... 5/21/15 My Observation Paper Children are not easy to take care of but going to observe them really showed me the hard job that teachers have over the span of 10 months. Over the length of my essay, I will discuss my own observation that I had to do of a classroom, how the children acted during my visit, and an important topic in education which is multi-cultural diversity which is present in almost every classroom all over the country. For my observation, I visited a 1st grade classroom in my old school which is Yeshiva Derech HaTorah. I attended this school from 1st to 12th grade so it just me made me want to go and observe one of the classroom but for once, not as a student. The teacher’s name is Morah Maya, she is a close family friend as well so I figures, she would be on board with me coming in and she was. I was very excited for my visit in her classroom and was actually looking forward. In the classroom, there is 27 children with one head teacher and 1 teacher’s assistant. Though you may think this is a crazy ratio but it’s not because since this is a private school, the classroom are not that big as you would see compared to a public school. Even though there is only a teacher and an assistant, there is also one speech therapist assigned to one child to help him and there is also one Occupational Therapist in the classroom as well. The schedule of this 1st grade is different every day but...
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...February 1, 2018 (7:38-10:05 a.m.) Observation 1: Part A (Philosophies and Teaching Models) • Observation: Upon entering Mrs. Mitchell’s sixth grade classroom on February 1, 2018, at 7:38 that morning, I immediately noticed the classroom was set up in a way that I believe a behaviorist teacher would set up their classroom. As I entered, on my left was a white board with the objectives for the day written on it, at the very front of the classroom was a lectern, and to my right were 5 rows students’ desks. There was also a virtual board in the front of the classroom and Mrs. Mitchell’s desk was right beside the virtual board. Once the students entered the classroom, Mrs. Mitchell immediately told them to pull out their homework so she could quickly check it, and the students were very quick to pull out their homework out for her to check it. As she checked the homework, she gave each student a thumbs up if the answers were correct or said,...
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...II Resource Teacher: Mrs.Leonor V. Tacuhan Date: August 8, 2012 Cooperating School: Antonio V. Apostol Sr. Mem. Central Elementary School An Observation Guide to the CLASSROOM VISIT Read the following statements carefully. Then write your observation reported on the provided space. 1. Describe the community or neighborhood where the school is found. 2. Describe the school campus. What colors do you see? What is the condition of the building? 3. Pass by the offices. What impression do you have these offices? 4. Walk through the school halls, the library, and the cafeteria. Look around and find out the facilities that the school has. Observation Report An Observation Guide to the CLASSROOM VISIT Be guided by these tasks as you do your observation. Then accomplish the matrix to record your data. 1. Look at the walls of the classroom. What are posted on the walls? What heroes, religious figures, visual aids, announcements, do you see posted? 2. Examine how the furniture is arranged. Where is the teacher’s table located? How are the tables and chairs/desks arranged? 3. What learning materials/equipments are present? 4. Observe the students. How many are occupying one room? 5. Is the room well-lighted and well-ventilated? CLASSROOM FACILITIES MATRIX Classroom Facilities Description (location, number, arrangement, condition) 1. Walls There are rooms which lacks picture displayed on the wall. But some rooms...
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...This type of teaching, in my opinion, is a one of the most tremendous challenges facing education today. Many of the teachers in the elementary grades at my school feel this pressure. Although we are to be teaching the same material at the same time as the other in our grade level, there is little planning time to help us focus on this. This fact, along with the adoption of Performance Standards, led me to see the need to introduce teachers to the idea of sharing ideas for lessons, reviewing student work samples, and planning cooperatively on a regular basis that focus walks and peer observations of classrooms. In contrast, schools operating under a community learning approach to planning for student achievement use teacher discussion as a springboard for improve teaching strategies. Along with this discussion brings about the need for observation of classroom teaching practices. Within my school’s context, most teachers only are observed by the principal for their state mandated “official” observations. Knowing this fact, I first chose to come up with a list of reasons for encouraging teachers within my school to become open to the idea of teacher observations within their classrooms. Roberts and Pruitt (2003) have stated that observation is a strategy that promotes learning by all those involved. From this process I have learned to encourage reflection and growth among others at my school and thus impacted the learning enviroment of my...
