Simon says

Simon says… shadow a counselor for a day!

Hi! And welcome back to another careers post! 

“Hi I’m Ailie! For my PLP project, Mentor for a day, I went to Lynmore Elementary and experienced a day in the life of school councillor Lisa Jaakkola. To answer the question: How can learning from others’ career journeys help us shape our own?”

That was the intro to another PLP podcast, my audio reflection. So obviously for this assignment eyeshadow counsellor Lisa Jaakkola for a day. First off, just start off the day I went to Lynmore, and sat with Lisa in her office. She explained her job to me, and then I asked her a few few questions which were. When did you decide you wanted to be a councellor, and why? What do you like the most about your job, is there anything you don’t like, or could be improved? How does being a councellor translate to other aspects of your life? Did anyone inspire you along the way, did anyone’s actions particularly stand out to you? What education did you go through? What did you need, and where did you go?

She answered all of my interview questions, and then we interacted with the kids, which was by far my favourite part! We played pass with a big rubber ball, monster bingo, and Simon says! I also got to peek my head into the kindergarten, grade one, and grade 2 classes. Which are the ages that I’d most likely want to teach. I loved talking to and communicating with the kids, so that I could see how they wanted to be talked to and communicated with. It was such an amazing experience and I definitely want be able to be a supportive and open and empathetic teacher when I grow up.

Another assignment that helped me along this project was our career smart brevity note. We wrote a short note explaining the core things about the career path that we were interested in. I chose teacher and titled my smart brevity note “Teaching how to teach”.

Smart brevity note link: Smart brevity note

The driving question was: How can learning from others’ career journeys help us shape our own?

Learning from others’ career journeys offers inspiration, insights, and lessons. Lisa helped me envision possibilities, build confidence, and make informed decisions, that will ultimately bring me toward a fulfilling career path.

I’m looking forward to the future, but for now I will continue looking at corses that will point me in the right direction, like for example I’m hoping to do physiology! I will also utilize experiences like mentoring more often. For example my aunt is a speech language pathologist, and I’ve shadowed her before as well! I’m so excited now, to pursue education, and make a difference through something that I really am passionate about.

Without further a due here’s a link to my audio reflection! You should check out my classmates, audio reflections too because they were all compiled into a series on Spotify.

 

Thank you so much for reading another one of my butterfly banter, blog posts! I hope you have a great day, and a wonderful spring break! I’ll catch you on the trip (hint hint) side with our next magical interactive and far afield project.

-Ailie 💜