In my most recent week at College Park Academy, I focused on completing the A-3 objective. The focus of this week was to teach the students to be able to prepare themselves for a certain diet, whether it is gain weight or lose weight. To begin, the students and I went through our normal routine work out which includes stretching, running, basketball, and agility drills. While we were working out, we all shared stories about dieting and how it has affected each one of us. Then for the last hour, I gave a presentation about healthy eating and the different types of dieting. I spoke about how to lose and gain weight in a healthy manner while sharing example of popular foods that are not as healthy as they seem. The students asked several questions about how to lose weight and gain weight to prepare for sports. After, I quizzed them verbally on the things they had learned in order to make sure they retained the knowledge.
So What?
Before the week began I did not think the students would have any experience dieting. I was wrong when I assumed that because nearly half of the student shared stories about …show more content…
Before this week, I did not feel that my service partners and I were an effective team because of the lack of communication. The lack of communication created more problems such as not being able to solve the problem of not having enough kids and the decision whether I should come on a different day of the week. This week my service partners proved me wrong by being more readily available to talk and communicate. We spoke about how to solve the problems we were facing and decided on a new plan. We decided to have me come the same days but at a different time. This solved the issue of time constraints with students and I should expect more parents to sign their children up for the program. I am very happy with how the service partners and I are now building an effective