I am Max Sommer, fourth year Geography major and UFTeach minor. I have a lot of experience with kids both through volunteering with UFTeach and coaching basketball, and I am excited to get more good experience this summer through this internship.
Yesterday and today were my first couple days working at the museum. Waking up early was definitely different for me…I am usually someone who enjoys sleeping til noon and wasting half my day and now I am working the 8am-noon shift every weekday at the museum. It is good for me though, it makes me feel like a productive, real person.
At the museum my job so far has been to write Curriculum Guides for the summer camps that will be starting in June. These are guides to teach the camps, with background information, learning objectives, and recommended activities. I am so glad that I am doing this internship after I have completed a few UFTeach courses, because it is similar to what we have to do when writing lesson plans and if I did not have that experience, I would surely be lost.
Everything at the museum has gone well so far, thankfully. I enjoy the people I work with and the work I am doing is interesting. I also enjoy just walking around and seeing all the exhibits. It has been a very positive start and I'm excited to continue!
At the museum my job so far has been to write Curriculum Guides for the summer camps that will be starting in June. These are guides to teach the camps, with background information, learning objectives, and recommended activities. I am so glad that I am doing this internship after I have completed a few UFTeach courses, because it is similar to what we have to do when writing lesson plans and if I did not have that experience, I would surely be lost.
Everything at the museum has gone well so far, thankfully. I enjoy the people I work with and the work I am doing is interesting. I also enjoy just walking around and seeing all the exhibits. It has been a very positive start and I'm excited to continue!
Max--
ReplyDeleteI am surely glad you are not surely lost! Sounds like the museum is treating you right so far… It'll get even better as you get used to waking up nice and early. I remember last year, my shift was 7 am - 4 pm… and the aquarium was 20 minutes from my house… needless to say, I took a nap from about 4:30 - 6 every day.
Max,
ReplyDeleteBoy am I am glad to hear I'm not suffering the early morning getup alone. I'm definitely a night person and am not looking forward to having to wake up at 8am every day. Although I guess if we want to be teachers we better get used to it, right?
Anyways, this sounds like a pretty cool gig for ya. I'm going to be working at a science museum as well, but because I'm not quite as experienced as you are (I'm going to be a 2nd year this upcoming fall semester) I am more of a "grunt" worker out on the front lines teaching the classes and showing off the exhibits.
Good luck with the rest of your internship, looking forward to your future posts!
Cheers!
JaCoB DiXoN