Communication went very well this week.  I was sick on Thursday was unable to be on site.  The last time this happened, I emailed my mentors from my phone (since I took ill in the middle of the school day), and hours later I realized that the email was never sent, and was still in the process of being sent.  I was able to send a new message from my trusty laptop, along with an apology and explanation for the lateness of my email, and thankfully it was received well.  This time, however, I was not going to take any chances, and I sent an email from my phone and checked on my laptop to make sure that it had been sent at the proper time.  It had been sent immediately, and I had my reply within hours.

            I was asked to fall back slightly on direct interaction with the children for a brief interval on Tuesday, much like last week.  I was slightly surprised, but not as much as last week.  I suspect that, as the children get slowly more socially confident throughout the year, the supervisors will be taking slight steps back more and more.  It still is hard to resist going to the children and directly interacting with them if they appear insecure or upset, but in the interest of character-building, for both the children and myself, I have to get a tougher skin.

            I have said before that teamwork is a huge part of Kindering – everyone has to be on the same page so that the children do not receive mixed signals from the supervisors.  Next week, since I was not at this week’s meeting (meetings are on Thursdays, and I was ill), I am going to have to make sure that I know what happened during the meeting.

            Lastly, in problem-solving news, there is a new child in the classroom – he comes from the other classroom, and I am not quite sure why he was transferred (it seems to be a private matter).  We are going to have to work with the staff from the other classroom to learn as much as we can about him, since as of now, he does not seem to enjoy interacting with students or teachers.

            My goals are the same as last weeks – in fact, my short-term goals are now solidified, as the details of the deliverables of the semester project for the internship class have been released.  I must now get to work on the portfolio and presentation required.