Post 8-Resume

Genita Vokshi

504 East 5^TH St. Apt. Super

New York, NY 10009

Education   International High School at Lafayette, Brooklyn, NY                      2010 - Present

Expected Graduation: June 2013

GPA: 3.7

                    

Activities    New York Cares Service Learning            Club                                       2011

·      Participate in various service projects throughout New York City

Student Government, International High School at Lafayette        2011 - Present

·      Planed year activities

·      Shared information about events in class

School Newspaper, International High School at Lafayette             2012 - Present

iMentor, International High School at Lafayette                               2011 - Present

·      Attend iMentor-sponsored events

·      Participate in technology-based mentoring program for high school students

·      Develop an outgoing relationship with an adult volunteer mentor via weekly emails and regular face-to-face meetings

College Now Program

Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY

·      Engaged on activities that promote college readiness                Spring 2012

Student advisory board, Brooklyn, NY

Kingsborough Community College                                                     2012-Present

Kaplan/New York Cares SAT Prep Course                                              2011

·      Study test taking strategies

·      Take practice exams

Honors     

·      English Achievement Award, International High School at Lafayette  2011                                     

·      Essay- Writing Award, “8 Marsi” High School, Albania                      2008

Experience Early Childhood Assistant, Brooklyn Children’s Museum

·      Assisted children with arts and crafts

·      Ensured that visitors followed the museum rules

·      Reorganized gallery at the conclusion of each day

Peer Tutor, Math and Writing Center                                                                        2011

International High School at Lafayette

Skills           Collaborative, patient, organized, Computer Skills (Word, Excel)

Languages  Fluent in Albanian and English 

Post 7-Thank You Letter

May 18, 2012

Dear Delia!!!

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the support and encouragement that you gave me during my internship at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. You were a mentor for me but also a teacher from whom I learned and gained a great deal of experience. Yours and other co-workers’ warmth made me feel welcomed and at home. I appreciated that. It was great working at the museum but working with you made it even better. You made the days feel easy and fun. Thank you for being there to help me with everything, especially the first day of internship when I was completely lost and didn’t know what to do. With your help, I faced my fear by touching the snake and the cockroaches. I also learned the best ways to handle the kids.  Because of your mentoring, I’m now able to read a book to my little brother like a professional teacher.  Who knows, maybe one day I’ll be confidant enough to read to a whole group of children.

You also helped me grow as a communicator. Your advice on how to talk to unfamiliar people each day made me a better communicator and improved my language skills. I’m really blessed that I got this opportunity to work with you and with all the other museum co-workers because it was an amazing and a very friendly crew.

I wish you the best of luck on everything you do. I hope I will have a chance to come visit you and everyone else in the museum.

With appreciation,

Genita Vokshi 

Post 6-Photo Essay

Brooklyn Children's Museum is one of the first museums in the world that was ever open for kids. It all started by a woman who opened her house for the kids in the neighborhood just for them to play and have fun. Than this museum was open which is very near to her house and it became the first museum that was ever open for kids. Also, because this museum expanded, it became also the first "green museum" in New York City.

These pictures are showing the parts of the museum where me and Jensy worked. This part of the museum is called "Totally Tots" Everyday, this part of the museum was full of kids around 18 months and 5 years old. Imagine how small they were. Also, they were coming to the "Art Studio" to finish arts and crafts that were prepared for them that day, the house was full with toys, dolls, small houses that kids could play, the slide which was all provided with metallic equipments that created noises all over the place with just one touch. Than, the water area was the most famous place that all the kids were running towards when they were coming to "Totally Tots" and I learned that playing with water is one of the favorite things for kids to do. As you can see on the picture, the sand area is also provided with toys but the sand is unusual because is a blue sand and the first day of internship, our supervisor told us that this is the only place where you can find the blue sand and if someone asks you where the blue sand is, you know what they are talking about. The Cinema is just a place for kids to do their own show for their parents where they can also change their clothes by wearing the ones that the museum gives and the last but not least is the Reading Nook which is full of books where kids and also parents can read to each other. Since I always wanted to work with kids of this age and also have a lot of interesting stuff and places to show to them, this is one thing that went well during my internship because as you can see, I had the opportunity to work with kids of that age and also show them this great museum that can always grab a child's attention.

