Week 2 JE 12/9/21

• How are you feeling at the beginning of the project? Describe your feelings and how you are using strategies to manage them. s

So far I feel like my new project idea is going very well, I’m getting help from professionals to get my WSI certificate which will lead me to teach swimming lessons to kids from CEPIA. Because receiving WSI classes is a new thing for me it will obviously give me different feelings, especially the feeling of being nervous, this will be a project that will get me out of my comfort zone so I will deal with more feelings throughout the process. The strategies I will use will be to not worry about being in a new environment and to think about how this project will eventually help the kids from CEPIA. 

• Create SMART goals for your project. Explain how they are SMART and when we can review them to see if they have been met.

1. My plan for this two-year project is to obtain my WSI certification to provide kids an opportunity to learn to swim while I learn how to get out of my comfort zone and involve myself more with the community.

1. My objective for this two-year project is to help create a new opportunity for the kids in the community who least have them and teach them how to become good swimmers while I learn how to become a good swimming instructor at the same time.

These are smart goals because I’m being specific with my goal, they are both measurable, and they are both achievable. For me, the best time to review these will be next year once I’ve become more familiarized with the project.

• What are your perceptions of the project at the moment? Does it solve a need in the community? If so, what? 

I would say this project will help solve a need in the community since many of the kids from the community don’t have access to a pool to learn to swim from a young age. And with my help, I can give this generation the opportunity to change this problem.

• Are there people that are willing to help? If not, how can you find them? And what is the vision for the project at the end of the duration? How will it benefit the community?

The people who are willing to help me are Ernst, Alex Zepeda, and Miss Amy J. My vision for the end of this project is to have thought at least 4 kids to become good swimmers and help them figure out if swimming is a sport they want to do for the rest of their lives or not, also to get a WSI certificate that will benefit me in many ways in the future.]