______AmeriCorps Program Mid-Year Reflection

Name______Date______

Now that you are almost half way through your term of service, it is important to step back and reflect on what you have learned, what you have accomplished, and what you hope to achieve for the rest of the year. Please think back over your term of service so far and respond as accurately and honestly as possible to the following questions:

1.What has been your best experience so far with the ______AmeriCorps program?

2.What experience has been least satisfying?

3.What have you learned about yourself through your term of service?

4. What is your MAJOR challenge with the AmeriCorps program? What do you suggest we do to improve this issue? (Increasing pay is not an option!! )

5.What do you know now that you wish you had known when you began your service?

6.What have you learned about the children and the community we serve?

7.How have you helped the children we serve?

8.Describe your relationship with the team (staff and Corps members) at your site. How would you describe the overall productivity of the team as a whole?

9.How are you different from the other members of the Corps?

10. How do those differences strengthen the Corps? How do they hinder the Corps?

11. Of the trainings you have attended, which have been the most helpful / relevant? Why?

12. Which trainings have been the least helpful / relevant? Why?

13. Have you or any of the members performed “above and beyond the call of duty” at your site or any of the extra activities in which you have participated? If so, please give the member’s name and a description of what they did.

14. What AmeriCorps activity or event are you most proud of? (Example: you coordinated an event for parents or designed a great activity to use in the after-school program)

15. What do you want to accomplish during the remainder of your term of service? Please describe at least two specific goals you would like to achieve and what steps you will take to achieve these goals.

*Please turn this in by ______!! Thank you!