Monday, May 28, 2012

Courtney Week 1

This summer, I'm doing a lot of different work over for my Summer of Service. I'm starting out at Woodward Avenue Elementary school to finish off the school year with the class I volunteer with during the year.  The past two weeks have been really crazy with the kids. I've been going for full days and helping out with everything.  I help the girls during lessons with reading and assignments. We have some ESE children that need to have their tests read to them, so I work on that as well.  I do A LOT of grading, but that's what my teacher needs so it's worth it.  Since it's the end of the year, the kids are constantly busy with parties and other events that are outside the classroom so we've been really flexible. 
I've really enjoyed getting to work with the girls on a daily basis now, which is something I don't get the opportunity to do throughout the year because of time.  I have made a great relationship with one little girl who I plan to work with over summer.  I am also working on setting up a position with Haven Recovery and I've been trying to fill out all of the paperwork with them now.  It's slow going though because of fingerprints, employee paperwork, and finding a specific job for me to do.  Hopefully by the time I get back from SLI we'll be ready to go!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Week 1- Jarian Martinez

This week I started out in the Cancer Center of North Broward Medical Center (the local hospital in my hometown). I learned how the chart system worked, how to find them in the file room, and how to refile the patient charts. I also ran the phones, helping out the patients that called with problems and such. The second day I made excel templates for the whole hospital's PMRs (performance maintenance ratios). I spent most of the whole day in the administrations office making templates and becoming familarized with what each department looks for in their performances. The third day I was assigned with the task of organizing the file room by taking out the old files and sending them to medical records. Once that is done, I will place all the charts in order by their numbers and add in all of the charts that have spilled over to the overflow cabinet. I also learned how to do the secretarial position so that I can help get the charts flowing faster and the patients in and out of the office quicker. The secretary position includes scheduling appointments, adding in patient exams, and copying prescriptions to file in the charts. It was crazy getting into the workforce like that, working 8am-5pm Monday through Friday. I am excited, though, for week two where I am already used to the work that I will be doing.