Journal Entry #8

In a 2 page (double-spaced) reflection, write your reflection in a Word Document, using the same file you saved last week on the server.

Now that your WLE is coming to an end, reflect on the following things:

• What skills did you learn from your work at your WLE?
• What did you learn about the working world through your WLE?
• What leadership skills did you improve upon from your WLE?
• What challenges did you face during your WLE?

Journal Entry #7

Write a one-page reflection (double-spaced) on what you did this week (5/2) at your internship. It needs to be creative and interesting for teachers and mentors to read. We do not want to know how long you sat at a desk or what you ate
for lunch.

Journal Entry #6

Write a one-page reflection (double-spaced) on what you did this week (4/25) at your internship. It needs to be creative and interesting for teachers and mentors to read. We do not want to know how long you sat at a desk or what you ate
for lunch.

Journal Entry #5

In a 2 page (double-spaced) reflection, write your reflection in a Word Document, using the same file you saved last week on the server.

As teachers have gone for visits to the various workplace sites of students, we have seen students doing work that relates to a bigger picture or larger task that will benefit the workplace or the company.

Please describe in detail the work that you have currently been engaged in and how that work relates to the larger whole of the workplace you are currently involved with.

In addition, have you decided on a project for your WLE? If so, please describe what your plan is for your final project. If you have not thought about a project, please explain what possibilities exist and which one(s) interest you the most.

Journal Entry #4 - Interview

Please post your interview narrative here.

Please keep the following in mind:

For this assignment you need to:
1. Brainstorm, and then further refine, a list of effective questions to ask your mentor during an interview so that you can create a comprehensive portrait of them. (Of course, you should be prepared to ask follow-up questions to your mentor’s responses, and allow the interview to take on a life of its own.)
2. Establish a time and date to conduct the interview (this may or may not be during your regular WLE visit)
3. Conduct the interview (prepared with framing questions)
4. Transcribe or write-up your notes from the interview
5. Craft a polished narrative portrait of your mentor using his or her responses to your interview questions.


Requirements of the final narrative:
• Professional in appearance and structure
• Engaging and interesting to read (your audience is other students exploring potential career or life choices)
• Posted on-line (blog) for your mentor and other students to review
• 3-4 typed, double-spaced, pages (pre-blog)

Journal Entry #3

You will write a 2-page (double-spaced) Journal entry from the perspective of your mentor. Imagine you are your mentor and you are entering thoughts into a journal entry about your new intern (this would be you).

Try to imagine what goes through his/her mind through the course of the entire day observing you work.
-What do you think goes through your mentor's mind as you walked in to work this past Wednesday?
-What things about you do you think impresses your mentor?
-What things about you do you think you mentor isn't impressed by?
-What things about you do you think your mentor wants to learn from you?
-What stories about you do you think your mentor tells about you to friends, colleagues and family. Tell those stories.

Journal Entry #2

Take a moment to think back over your WLE day this week…what was it like? What happened? What did you take away from the experience?

In a 2 page (double-spaced) reflection, write your reflection in a Word Document, using the same file you saved last week on the server.

If you get stuck, consider some of the following questions:
· What value or purpose did what I did today serve (for me personally, for school, for my site)?
· What did I learn about others? What did I learn about my self? What did I observe (self, world, others)?
· Is what I am doing valuable? How do I know? Is it meaningful work?
· What questions do I have?
· How has my experience at WLE changed my perception of what is possible out a ‘school’ experience?

Journal Entry #1

As some of you are still going through the process of finding a placement and there are others of you who have been placed, please reflect on the process so far in preparing for the WLE by addressing the following prompts in a 2 page (double-spaced) reflection. Please write your reflection in a Word Document, saving it under a filename on the server, such as "lucaswadewle.doc".

What has been difficult? What has surprised you? What have you learned?

What are you excited for? What are you most uncertain of right now?

What advice would you give to the 11th grade students next year?

What do you hope to learn from your internship?