My experience at Tri-Central Elementary was one to remember. I learned a lot through doing it and I am so glad I had the opportunity to experience something like this. The first thing I learned was how open children are to new people. I work in a daycare and the children treat me like their sister but I thought it was because I have been there for so long. That is not the case though; the students at Tri-Central were so welcoming and asked me tons of questions about myself. I received hugs and they held my hand while walking to the bathroom. I was sad to leave. It is heartwarming to know that children are so innocent and sweet and they care so much. I also learned that there are a lot of children who have IEP’s (Individualized Education Program). …show more content…
The children were wonderful to me and I know now how a typical classroom runs. This experience confirmed my wanting to teach. After observing, I thought a lot about the classroom and the school and what I would do differently. The things I would do would be to have a more organized environment, less group work, more interactive experiences, less AR time, and more classroom management. If it were my classroom, I would have it brightened up in there; open the curtains, turn on all the lights instead of only two, and maybe change the theme of the classroom. The jungle theme was mainly animal fur everywhere and so it made it dark with only white, orange, and brown. I believe that how your classroom looks plays a huge role on how the kids will behave and react. The group work felt like the students were not learning as much as they could. The teacher would lecture and then put them into groups to do their assignments most of the day. I feel that the students need more interactive experiences with the teacher and the lesson instead of a worksheet. I would teach the lesson while engaging the students and then maybe have an experiment prepared or an activity that relates to the
Overall, I was very impressed with the infant room I observed. To start off the day, the teacher warmly welcomed all of the children and parents. The teacher asked the parent how their night was since they left the daycare the night before, when they ate last, had a diaper change, and when did they wake up. I made me feel like the teacher really cared about the children even when they where not in her care and waited to make sure everything went ok at home. All of the personal care routines where fallowed and the teacher where constantly washing their ha...
To begin, my observation was at Webster Elementary School, a school placed in the city surrounded by houses and other schools. The specific classroom I am observing is full of Kindergarten students who seem to very advanced than I had imagined. The classroom walls are brick and white, but the classroom teacher Mrs. O'Brien does an amazing job keeping the space use for both an upbeat and educational vibe, especially for environmental print. Everywhere you look there are educational posters, numbers, and mental state vocabulary words, as well as, students completed work. To add, students sit in medium sized tables with 4-6 other students when they aren’t having whole group instruction on either
Overall my time in this preschool classroom met all of my expectations based on best practices. I feel that on a typical day when it is the primary teacher or teachers, the room meets the expectations of best practice, NAEYC, ECERS and state standards. Once meeting the teacher, you are able to tell that she is up to date on her research and theories about children and early childhood education. The teacher truly cares about the children, their education and their future.
The students were very well disciplined and very articulate when they were told to speak. Every student participated and had their full attention on the teacher as she taught the lesson. The teachers owned the classroom and were very high energy. There were two teachers in each classroom; the main teacher and a support teacher. The support teacher took care of all the paperwork a teacher would usually do on their own in a public school.
It's been great attending County Christian School. Where else do students walk into school at 7:55 and receive a cup of hot chocolate and a cookie? Then, after third period, Mr. Obrastoff combs our hair and sings to us. It really has been a delightful place to go to school.
This class added to my knowledge of working with children such as I usually pay attention and have active listening when children talk to me that also help me to meet children’s needs. I also feel more confident to speak up at
I feel that this Coop experience was a great way for me to reflect on my abilities to be a quality educator. I feel that I would have gotten more out of this Coop experience if our school year would have ended a little later, but overall, I think I received a lot from this time. My Coop was at my work at Head Start PDPY in North Platte. The center is a newly renovated room, so it is nice and clean with lots of storage space. Overall, I really enjoy working in the space because it is convenient and although it is small, we are able to make it work well. I felt that I grew as a professional and educator during the time at my coop. There were some specific things that I really felt I grew on as I was co-teaching my preschool children. This quarter
As soon as I entered I was greeted with wonderful staff. I was able to get a private tour the day of and talk to the chefs about what inspired them to start Culinary and why they wanted to teach. The school made me feels welcomed, like I was meant to be there. The instructors at the school wanted to know about me and were intruded to why I began cooking in the first place. It expressed how much they care and compassion they take into the students.
My host site for a self-contained classroom was in an early learning center for preschool children. The school uses the High-Scope curriculum with some influence from Reggio-Emilia, encompassing a “hands-on” learning experience that puts families first. The center contains a variety of types of classrooms, bilingual, special education, general education, and their own special services diagnostics team. The self-contained classroom was a very different environment for me to experience. The classroom was well organized with defined zones, routines, and current concentrations. There were four adults in the classroom with the eight children: one head teacher, Ms. Ashley Smith, two assistants, and one who was only taking children for assessments. The children were very compliant in my observation and did well following the course of the routine. The self-contained classroom I
Another example is that they take them to a nail salon where they get their nails done to show them grooming skills. Observing this classroom, helped me understand that you sometimes have to teach certain life skills instead of teaching actual content. It also showed me that each student has different abilities, different difficulties, and different ways of
I really enjoyed teaching the lesson; I tried to make sure that the students could relate to prior knowledge and real world situations. I tried to pick activities that were developmental sound for a second grader. I wanted to make sure that the students have an understanding of the standards in which they must master. During my Social Studies lesson I tried to ask the students opened ended questions to promote higher order thinking. I taught the students about map skills.
I have had many excellent teachers throughout my educational experience, some of these have been wonderful teachers that have set lessons to life. Others have been boring, overly strict, unapproachable, and at times unknowledgeable. I have learned valuable lessons from both. A positive and fun learning environment makes students want to be in the classroom. The first step in learning is that the children must want to be there.
After finishing the teaching part of the lesson, I realized that not everything goes according to plan. For example, in our lesson plan, we had the explain portion detailed and outlined to teach students the technical terms of what they were seeing in the stations and other activities and make it a collaborative effort within groups to work with the vocabulary words. However, the teaching of the plan was not well executed. Also, I learned that teaching a topic does not have to be boring or just full of worksheets. Fun, engaging lab stations and interactive activities can fulfill the standards and requirements just as well, if not better, than basic worksheets and PowerPoint lectures. Lastly, I realized that lesson planning and teaching require a great deal of effort and work, but it is all worth it when a light bulb goes off in a students’ head and they learn something new and are excited to be learning and extend their science
Overall my experience of being in Lingleville ISD was a great experience that allowed me to learn a lot not only about the students in the classroom, but also helped me learn a lot about myself. Going in to this classroom I expected to only learn things about classroom management and maybe a few strategies. After spending a few days in this room I learned many other things. I did learn about classroom management but I also learned about content, strategies, organization, lesson planning, and inclusion adaptations. I learned that an inclusion special education student can really thrive being in a mainstream classroom, not only academically but also socially. It was a wonderful learning opportunity to get to be a part of that. My mentor teacher
The school that I visited was new. It was the first year of the school opening. The school board had combined two schools into one, so the students had to adjust to their new environments and new individuals. They seemed to be getting along well with each other. Since the school is new the teacher has to adjust to new problems that araise. Times for the subjects and times for using the computer labs change. So the teacher must always be fixable for anything. In this observation of this classroom I learned about the enjoyment of teaching. How you have to adapt to each of the students.