Empowering Children Through Educational Tutoring: A Reflective Essay

During the weekends when I go home, I am given the pleasure of working in the after-service tutoring programs that happen at my local church. Children of all different ages get help from the Youth Group in a multitude of areas that range from statistics to simple grade-school math or writing. Children are split up based on grade-level (elementary, middle, and high school) and then once again split by the subject they need assistance in. They are then assigned teachers based on which grade levels the volunteers signed up to teach and what subjects they are adept to teach in. Though it is more of a tutoring session than an actual classroom lecture, the basics are the same and it is a great experience for both the students and the tutors. I generally

When I was interning at a resource classroom at an elementary school, there were couple of children who had many issues in their personal lives that affected their performance and behavior at school. The teacher I was assisting told me that all I should be focusing on is changing their focus to learning because in the end, knowledge is what will get them out of any rut they may find themselves in. However, trying to get the children to focus on grades and success when there are more pressing issues in the children 's’ minds than fractions and multiplying is hard for me understand and a seemingly insurmountable problem that I don’t know how to fix whether I’m working at an actual school or tutoring at a church. Though I will miss working in a classroom, I hope that by becoming a school psychologist, I will be able to make a certain change in children’s lives and hopefully end up aiding them in a manner that will direct them in a positive direction. Through tutoring and volunteering, I hope to learn more about what it means to take on such a role in the lives of other children, and further solidify my future aspirations as a school