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...My initial classroom observation went totally different from what I was expecting. I was extremely nervous to be just "staring" at students and typing on my huge laptop. However, a bit of my anxiety went away when I saw my classmate Maggie and also when we both decided that sitting in the front of the classroom was definitely something we were not interested in doing at all. During the duration of the observation I felt like an hour and fifteen minute class session seems way longer when you are just sitting and watching other's just simply do "stuff". I already knew what I was in the classroom to look for but I think I was hoping for better results. This was my first time being inside this very interestingly modeled active learning classroom and from doing research I was expecting smiling faces and super hyper active college students behaving like middle school students when they play education jeopardy. Instead, I observed a great deal of nail biting, and texting for the majority of the time. I thought maybe it's not the students who aren't paying attention, it may be me. Maybe I'm not looking for the right things, or just not looking hard enough. So walking out of my first observation I did not feel confident at all. I thought to myself, what I could do differently since my next scheduled class room observation would be in the next two days....
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...Field Observation Reflective Paper Field Observation Reflection Paper s Albany State University March 15, 2015 Field Observation Reflective Paper Abstract Education is important. It helps improve individuals. I want a career in education as a third grade teacher. I want to potentially work in a Magnet School. Recently, I have spent a total of ten hours at Lincoln Elementary Magnet School. The experience was pure bliss. The teacher that I worked with offered me inside advice that I would not have received if not volunteering. I was given an extra push to become an educator with this experience. Field Observation Reflective Paper Education is the fundamental key of life. Education is an enlightenment experience; it provides a space where learning occurs. The purpose of education is to express, introduce, and produce skills that will intellectually and socially improve an individual. These skills help guide children and adolescent throughout life and experiences. Education expresses new ideas. These ideas evolve individuals to think critically and form their own ideas on lessons. Education also introduces new lessons in which will ultimately do the standardization and basics of educationthe lessons. The skills that education provides are thinking critically, time management, and social skills. The social skills include speaking with others, making new friends, and sharing...
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...there any experiences or observations within the classroom that made you uncomfortable or aware of your own biases, stereotypes, and/or incongruent expectations? o No, there was not any experience or observation within the classroom that made me uncomfortable or aware of my own biases, stereotypes, and/or incongruent expectations. The observations and experiences that I have faced has been ones that I have experienced before. • Were any of your perceptions about the students and/or cooperative teacher incorrect? If so, what differ and how do you think you came to that misconception? o No, the students and the cooperative teacher are just what I expected. The students are willing to learn and does not cause difficulty within the classroom....
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...Mercy Resource Teacher Date Sept. 28, 2020 Cooperating School Your Target At the end of this activity, you will gain competencies in differentiating the characteristics and needs of learners from different developmental levels. Your Map To reach your target, do the following tasks: Step 1Observe 4 groups of learners from different level ( 1st Yr-4th Yr) | | Step 3Validate your observation by interviewing the learners. | Step 2Describe each of the learners based on your observations. | | Step 4Compare them in terms of their interests and needs. | Your Tools Use the activity form provided for you to document your observations. ------------------------------------------------- An Observation guide for the Learners Characteristic ------------------------------------------------- Read the following statements carefully. Then write your observation report on the provided space. Your teacher may also recommend another observation checklist if a more detailed observation is provided. ------------------------------------------------- Physical ------------------------------------------------- 1. Observe their gross motor skills. How they carry themselves. How they move, walk, go ------------------------------------------------- up the stairs, etc. ...
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...I observed at Teravista Elementary School in Round Rock ISD. During my observation, I was in a fifth-grade language arts/reading and math class. My focus was a female student (11 years old) who was placed in Special Education for behavioral issues. I was there for approximately three months (February - April). During my observation, I noticed a few strategies and techniques the teacher used to deter undesirable behaviors. One of the tactics I noticed the teacher used was to ignore the student. In previous observations, I have noticed that this is a common strategy teacher and paraprofessionals use to help reduce disruptive behaviors. In this instance, the teacher did not cater to the student’s need for attention. For example, the student would do random verbal outbursts in the middle of the lesson. At this point, the teacher would either ignore the outburst and continue with the lesson. However, at times that teacher would simply...
