Amber Hayes is pursuing an Associate of Arts in Teaching Education in Early Childhood through Grade 6. She describes herself as determined, focused, and passionate about creating a wonderful learning environment for young people. She enjoyed assignments from her program that helped her learn about campus resources, discuss different perspectives, and learn effective study techniques from Dr. Chew's videos. She plans to take lessons about time management, scheduling, and managing self-criticism with her throughout her career. A self-assessment activity confirmed her strengths in self-motivation and personal responsibility.

1. AMBER HAYES
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS IN TEACHING EDUCATION EARLY CHILDHOOD –GRADE 6
I AM A DETERMINED, FOCUSED, PASSIONATE WOMAN THAT IS READY TO
PUT THESE SKILLS TO USE HELPING TO CREATE A WONDERFUL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

2. I ENJOYED THE SCAVENGER HUNT THAT WAS ASSIGNED DURING WEEK 2. IT WAS A GREAT WAY
TO LEARN ABOUT THE RESOURCES OFFERED AROUND CAMPUS. WE LEARNED WHO WE NEED TO
CONTACT TO TAKE ADVANTAGES OF THOSE SERVICES. LASTLY, WE LEARNED WHERE TO GO TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDED TO US.
• The late paper case study was very interesting. I
liked reading the story and making my own
decision as to who was to blame for the paper
being late. It was a discussion question so I
enjoyed reading the opinions and other points
of view from my classmates. It was a great way
to discuss our differences of opinion with each
other.
• My last assignment that I have really enjoyed
are the discussion questions that involve the Dr.
Chew videos. I have enjoyed reading everyone’s
comments about what they get out of the
videos. They have pointed out several great
things about studying that I never knew about,
but that I think will be beneficial to every
student. I think the way he presents the
information is fantastic, it’s realistic, easy to
understand, and will be easy to implement.

3. JOURNAL ENTRY #1- IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT IT SAID YOUR STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES WERE. I WASN’T SURPRISED BY MY RESULTS, AND IT WAS EASY TO EXPLAIN WHY I
RECEIVED THE RESULTS I DID. I DIDN’T SCORE VERY HIGH IN GAINING SELF-AWARENESS BUT I
FEEL LIKE I DID GAIN SOME AFTER FINISHING THE ASSIGNMENT.
• Journal Entry #3- I really enjoyed this about
how we’ll feel when we finally reach our goals. I
used graduation, and I remember how it felt
because I graduated in 2016, but then I came
back to follow another path. It’s exciting to think
about walking across the stage again, but
knowing that I have a high enough GPA to
graduate with honors this time will make it
sweeter because I just barely missed it last time.
• Journal Entry #4- It was fun to break down my
days, because I’m so busy most days I don’t
think about how much time I’m spending on
each thing. I spent most of my time in quadrant
II doing things with or for my family. It didn’t
cause me to make any big changes, just realizing
that I have to make an effort to schedule time
for studying and time to get assignments done.

4. WEEK 2
• I enjoyed the assignments in week two the most. The scavenger hunt was a great assignment that could
benefit every student, even if was a little bit of a pain to hunt down some of those answers. The
discussion question for that week was also very interesting about how the brain works. The fact about
how a brain has enough energy to light a light bulb was fascinating. Both were a great way to become
familiar with this class and the types of things we would be learning about.

5. LESSONS THAT I’LL TAKE WITH ME
• The first one is the things I’ve learned from the Dr. Chew videos about studying. Learning about deep
processing has been very interesting, and I’m excited to put the skills I’ve learned to good use. Next,
would be how I need to schedule my time, and how important that is to my success in school. I’m a
busy mom and if I want to reach my ultimate goals then I need to remember it’s okay to take time to
focus on the things that are important to just me. Last, I will remember how to diffuse my inner critic
and not let that voice get the best of me.

6. SELF-ASSESSMENT
• __70___1. Accepting personal responsibility
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• __75___2. Discovering self-motivation
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• __59___3. Mastering self-management
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• __50___4. Employing interdependence
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• __66___5. Gaining self-awareness
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• _67___6. Adopting lifelong learning
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• _60____7. Developing emotional intelligence
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• _71____8. Believing in myself
• I feel that I scored high in self-motivation because I’m
a mom and it’s my job to get things done. Whether
that be things for them or school assignments for
myself nobody is going to do it but me. I also realized
that may be my downfall, I often don’t enlist help from
others because it’s easier to rely on myself versus
delegating to others. However, for the same reasons
above I scored high in accepting personal
responsibility, I’ve never been one to blame my
downfalls on someone else, so if I do poorly on an
assignment I would never blame a teacher I would
understand that I probably didn’t give my best effort
and know that I need to do better next time.

7. GRAYSON L INK
• I learned that I’m on the right path while completing this assignment. Some of the careers it suggested
for me were Teacher Assistant, Nanny, or Preschool Teacher. I currently work for ShermanISD as a
classroom assistant so it was nice to see I’m headed in the right direction. It confirmed what I already
knew, and that is that I want to help people, be of service to them, and that I have the skills needed to
care for children on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the pay for these types of careers isn’t great, but I was
never in it for the money anyway, I want a career I will enjoy and not dread going to everyday. I’m
excited to see what other opportunities my degree, and working with the school district will bring me.

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