Residency - Children’s Residential Treatment Center - Carmen Elate - 0.5 hours
On Tuesday, I went to the Children’s Residential Treatment Center (which, is right around the corner from my apartment, so it’s super convenient!). The center/classrooms are, surprisingly, very small and closed in, so that was good to note. I met with Carmen Elate, who is such a joy to be around! We discussed our schedules together and see what would line up. We decided that Spring break would be a good day to start.
I’ll be starting that Spring Break week from 12:30 pm - 2:30pm. After SB, I’ll only be doing Wednesdays and Fridays from 12:30 pm - 2:30pm.
I asked questions about the group and any triggers I should avoid since most of the students struggle with mental illnesses. There are two separate groups that have different schedules: Unit A and Unit B. There really isn’t a different between them besides the number of students in them. Carmen advised me that I’ll learn the triggers as a go along, but to always keep in mind to have a filter when I communicate. Also, she mentioned that a lot of students will need breaks between lessons, as some medications the students take can make them sleepy/mental exhausted. There may be some students who fall asleep or become sleepy while I teach, but to not take it personally.
Carmen is super excited as they are now just starting to be incorporate technology into their lessons, starting with photography and stop-motion animation. She’s ecstatic at the possibility I might be teaching the students animation through Photoshop.
Residency - El Colegio High School - Peter Glaser - 0.5 hours
On Friday, I went over to El Colegio to fill out an essential background check. Again, another smaller school, but so beautiful and colorful! For not having an art education course, the school seems to have lots of artwork and colorful interiors with murals and pictures!
Unfortunately, Peter Glaser was not in due to being sick, so I wasn’t able to meet him. However, I was able to meet the friendly office staff, who are very excited to have a teaching artist again. Also, the staff there are both English and Spanish speakers. The background was easy to fill out and did have a $25 cost.
Shadow -Little Earth Native Youth Arts Collective - Heidi Haferman - 0 hours
Got a reply from Heidi Haferman from the Little Earth Native Youth Arts Collective! I will be meeting with her next Thursday at noon.
TOTAL HOURS: 1 hr
Other than that, enjoy some illustrative stickers I made for the Latinex Unides club for the Club Fair!