As I said, this museum had a lot of fun and interesting stuff for kids to play and see as well. Seeing animals and other creatures is one of them. The first day of internship, me and Jensy had to touch snakes, cockroaches and turtles. This is a pictures of one of the snakes in the museum. It was an hard task touching the snake because it was our first time and we were not sure on how it feels like to touch a snake or what the snake is going to do when we touch it but actually, it was not as hard as everyone thinks. I think that being able to touch these creatures was one of my biggest accomplishments during this internship by which i'm very proud of.

Post-5 Vocabulary Words

Word: Advisor
Native Language: Keshilltar
Definition: A peson that gives advice to another person or a group pf people and helps them.
Sentence: All students need an advisor when they start internship because they need someone to help them and give them advice about what they have to do and that's why an advisor is for.


Word: Evaluate
Native Language: Vleresuar
Definition: To appreciate something.
Sentence: Students need to learn how to evaluate the internship because of the experience and the help that they are getting for the future.


Word: Novice
Native Language: Fillestar
Definition: Someone who is new or just a beginner.
Sentence: Being novice is always hard in the beginning until you get used to it and start being more independent and more experienced.


Word: Duty
Native Language: Detyre
Definition: The responsibilities that you have.
Sentence: My Duty everyday at my internship is to help kids with their activities at the "Art Studio."


Word: Initiative
Native Language: Iniciative
Definition: The power or courage on taking a decision before someone else does.
Sentence: She took the initiative to start a fundraising in order to earn enough money for prom and trip.


Word:Smock
Native Language: Kominoshe Femijesh
Definition: A protective garment.
Sentence: Children's at my internship always wear smock before they start using paint.


Word: Apron
Native Language: Platforme
Definition: A garment used to protect clothes
Sentence: Children's at my internship always wear apron before they enter the water area to protect them from getting wet.


Word: Gallery
Native Language: Galeri 
Definition: A big room used for special purposes
Sentence: The museum where I work is divided into different galleries which are used for different purposes.


Word: Collages 
Native Language: Kollazhet
Definition: An art work which is created by using different materials to create a piece of art.
Sentence: At the art studio, kids create their own collages everyday.


Word: Abdicate
Native Language: Heq Dore
Definition: To give up
Sentence: She abdicated from her job because the boss was so strict with her.


Word: Gala
Native Language: Feste e madhe
Definition: A festive celebration
Sentence: The museum is holding a gala to honor the president of the museum.


Word: Reference
Native Language: Referim
Definition: Something that refers to the reader to another source
Sentence: At the end of a project, Ms. Kara makes us do the reference page so she will know where we got the information from.


Word: Agenda
Native Language: Program
Definition: A list of the thing that you plan to do for the day.
Sentence: Mr. Sean always writes the agenda on the board for everything that he plans to do in class.


Word: Flexible
Native Language: Elastik
Definition: When something can be curved easily without being broken
Sentence: If you do yoga, your body will become very flexible.


Word: Restore
Native Language: Rivendosur
Definition: To bring something back
Sentence: After suspension, is very had to restore everybody's faith again.

