After School Programs

Field Work Abstract/ Evaluation
March 17, 3013

1. Summarize you research paper. My research paper is talking about after school programs and the effects they have on students. These after school programs have a 100% percent influence on kids. It allows students to go to a program after school while these parents are still at work and let the students work on homework, meet new friends, and stay out of trouble; As a result, after school a program are a good encouragement on young teens and offers the students with the positive attention they need.

2. Twenty-five word description of your field work.
My fieldwork is at the Youth Athletic League in Whittier. I am a tutor to young students as well as teach the girls tumbling and cheer.

3. Relationship between paper and your field work. My paper provided me with all the education about after school programs. Learning about this topic was very helpful because it showed me what a positive impact after school programs have on young students. Overcoming my field work showed me first-hand what this program does to them. After all the hours I have put into helping these young kids I would really look into doing it in the future. Overall, my paper and my field work both showed me the importance of these after school programs.

4. Estimate total hours spent on field work. The estimated time spend on my field work would have to be 42 hours total.

5. How did your mentor directly help you in completing your fieldwork? My mentor was the best mentor of all he was there with me through everything if I needed help with something he would make time for me and help me. After I finished completing something I would show my mentor and have in proof read it and tell me what he thinks.

6. Date field work was started. January 14, 2013. Date field work completed. April 14, 2013

7. List materials used if required. There were no materials used.

8. List other resources used.
Some recourse I used was books, magazines, library, and my computer.

9. Describe what risks you took in completing this fieldwork.
Some risks I took completing my field work was hours it took a lot of time getting my hours and I had to get off work and cancel a lot of my daily activities in order to get my 40 hours of community service/ field work hours.

10. List problems you encountered.
I received no problems throughout my senior project I felt it went smoothly and I did not procrastinate which means I had no problem getting everything done even though I started at the school during second semester.

11. How did you handle these problems?
There were no problems.

12. Beyond the fieldwork itself, what did you learn about yourself?
Throw-out this process I have learned a lot about myself such as how kids are and how I should react with them, they have taught me a lot like I needed to speak in public and be a leader to these young kids and I loved doing my job. I really enjoyed my fieldwork and it taught me so much.

13. In retrospect, is there anything you would change about your senior project if you could do it over again?
Over all if I could change anything about my senior project I would take more time on my research paper and do it to my full ability. Other than that I feel the senior project was a good experience and very challenging. It took a lot of time and dedication to finish.

14. How valuable do you think the senior project has been to you?
The senior project has been a great experience and I loved every bit of it, it taught me responsibility, time management, and communication skills. I think everyone should do a senior project before they graduate because it prepares you for the future and what you will be doing in college.

15. I believe my grade for the senior project should be an A+ because I put so much time and commitment to this project and did everything to my be ability.