

3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?
I have 27 total hours completed. 

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
For my 10 hours of mentorship I have helped out in the teen action committee (volunteer program for teens), helped kids with their homework at the center, helped prepare several events and other after school activities at the center. 

Blog 10: Senior Project Update

1) What are you currently doing in your independent component?

I am getting more involved in the programs at the De Anza Teen Center that have more kids in them. I will soon be taking pictures and I've been planning questions to ask them regarding how the programs impact them.

2) What is a recent piece of research (article, interview, or audio-visual) that have you reviewed you would say was significant in helping you understand where to go next in your senior project?  The piece of research should be something you reviewed in November.  Please explain what you learned and where are you going next because of this piece of research.

I recently read an article about a city that was having difficulties regarding youth violence so they built recreation centers and started after school programs and saw crime rates go down. With this information I'll have a better understanding on how to build my questions I'll ask the kids.


3) Provide evidence from your independent component or the piece of research as something you recently did.  For example, a photo of something you working on for your independent component or your notes from the video you watched. 

This is a calendar of events from the De Anza Teen Action Committee (TAC), a program where kids can volunteer in city events and much more.

Blog 5b: Science Fair proposal

1. What is your topic?
Parks and Recreation
2. What is the driving problem behind your experiment and the quote by an expert to support that problem? (Expert citation must be MLA format.)
The driving problem in my topic is misbehaving children.
“The ultimate goal of classroom management should not be on simple obedience, but on having students behave appropriately because they know it’s the right thing to do and because they can understand how their actions affect other people”
-Carlette J. Hardin
Hardin, Carlette J. "Education 2.0." Education 2.0. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Nov. 2012. 
3. What is your hypothesis? (Must be in If-Then form.)
If kids are male and on the free or reduced lunch program while participating in an after school program, then  they are less likely to be well behaved throughout the day.
4. Write a paragraph summary of how you will perform the experiment.  Include the tools you plan on using.
For my experiment, I will be at the De Anza Teen Center for multiple weeks. I will be taking note of all the kids that misbehave throughout the day and asking the kids that misbehave whether or not they are on the free or reduced lunch program.
5. Select one of the following Project Categories for your experiment:
Animal Biology & Physiology
************************Behavioral/Social Science************************
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Earth/Space Science
Pharmacology
Physics
Plant Biology & Physiology
Ecology & Environmental Management
Engineering Research & Applications
Mathematics & Computer Science

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

(1) What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?

What is the most beneficial way to run an after school program for youth?

(2) Did you decide to revise your working EQ after your presentation? 

What is the most beneficial way to work with kids in an after school program?

(3) What are possible answers to your current working EQ? 

Being patient, using positive reinforcement, being strict, or being understanding of them and their different backgrounds