Thursday, April 8, 2010

The four weeks of me being in my internship

The full name of my internship is Flanbwayan. What i did there is helping them with any thing they want extra help with. Since have been working there i help collecting thing to send to Haiti,arrange book for their new library,doing researches on stuff they are preparing for an Haitian radio ,receiving phone call take the message and writing book name at the Internet.The place am working on is a youth menbership based organization servin newcomer and young adult Haitian immigrant student in New york Citi who are english language learners(Ells) between the ages of 14 to 21.Flanbwayan provides a safety net for Haitian youth who may possibly fall through the cracks of an overwhelming high school placement process as they enter the New York area, providing much needed services, including individual education assessments and appropriate school placements. In this project student-members have found themselves in a safe space where they discussed issues, share experiences, express their views on education issues, develop outreach efforts to their peers and raise awareness on the need for education reform.

Flanbwayan‘s multi level approach of access to education, advocacy, organizing and cultural activities provides rigorous learning experiences where students acquire critical thinking, analytical and leadership skills that deepen community ties and cultural understanding. Flanbwayan assumes in order for newcomer immigrant youth to grow and develop they need to have a safe space, equal access to resources and opportunities.

Mission
Flanbwayan's mission is to create an alternative response to a marginalized group of students, raise awareness in immigrant communities, increase organizing and advocacy efforts around educational issues for English Language Learners for both newcomer and young adult students to enter a world of opportunities, education and transformation.In my internship what i regularly do is doing researches on some stuff and don't mostly have so much to do.

For the last four weeks have notice a lot of great thing about my mentor. She is a nice women,She care about others and respect each other. Something i enjoy at my internship is the quality to use the Internet and have a lot of fun. My internship is a great internship where people have time for them self.

my internship is located in 208 park side Ave. I left from school at 11:30 it take me 1Hour and i left there at 4:00.I work four day,Monday,Tuesday.Wednesday and Thursday.My mentor don't usually sign my time card but an others member who work there sign my card. I like being at my internship because the job they are doing is something i really enjoy.

1 comment:

  1. Betina,

    You started to write the post and then proceeded to copy and paste sections of Flanbwayan's website. You need to respond to the questions in order to receive full credit.

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