Post 4- Midpoint Reflection

My internship is at Brooklyn Children’s Museum. I always wanted to work with kids and that’s what I told my teachers. At Brooklyn Children’s Museum, I work with kids from 18 months to 5 years old. The fact that I get to work with kids makes this internship similar to my expectations but the fact that I can not take care of them or hold them makes it a little different from my expectations. At my internship, I work in Art Studio where I help kids with different activities that this place provides for kids everyday. Kids that come here remind me of the students from IHS-L because they are from different countries, different cultures and different ethnic groups. That’s what makes it similar to the environment of IHS-L.  But kids at my internship, even though they are originally from different countries and have different backgrounds, they all were born here and speak English perfectly, something that makes a difference between my internship and IHS-L. Also, at my internship, my only responsibility that I have is to stay at the Art Studio until 3:30 and help kids with what they need, but at IHS-L, I always have different responsibilities and assignments that I have to finish. Working at this internship has helped me a lot because everyone who works there is just so experienced and you can learn a lot from them. Since I always wanted to work with kids, this internship taught me on how to handle them well and how to work with them in the best way possible. This is a skill that I will need for my whole life if I ever want to get a job similar to my internship or even like a teacher. Also, this internship is improving my communication skills because since my supervisor told me to talk to at least one unfamiliar person each day, that is making me more confident on talking to other people, being more friendly but also is improving my communication skills and my English as well. People that work there are very friendly and that makes it very easy to work with them. Everyone is just like a family there and now I feel like I am part of that family. As for my supervisor, her good-natured personality makes our intern-mentor relationship more easy to handle. Also, this internship interacted me with a lot of professional adults but as I said that this internship improved my communication skills, I’ve grown a lot on interacting with professional adults as well and that is by communicating with them. Before I started my internship, my English was not that good but now, since I started my internship, Is very obvious that my English is improved and even though I didn’t learn big, hard, professional words, I learned the basic ones and I think that’s enough for now. Everyday at my internship, I have to welcome the parents and kids that come there and to be friendly with them. I have to answer parents questions, give kids whatever they ask and I think that is making me more active and less passive. Also, by trying to do all these things and also other things that my supervisor or other co-workers ask me to do, I think I’m being more independent and I’m gaining confidence. Working at this internship of course that has its own challenges. One challenge that I faced during this internship was getting to meet new people and also speaking English to people who speak perfect English. This is what I consider a challenge but of course that as the time passed, this challenge started to vanish because I had to do these things everyday which means that I had to face this challenge everyday and that was a good thing because I learned from it.Since there are five more weeks until this internship ends, two goals that I would like to accomplish are: gaining more experience on working with kids and improving my language skills. By going to this internship, I learned and I saw different neighborhoods that I never saw before but I also learned how to use the train when I’m alone.

Children's are the world's peace and their innocence and bright heart doesn't look at the differences between each one of them. 

Post 3-Vocabulary (SAT Words)

Word: Benevolent 
Meaning: An act of kindness.
Sentence: At my internship, everyone is Benevolent and that makes it so easy to work with them.

Word: Augment

Meaning: To expand or to make it bigger.

Sentence: The kids at my internship have a Augment mind and I can see them from the way they work.

Word: Relay

Meaning: To receive and pass on.

Sentence: Is very important to Relay the information's at you job so everyone can keep a track on what is going on.

Word: Adept

Meaning: A highly skilled or well-trained individual.

Sentence: After i finish my internship, I will be Adept on working with kids.

Word: Weary
Meaning: Feeling or showing tiredness.
Sentence: I feel Weary at the end of my day at the museum but seeing kids everyday makes everything feel better.

Post 2-Interview with my supervisor, Delia Meza.

My supervisor's name is Delia Meza and she is originally from Mexico but she was born in New York (NY). She works as an Early Childhood Educator at Brooklyn Children's Museum.

How long have you lived in New York?
I was born here in New York in Bronx which means that I've been here for almost 31 years.

Where did you to go to high school? What kind of student were you in high school? What were your favorite classes/least favorite? What sports and extracurricular activities did you do?
I went to 2 different high schools. One was "Graphic Communication Arts" in Manhattan and the other one was "City as School" high school. I was not a good student at all. My favorite subjects were English and Science and my least favorite subject was Math. The extracurricular activities that i was part of were School Newspaper and Air Force ROTS.

Did you go to college? Graduate school? If so, where? For how long? What degree(s) did you earn? Are you interested in going back to school? If so, what do you plan to study?
I went to college for forensic sociology and I earned Associate degree. Then, for bachelor degree and now again for my second bachelor degree. I went to college 3 times and it took me 8 years from associate to bachelor degree.I went to college of Staten Island and than to John J college for Criminal Justice.

How did you choose your current occupation?
It started as an internship and I interned at "City as School" high school. I liked working with kids and I wanted to continue doing it.

