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EMSボランティア講師になって
アイラ 大学生
3年前からEMSの奨学生の為のボランティア講師としてはたらいています。
大学1年生になり、私も転機を迎えていたところでした。大学生になった時、期待と不安でいっぱいだったことを今でもはっきり覚えています。
ボランティア講師の話をもらったとき、仕事をこなせるか心配しました。
仕事の内容、子どもたちの管理、また私自身の学業に支障はないだろうか、そして経済的にプラスになるのだろうか。
13年前、EMSの奨学生になったとき、自分もいまの子どもたちと同じように小さく、読み書きのできない子どもだったことを思い出し受けることを決めました。
私は大学3年生社会学専攻しています。そして毎週日曜日はEMSのボランティア講師として働いています。
奨学生の頃はEMSのメンターから教わるディスカッションに耳を傾ける生徒の一人でした。
そのおかげで学業面でも人間的にも成長することができました。
毎週日曜日には、奨学生たちと顔を合わせ、私自身が準備した授業を行います。最初の頃は、レッスンを探すのも、レッスンの準備も大変で、苦労しました。
数学、英語、理科、その他の科目の授業を用意しています。道徳、スポーツも教えています。
私も教師を目指しているので、自分の知識を生徒たちに伝えることができるこの機会を得たことを嬉しく思っています。教職の仕事が好きになり、子どもたちに愛着をもてました。
EMSボランティア講師として生徒が授業に参加し 正解やスペル、計算を解いているときの嬉しそうな笑顔を見るのは、とてもエキサイティングです。
こどもたちの学校での成果や苦労話を聞くのも好きです。一生懸命に学ぼうとする姿を見るのが好きです。子どもたちの人生に影響を与えることができるかもしれないという可能性に興奮を覚えます。学ぶ能力は、人類の最も重要な発展のひとつです。
子どもたちは一人一人が特別な存在で、学び、成長する速度もペースも異なります。だから、この小さな生徒たちの個性を理解するのにしばらく時間をかけました。生徒が何を好み、どのような能力があり、どのように成長し、学んでいるのかを知る必要があります。みんな異なる知識や技術をもって私のところにやってきたユニークな子どもたちです。
EMS講師としての職務は果たせたのだろうか。
この3年間の教育経験で、私は個人的な教育哲学、信念、価値観を身につけることができました。
これは、プロの教師としての私の将来のキャリアを支えてくれるものです。
教育は自信を育みます。自信は希望を生みます。私は、EMSで学ぶ生徒たちに良い未来が訪れることを願っています。彼らが夢に向かってゆっくりと歩んでいけるよう、しっかりと導いていきたいと思っています。
子どもたちは強く、活発で、好奇心旺盛で、やりとげることができると信じています。
それが私のモチベーションになっています。この講師の仕事は私にとってはよい学びになりました。
生徒たちの純粋な心に希望と知識をもたらしています。少しずつですが、生徒たちが「自分は自分が思っているよりも勇敢で、強い人間だ」と思えるような人間に育ってきています。
Aila
Three years ago, I was given the opportunity to be a teacher to elementary students in EMS - an organization that helped me in shaping my future. It was first started in an online setting where I was also transitioning as I enter my first year of college. I can still clearly recall how uncertain and full of questions I was when I first received the news.
Will I be able to perform my duties? Can I manage the kids well enough? Will this disrupt my studies or be beneficial to my financial and physical state? It was a hard decision for me but I stood to it because I remembered that 13 years ago, I was also a young and illiterate student who was once shaped by my mentors in this organization. 13 years after, I am now one of the volunteer teachers in EMS. Isn’t life full of surprises and fortuitous? Yes, it was.
I am a full-time student and a part-time teacher. I am in my third year in university and I’m currently taking a Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Social Studies. On weekdays, I am a full-time student and every Sunday, I am a part-time teacher.
Back then, I was also one of these students who’s listening to the discussions taught by our mentors in EMS. I was shaped academically and personally until I graduated senior high school. With a lucky opportunity, I am now one of the teachers in EMS. Every Sunday, I have to meet my students and teach them the lesson that I personally prepare for them.
For the first days, I am having a hard time because it was hard finding a lesson, preparing the lesson, and also teaching it to them so that everybody could understand. I prepare lessons for them in relation to Mathematics, English, Science, and other subjects. I am also teaching them values and good attitudes. I also teach them sports. I am an all-around teacher.
Despite all the difficulties, I am thankful for it because it became my training ground since I am also an aspiring teacher. I was able to transfer my knowledge to my students. Along the way, I started to love my job and started to love my students. One of my favorite memories as an EMS volunteer teacher is seeing my students participate in my lessons. I find it exciting to see the smiles of happiness as my students debate the correct answers, correct spellings, and correct calculations.
I love to hear about their achievements and difficulties in school. I love to see them trying their best to learn. The fact that I could possibly impact a young person’s life is exciting to me. The ability to learn is one of the most important developments of humanity.
During my teaching experience, my students taught me that each one learns differently and has a different capacity to process and apply information. Every student of mine is a special individual and they learn and develop at different rates and paces. It took me a while to understand the uniqueness of these little children.
My students are unique individuals that have come to me with different knowledge and skill levels. Therefore, I learned that as a teacher, I should learn what my students like, who’s students are capable of, and how they are developing and learning.
Was I able to perform my duty as an EMS teacher? Yes. In my almost three years of teaching experience, I have developed a set of personal educational philosophies, beliefs, and values that will carry me in my future career as a professional teacher.
Education breeds confidence. My student gain confidence because I make sure that I supported them. As a result, confidence breeds hope. I am hoping for a good future for my students in EMS. As long as I am
with them, I will make sure to guide them as they slowly reach their dreams.
Did I manage my students enough? Yes, because I believe that my students are strong, active, curious, and competent learners who are trying their best to learn, and because of their determination, it becomes my motivation.
Did it disrupt my study? No. It was an advantage on my end since I am also learning. 13 years after, I am now one of the EMS teachers who is now bringing hope and knowledge to my students’ ignorant minds. Slowly, I am shaping my students in thinking that they are braver than they believe, stronger than they seem, and smarter than they think because back then, I am also one of them.