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...Observation Analysis Andrew Sanders University of Phoenix MTE/506 – Child and Adolescent Development Cynthia Lowe March 17, 2014 Word count: 2,925 Observation Analysis Teacher observation has been received as a reasonable source of information for recording and reporting student demonstrations of learning outcomes in childhood education. During my observation analysis, I examined a nontraditional setting, YMCA, where children and teenagers gather. This paper will address the location of the observation, social gathering for the observation, description of the setting, and activities observed. Additionally, this paper shall evaluate the application of educational theory; describe the application of information processing to student learning; evaluate the instructor’s behaviors that promote student’s thinking abilities; analyze the implications of language development; and describe the relationship of social and emotional development to student learning and behavior. Location of the observation Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is located in Millington, Tennessee. YMCA is a world-wide Christian voluntary movement for men and women with distinctive importance on and genuine involvement of young people that seeks to share the Christian ideal of building a human community of justice with love, peace and resolution for the fullness of life for all creation (YMCA, n.d.). Today the YMCA is more aimed on inspiring youths and their...
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...Paper Matthew Morris January 25, 2009 Introduction to Teaching When I first entered Shawnee Middle School I was unsure of how I would fit into world of education as a teacher. After my observation was done I changed my view of this and knew that I would make a great teacher. I was able to learn many different things that will be helpful to me when I get hired as an educator someday. Although I will have to face many challenges in the classroom, I possess many of the strengths it takes to be a good teacher. There were many times during the week that gave me a great idea of how the everyday life of a teacher would go. Also I got a great feel for how the classroom environment will be for most secondary educators. Overall it was a great experience for me and I learned a lot about myself, and the classroom. During my time in the classroom I felt very comfortable being around the students and helping them out when they asked me questions. As a teacher it is very important to feel comfortable in your work environment because if you don’t it will be nearly impossible for you to do your job in a successful manner. It was a great experience being around the students and being able to help them, which is one of the main reason for why I want to become involved in the profession. The classroom environment was a very inconsistent one and usually depended on how the students acted. If the students were well behaved it was very positive and constructive, but if the students were acting...
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...In this paper I will analyze the role that observation plays in the discovery of learning disorders, in reference to my own experiences. I will compare my experiences to the writing of Almy and Genishi in Ways of Studying Children: An Observation Manual for Early Childhood Teachers and also the personal narratives of Mike Rose in I Just Wanna To Be Average, and Sandra Cisneros in Woman Hollering Creek. I will use these writings to show how it is possible for students to pass through their education, experiencing difficulties but never being diagnosed with a learning disability that they may have. Such experiences of students are important to note in order to better identify learning disabilities within schools in order to provide students with...
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...Running head: OBSERVATION ANALYSIS Classroom Observation Analysis Johan Charlery University of Phoenix Child and Adolescent Development MTE/506 Dr. Rochelle Cowden July 9, 2016 Abstract Personal Action Plan Educators help students come to a realization they are unique, they have a lot of natural talent, and are honorable. Educators help blossom students to see their awareness of their place in this world. For my Personal Action Plan Observation, I decided to go to Quality Life Center. Quality Life Center is a youth development program that includes early learning program, Arts, Character and Education, afterschool program, and Teen LITE (Leaders in Training for Excellence). This paper addressed beliefs about teaching and learning, students, knowledge, what is worth knowing, and the appropriate developmental theory. In this paper, the emphasis on providing the reader an overview of my observation. Finally, the paper will offer needed shifts for addressing key characters of the teacher I observed. I chose Quality Life Center because I wanted to observe the various types of people, interaction with teacher–student, and identify the social differences of the individuals in a classroom setting. Observation Analysis The Observation Upon entering the organization, I decided to talk to the executive assistant, Ms. Anna Wallace and notified her of my class project. I told her I would need to observe a classroom setting to see the interaction from teacher to...
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...this question. My interpretation of the data concluded that I am on the right path in finding innovative ways to incorporate inclusion in my future teaching practices. Findings #1: One of the techniques I have seen during my research is Peer support Arrangement. This technique has been evident during my observations. It was not uncommon to see students without disabilities helping those with disabilities. There were no need for constant teacher interaction. The students took it upon themselves to give guidance to one another. During one of my observations I wrote in my journal, “I was observing Student L trying to help Student LU with the...
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...On Monday, May 9, I began my experience observing the special education room at Chiloquin Elementary. When I stepped into the classroom, I was immediately struck by the vibrant energy emanating from the students and the welcoming atmosphere that was carefully crafted by the teacher. Over the course of an hour and a half, I got the chance to really discover the dynamic environment, quietly observing the interactions between students and educators, as well as the physical setup of the classroom. Of course, this was no easy task as the students wanted to know everything they could about me as soon as they noticed my presence. The physical setting was, at first glance, very inviting, and I felt relaxed. There is a short carpet in the room that's...
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