Finding Connections

In almost every classroom there is that one kid that sits in the back or doesn’t raise their hand. When teaching I would always not really know how to connect with that one kid and get them to want to learn.

Throughout TAP I learned skills that I can use for many years to come. When I first started TAP I thought about how I would be able to learn something useful from a two hour session once a month. But after the first session I looked over my notes and I was surprised by the fact that there were so many new things that I learned like the different ways I could accommodate people with different needs. From then on I went into TAP sessions with a more open mind of all the things I could be able to learn from the sessions.

Towards the end of the year I finally realized that I went into TAP the same way certain kids go into Hebrew school every morning. When I felt comfortable with TAP I really enjoyed the program. Even though I had been applying my skills from TAP as soon as I learned them, I was now teaching knowing that I was hopefully changing kids’ minds about TAP and wanted them to come in. I was hesitant to sign up for TAP because I’m not planning on going into a career with kids but looking back TAP was definitely an amazing program that taught me so many things.