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
Tommy’s teacher provided the time and what happened. From fifteen behavior, accidents there were nine verbal and six physical these accidents occur between two minutes to eighteen minutes. These behaviors happen with six times in math, three in check out, one in social studies, two at lunch, one in spelling, one in a small group, and one individually. The ABC provides that the highest of Tommy’s behaviors occur when she is transitioning the class to a new activity or giving new directions. Some of the consequences the teacher provides to Tommy are giving Tommy a choice, redirection, discussion of behavior, personal space was given, verbal reprimand, change activity, remove from class, and time out. Sometimes Tommy stops his behavior and others it continues even of the
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
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.
“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.
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.
time for student misbehavior. By meeting the basic needs of my students mutual respect will
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,
Student teaching has taught me to appreciate the wisdom of mentors and experienced teachers. There were several times when my field based supervisors pointed my in the right direction when faced with challenges. I recall a student that I suspected to have copied his homework from other students. I stressed that we figure out how he did it but I could not some up with any definite facts to prove he had did so. Ms. Darling insisted that I not worry about it and if he did cheat then it would be revealed on his exam. Surely enough, the student failed his exam miserably. During a teacher/parent conference, I asked him how he managed to receive an A on all of his homework and fail his exam so poorly. To my astonishment the student confessed to having copied his homework from other students. His mother immediately addressed both issues with her child and needless to say I did not have the problems form the student anymore. During my computer Information technology Course, discipline problems plagued me during the first two weeks of student teaching. Mr. Washington, another field based supervisor told me to began calling parents immediately after class. He told me to call everyday if I had to. Surely after a few phone calls to parents, behaviors adjusted quickly. By the end of my student teaching time period, in my opinion I had a model classroom as far as classroom behavior goes.
“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.
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.
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).”
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).
"The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught, as every child should be instilled with the wish to learn."
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
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.