ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOL, AND DISTRICT LEVEL VISITS

DOCUMENTATION

Georgia Southern University

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Department of Leadership, Technology, and Human Development

SUPERVISED FIELD EXPERIENCE:

ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE GRADES, HIGH SCHOOL, AND DISTRICT LEVELS

EDLD 7737 AND EDLD 7738

This form will serve to document that you have completed ½ day each at the elementary,
middle, high school, and district levels.

In addition to completing this form, you should document these field experiences in Forms
8 and 10.

The hours should be included in Form 10 as part of your 125 hours and you should include
reflections and artifacts (if any) as part of Form 8.

Your Name: Sherita Myrick

Campus Mentor: Turner Floyd
University Supervisor: Dr. Torian White

½ Day FIELD EXPERIENCE at the Elementary School

 Date of Activity: 10/20 11/1

 Hours Completed: 6 hours
 People you met with: Ms. Kunesha and Mrs. King for Math Centers, Mrs. Salter’s Class
during Honor’s Day meet and greet, All Faculty and Staff at Pep Rally, and I observed
the Helping Hands Ending Hunger food drive.
 Georgia Leadership Standards Met: ALL Standards
 Description of the Field Experience Activity and Your Role : Observe in the classrooms,
and interact with students
Reflection:
I had the opportunity to spend half of the day at ECES observing classes, Ms. Kunesha and Mrs.
King for Math Centers, Mrs. Salter’s Class during Honor’s Day meet and greet, All Faculty and
Staff at Pep Rally, and I observed the Helping Hands Ending Hunger food drive.
In Ms. Kunesh and Mrs. King class, students were working on numbers 1-20 by identifying them
with hands on manipulatives, pictures, playdo, and other forms of differentiation during centers.
The classroom management and expectations for the classroom were observed and respected by
all little ones.
After 3 grade Honor’s Program, teachers gave parents the opportunity to come by the classrooms
and meet and greet with them. Students had the opportunity to show off some of their awards and
work that they had completed over the 9 weeks. Students that received an award were for most
improvement, students of the month, of for academic honors. Not often do parents have the
opportunity to collaborate with teachers in a positive manner; therefore, by presenting Honor’s
Day meet and greet, parents were appreciative for the time allowed to spend in the classroom and
build a positive relationship with the teachers.
The PEP Rally was the highlight of the day because not only did it raise money for the school by
students having to pay $2 to attend, but students were so excited and the band, cheerleaders, and
football players made the elementary students feel special. There were a lot of cheers, band
presentations, and football players boosted the kids up and vice versa for a big win on Friday
night.
Last was something special, I had the experience of learning about Helping Hands Ending
Hunger. Their mission is to empower students to rescue uneaten food from school meals and join
hands with their communities to nurture food insecure families. Their vision is to alleviate
childhood food insecurity, reduce food waste, encourage better educational outcomes, and shape
a healthier world. The elementary school “Kids Helping Kids” program empowers student
leaders to repurpose uneaten food from school meals and join hands with their communities to
nurture food insecure families. Re-educating that food is medicine, not trash, is a primary focus.
As a result of determined efforts measured to change existing policy, HHEH now offers the only
program operating in Georgia which has been expressly reviewed and approved by the Dept. of
Public Health and Dept. of Education/School Nutrition to rescue cold storage food (milk, cheese,
yogurt, fruit, etc.) along with dry packaged foods and channel it to children when they need the
most, over weekends and school breaks. A non-profit operating with strict food safety protocols,
we remove the risk of liability for food donations under state and federal law. Moreover, with
our unique student-led design, our program, once established in a school, requires minimal
coordination from school staff and easily integrates into daily routines.