Candace JohnsonBuffalo Grove, ILCo- Executive Director - AK Health and Social Services
During my time at Bates College, I went into the local schools and volunteered as a teacher's aid in various classrooms, specifically in English Language Learners classrooms. As a result, I have experience working with students with their readings and have grown to learn how to develop reading lessons. Additionally, during the winter of my junior year, I took a class that involved different recording books (specifically books that focused on providing the multicultural lens) and shared those recordings with the local school to access during the pandemic. Lastly, I also worked closely with one of my education professors to organize virtual tutoring for a family of three, from kindergarten to 7th grade, who were identified as ELLs. This effort occurred during the pandemic year of 2020-2021, and I was able to provide different lessons based on my student's needs and meet about twice a week. Lessons ranged from simple vocabulary and matching with pictures, sight words, simple addition, multiplication, division, and subtraction. In addition, there were also lessons for the 7th grader that included fast fractions and multiplication, vocabulary lessons, reading comprehension letters, and writing and editing.
