Blog 23: 2014 Interview

1. Who did you interview and what house are they in?

I interviewed Stephanie Salas from North house and Samantha Torres from East house. 

2. What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

Stephanie: I haven't decided on one yet, but I'm thinking about doing a branch of psychology. It interests me since I'm taking a psychology class up at Cal Poly, and it's really interesting to me.
Samantha: I plan on doing my senior project on voice teaching, I don't know what specifically yet though. Because it's a big interest of mine.

3. What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

Stephanie: Well, my mom majored in psychology, and she works for a non-profit organization, and that's the sort of thing that they do there. So I'm just thinking of volunteering there and helping out a bit.
Samantha: I plan on following and helping a vocal teacher.

4. What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

Stephanie: Hopefully I get some idea, because I'm still not sure about doing the psychology thing. So maybe get some ideas for things that are related to that. (I told her about Jada and how she's doing her senior project on Autism and Psychiatry, so that she should try to see that presentation because it could help her out.)

Samantha: I hope to get a good idea of what to expect next year.

5. What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project?

Stephanie: She only asked if there were any topics that couldn't be done for senior topic. So I told her about the Astrology thing and how the senior teachers want students to stay away from those kinds of topics because of money issues that have occurred in the past.
Samantha: "I want know what to expect like in detail for senior year." I told her about the beginning of the year and model assembly, and the sorts of things to expect for that, like the workload and such. I told her about how the senior project work spreads out and how a big chunk of it is worked on during April and May, and how May is the start of working on the two hour presentations. 
She also wanted to know if you could do well in both your normal classes and senior project. And I said yes, it was all really about managing your time well and making sure to turn in every assignment on time - be it core or senior project related.

Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1. How can a child care provider create an emotionally and physically healthy child care environment?
2. What is the best way to build trust with a child just starting off in the daycare environment?
3. How do you get close/comfortable with a child who is shy?
4. How do you get close to a child who is NOT shy? 
5. Is special action taken when a child won't open up to anyone? What?
6. When do you know its time to get a new staff member in the daycare?
7. How strictly are the state sanitary regulations followed?
8. How often do the children at daycare get sick? How do you try to prevent sickness?
9. Is it easier to have an age limit set at a daycare?
10. What is the staff turnover/schedule? What is ideal?
11. What is the ideal environment for a daycare?
12. What kinds of credentials should a person have if they wish to become the director of a daycare?
13. How much college experience/credentials should a director have?
14. How is a new child introduced to the already normal group?
15. How often are there meetings between parents and teachers to discuss the child?
16. How strict are the restrictions on who can pick up the child if the teacher or director has not seen the person before?
17. What kinds of special instructions are given by parents for their children?
18. What are the most important state regulations?
19. Is their weekly/monthly/yearly checks by the state at a daycare? What do they look for?
20. What behind-the-scene work is required to run a daycare (paperwork)?

Blog 12: Third Interview Questions

1. How can a child care provider create an emotionally and physically healthy child care environment?
2. What are the basics every provider must know about child care and why are they important?
3. How can a provider deal with misbehaving or rowdy children without using yelling?
4. What would you consider to be the ideal child care environment? 
5. When are parents made aware of a child's misbehavior at the daycare? 
6. Are there some reasons for a child being sent home, other than sickness? Why?
7. How can a provider get two children to play nicely or stop being rough with each other?
8. What is the best way to discipline a child?
9. What kind of snacks do you serve the children, and how often do you give them?
10. Are parents allowed to come in and just observe their child when they want to? Why?

Blog 6: Second Interview Questions

Questions for Mentor:

1. What do you believe makes you an expert in this field, other than years of experience?
2. Why did you choose to work with children as a career?
3. What do you do that you believe makes you stand out from other child care providers?
4. What is one of your greatest accomplishments in this career choice and what did you do to reach it?
5. How long did it take for you to be licensed as a child care provider? What were the steps you had to take?

Blog 3: Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview? Why?

I plan on interviewing the owner of the day care center I volunteered at over the summer. She is actually my aunt and her name is Maria Castaneda. She has owned that day care for quite a few years now, so I feel she has a lot of experience that will help me in answering a few questions about my topic, and she might even be able to give me different resources. It will also make it easier for me to get a better ground in how to interview someone, because since she is a family member, it'll be easier to speak more casually and comfortably with her.

2. You have to ask five questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask?

Along with the given five questions, I would like to ask her exactly how she decided to become a child care provider and the steps she had to take in order to become what she is today. Also, what special classes did she have to take to prepare herself? What are the best ways to have the children learn while still having fun? What are the basic need-to-knows of child care?