Location – Safari Park Hotel
Over my October break this school year I donated my time to the AISA Conference as a steward. The AISA Conference is the African International Schools Association Conference. The purpose of the conference was to give the educators and school staff (the interact with kids) a chance to either establish or re-establish methods or knowledge of certain topics. There were many different workshops on all aspects of school staff (counseling, educating, being a principal).
My duties as steward varied daily. The first day my job was to sign people in, and make sure they had their packets for all their conferences. On the rest of the days my job was more a tent attendee than anything else (the workshops were held in tents and in conference rooms). As a tent attendee I had to make sure that the tent was fully stalked. Also I had to make sure that any of participants who needed anything got what they needed (these were things like pens, writing pads, water).
Throughout the week, there was a group of us working. Some of us had different jobs, but we worked collaboratively as a group so that the conference as a whole ran smoothly.
Over the course of the conference I started to realize how much effort teachers need to put into learning to become better teachers. I thought this was sort of ironic, however it did put being a student into perspective. Our classes are shorter, and honestly, much more interesting than most of the workshops that took place.
I think that over the course of being a steward my organizational ability increased. I was able to plan better, and was efficient with setting up the workshops in my tent.
Overall, I think that being a steward at the AISA conference was a good experience. It gave me some different perspectives on teachers, and on being a student. My organization increased, and it was fun working with my class mates and helping out with some of the workshops.
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