What steps did you take to get this job? How did you learn about it? How many interviews did you have? Was the hiring process difficult, not difficult? If a person were looking for a job at your company, what advice would you offer?
Being in a strong internship is very helpful. I learned from using different websites, asking other museum educators and as long as you know more than two people, that will help you learn more. I had to do 2 interviews in 2 different places in order to get this job. The hiring process was a little difficult. First, I had to do an interview with my boss and than I had to do a demonstration for my boss and my other managers. 
I would tell people that this is a very good place to start off your career, rewards are focus, dedicated and make sure that you really want to do it.

How long have you worked here? Have you worked in different capacities at this job? What jobs at this company have you done in addition to the one you do now?
I've been working here for 5 years. I have actually. I am an assistant manager for Early Childhood department, after school teacher, write reports and also grants for the museum.

What is your job title and what are the three tasks and responsibilities you do most often?
My job title is the lead of Early Childhood educator and I am responsible to teach school class program and public programs.

Did you work somewhere else before this job? Where? For how long? How was that job similar or different?
Yes, I did. I worked in San Francisco, California, and I worked in an aquarium called the "Aquarium of the Bay" for a year. This job was a little different from the one that I'm doing now because there, I was teaching kids about Marine Biology, fish and here, I teach kids about snakes, cockroach and other animals. 

Who is your direct supervisor and what is her/his job title? How much do you interact with him/her on a weekly basis? How many people do you supervise?
My direct supervisor is Juliet Gray Moliere and she is the manager of Early Childhood Education department. In one week, I interact with her a total of 1 or 2 hours a week, I don't see her that often.
I supervise about 10 people.

What are two examples of challenges you face working here?
One challenge is teaching kids that don't want to pay attention and also communication with other departments.

What is the best part of your job?
The best part of my job are kids and also that I got something that I always wanted to do. Working with kids.

What advice would you give to teenage interns (such as myself) getting ready for college? 
I would say definitely go to college and definitely stay focused and do good because you will not be able to do something that you want to do.

What advice would you give to teenage (such as myself) preparing to find a career?
Do something that you enjoy and it's okay to change your mind about careers because you have to live a little before you choose. Do whatever you are interested in.

Post 1-First Impression

My supervisor's name is Delia Meza and she is an Early Childhood Educator at Brooklyn Children's Museum. At Brooklyn Children's Museum is an area that is called "Totally Tots" where my supervisor works and which is open for kids from 18 months-5 years old.
My supervisor is very nice, she is very friendly, cheerful, kind, creative but also very patient person.
The place where I work is very different from our school. This area is filled with toys and with different fun stuff for kids to play. Walls are colorful and very creative with different designs on them. Even though is a kids museum and is supposed to be very loud, this museum is very different and quite. This museum contains a water area, a quite book area for kids to relax and read something, a green garden which is full of fake trees and also real animals, a beach area in which you can walk with a feeling like you are on the beach and that's because when you walk in the "museum beach," there are speakers that make the sound that inform you that the waves are coming and also the seagulls which are a sign that inform you like you are on the beach.
Here at Brooklyn Children's Museum, there are other interns who work with me like Jensy, but also other people that work there or just volunteer. I also see my my mentor very often and her supervisor. My mentor's supervisor is a little strict and she want everything to be perfect, but otherwise, she is very nice and very respectful to the interns.
So far, in my internship, I practiced on how to read a children's book in order to make it more interesting but I also had to face my fear by touching snakes, turtles, cockroaches and also a seastar. Even though it was scary, i think it was a really big task that i accomplished.
My exact schedule of the internship is Thursday to Friday from 2 p.m to 5 p.m except on Fridays is until 5:30 p.m. Usually, I arrive home at 6:30 p.m except on Fridays on 7 p.m because I work a little later than the other days.
During my internship, I learned a very interesting fact about this museum. Brooklyn Children's Museum was the first museum that was open for kids in 1899 and all started when a woman was collecting toys and opening her hours for kids to play there everyday. Even though these days are a lot of children's museums, for my opinion, this is a museum that has its own beauty and perfection.