Field Experience Reflection Overall my classroom observation hours went pretty well, and I focused on trying to receive eight hours in SPED classes, and the other eight in classrooms that participated in inclusion this semester. I wasn 't able to follow through with my plan. I was missing two hours of observation, and with the insane weather it became more difficult to schedule anything in a regular school setting so I turned to daycare. I quickly realized that a normal school was completely different from the daycare I completely my observation hours at. This semester I decided to visit Cook middle school again since last semester I really enjoyed the class settings and also the teachers. A teacher that really stood out was Ms. …show more content…
This particular class period consisted of around 3 students, but one student was working particularly just by himself with his teachers aid. Even before it started Ms.Metcalf classroom energy felt a bit off, and come to find out that during lunch one of the students had been teasing the other student. The student that had also been causing trouble had out of nowhere stolen paper clips off of Ms.Metcalf. The other student was not able to stay on task, because he still felt upset from the incident that occurred during lunch. This soon became more of a discipline class rather than the student learning about math, and apparently the "bully" had created pointer with the paper clips that could have actually hurt someone. Soon after Ms. Metcalf had to call the assistant principles to step in to discipline the student, and lost a entire day of instructions due to one student misbehavior. After the misbehaving student had left she went over to the emotional distraught student and began discussing that he should never let people 's words if they weren 't nice and that entire lesson became a lesson on
In addition to constantly telling Peter no or we do not do such things Mrs. Stallworth seemed to heavily rely on the students to help with Peter’s behavior. In some ways Mrs. Stallworth’s behavior management seemed to work. Although, I thought there was a lot of room for improvement an example was the way Peter was only yelled and scolded by his peers when he kicked another student in the face during outdoor activities. I would have addressed the situation and not allow the students to handle it on their own as another student was hurt by Peter’s
It was a great experience and I thank the district for giving me the opportunity of experiencing what my career could be like one day. Teachers at Reagan Elementary School are very professional and definitely people I could look up to. I had the opportunity to see different grade levels and even though I thought I wanted to teach fourth grade, I found out I felt in love with Second graders and Kinder. I also really enjoyed the bilingual classes. One in particular I felt kids really connected with the teacher and I would like to have that kind of environment in my classes.
The teacher then called the principle which resulted in the police being called. When the police got there he asked student to get up and when he didn’t get what he wanted he flipped her out the chair and dragged her across the room. Even though bad behavior is not excepted in schools there could have been different ways the situation could have been handled other than aggressive force.
“Did you guys hear about the cop that tossed that girl over the desk?” My teacher gleefully inquired as he made his way into the classroom. He described the event the way one might discuss a new piece of gossip. His nonchalant attitude toward the nefarious act, quite frankly, disgusted me.
During the middle of that school day there was a class dispute between a student and the instructor which was intense. The young student curse out teacher I got in the middle of the
Throughout my years of schooling, I have strived to give every teacher the respect they deserve. When I was in seventh grade, I had math with Mr. Carter. An assignment was due in class that day, and I had forgotten to finish it; in middle school,
Williams it’s very busy with learning stuff everywhere. The classroom has different section called ‘centers’ like the library. In the middle is where the desk are placed they are grouped into 5-6 student at each table. I immediately noticed some negative behavior management on the part of the teacher by yelling at the students that wasn’t listening to her instructions. Another behavior management tool that doesn’t seems to work completely well was the point system that give or take a point from any student based on their behavior or action throughout the day. Most students seem to not be so thrilled or fazed by losing a point or when they gained one. But the teacher used this system quite frequent to make her point and take action. An action taking by the teacher that I felt was problematic is when she questioned a student that was better behaved, if another student was misbehaving. This action could lead to negative behavior for child-child interaction and
We have to deal not just with students who are messing around but also with students who are screaming at us or throwing objects at us.” ( Randy Jurado Ertll 2014)”. “But you do it because you have a passion for teaching and a commitment to serve as a role model for students”... ”Yet you don’t get much in return. ( Randy Jurado Ertll 2014).”
“Kenneth I don’t care if you don’t understand, your’e holding up the class. We're moving on”. Unfortunately, this is what I heard every day in math class. I sat back in my chair, holding back tears. The urge to cry wasn't because I was being bullied, but because I was being bullied by someone that I looked up to so highly.Prior to this, I had never been bullied in my entire school career. Yet, the fact that my first time was by a teacher destroyed me. I sat quietly in my chair counting down every second until the class ended.
Teachers not only must be wary of being inadvertently injured by enraged “students” fighting in the hallway or the cafeteria, a peer might even wind-up becoming a threat to one’s physical safety. I recall one particular eighth grade Washington trip. As usual, I was chaperoning one hundred twenty eighth graders on the Hammonton Middle School’s annual class DC trip. We had just arrived back at the Mt. Vernon Motel after visiting the Jefferson Memorial. The nine chaperones were fatigued, but the “students” were still rambunctious.
Student A turned immediately to Student B, a student that she had a clear friendship with. Student A asked Student B for assistance, to which Student B replied “I’m having trouble with that one too, so I can’t help”(observation notes). This prompted both students to become restless and disengaged with the worksheet, essentially giving up on the task. When noticing this after a few minutes, Mr X approached the students and said, “Girls, you are becoming very loud and distracting to others. If you are both having trouble, work in a pair to find the answer”(observation notes).
I was sitting in my new field placement at 7:30 am excited and ready to learn from my partnership teacher. I had been with this class only a day, so everything was new and enlightening. It was my second day there and I knew already that I loved my class and my partnership teacher seemed to be a great example to follow. As most classes do, my students started coming into the classroom one at a time and getting started on their morning work. Curious and excited to help I decided to walk around the classroom to see what the students were working on and if they needed my help. As I walked through the classroom, the students were chatting quietly but focused on their work.
As I sit here and reflect on how my education and work life experiences have prepared me for my future in the workplace; I truly become overwhelmed by the amount of things that I have learned and experienced. Like many others these experiences has influenced, motivated, and driven me to make the choices I have made. The good, the bad and the ugliest of them all have helped me to become the person that I am today.
Everyone has a different view on how they learn and learning itself. First starting in EXP 105, my understanding of learning was new knowledge and becoming wiser. Taking EXP 105 has truly increased my knowledge of what learning is and the process of it. The most important thing I have learned about learning is that you observe the world around you, make sure it is understandable, and figure out the right way to respond. Learning also provides critical thinking skills. Everyone have different ways of learning and those ways are based on four different learning patterns. The four different types of learning patterns are Sequence, Precision, Technical Reasoning, and Confluence. Learning patterns are very helpful when it comes to everyday life, school work, and your job. Knowing your learning patterns and which ones you should use make
"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as every child should be instilled with the wish to learn."