Classroom Observation Paper

Often in life things do not go as planned. This was the case when I was applying to schools to observe. Initially I applied to Abington Senior to observe. I gave them my clearances and I emailed the head of the education department as they instructed. For some strange reason the department head did not respond to any of my emails. As I waited for this school to return my message, my time depreciated and my anxiety elevated. I knew that I had to observe for twenty hours to pass my Introduction to education. I was in a state of which I was so stressed that I spent most nights worrying instead of sleeping.

Eventually I remembered an autistic school near my house called The Nexus school. On the school's website, I found the email address of the

The teachers in Class A were Melissa, Kathleen, and Megan. The teachers in class B were Stephanie, Amy, Kailyn, Tricia. The teachers in class D were Jaime, Mariel, and Chrissy. All were hard working, lively, and dedicated young women. There classrooms were wild though because their students would often scream, not listen, and run around the room. However, the teachers were able to manage these students still.

Unlike other classrooms these classes had teams of teachers instead of one teacher. Class A was truly a united team. Melissa, Kathleen, and Megan worked well together, they all had very light-hearted personalities and would often tell jokes. They would substitute for each other if one need to leave the room. I also saw each teach a new student every day to get the students used to talking to multiple people. When a student would not focus they would all remind the student to complete their work. They would all compliment a student when they would perform excellently.

The student in this room were very young and they had trouble communicating and focusing. The classroom environment helped them learn to focus on their task and the light-hearted personalities of the teacher made both them and I be accustomed to this

This class did have students who constantly screamed and ran around the classroom. I found the screaming absolutely irritating. Despite the screams, the teachers in the class were very resilient and stern. The ages of the students in this class ranged from fifteen to twenty-one. There were four students and four teachers. Like classroom B this class had students performs Jobs. However, this class had to be repeatedly reminded to do their more than the student in class B. The teacher remained positive and often smiled. Their personalities were very positive. They would constantly cheer their students on and work with them. I would constantly their students improve and start to behave. I was impressed by the results. I learned that a teacher must be patient, positive, and persistent to be