I remember my first day as a classroom assistant working in my own kids classrooms. I had a decade or more teaching experience, but I still felt shy and unsure of myself.\u00a0 What did the teachers want me to do? Where was I to work? How would the kids, and mine in particular, react to me working in their classrooms? After a few minutes watching the teachers, listening to their style and “checking out” the room, I felt at ease. Those minutes observing gave me clues as to the teachers’ styles, how they managed their classrooms and what types of activities and tasks I’d be taking on. I was ready.<\/p>\n
My volunteering lasted weekly through their K-6 years. It gave me a glimpse into their days in school, how they fit into the class and what support they needed from me when we worked at home.<\/p>\n
Volunteering is an important role for adults to play in Educating America. If you have an hour to spare once a month, or better yet, once a week, please step-up and step-in to assist a classroom. It does<\/em> matter!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I remember my first day as a classroom assistant working in my own kids classrooms. I had a decade or more teaching experience, but I still felt shy and unsure of myself.\u00a0 What did the teachers want me to do? Where was I to work? How would the kids, and mine in particular, react to\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[102,103],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ideas-websites","tag-introduction","tag-volunteering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paddyeger.com\/blog\/educatingamericablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}