EDU 210 TEACHER OBSERVATION TIMESHEET

Date Time Teacher initials

 8- 24- 2021

8:00am-1pm JJ

 8-25-2021

7:30am-12:30pm JM

Mentor teacher signature: Jamie Radford, Jill Jimison

What was the lesson/activity? We covered Math, Reading, Writing, Science, Recesses.

Did all students participate equally? Yes, all the kids participated equally.

Was this a lesson that inspired critical thinking? If so, how, if not, why? I think most lessons inspired critical thinking, but not every lesson, like in both classes’ science lacks critical thinking.

What did you notice related to cultural diversity (think gender, ability, learning style, class, ethnicity, religion, etc.)? I think in both classes having so many students from different cultures helped provide a multicultural classroom and having the different posters, bulletin boards, and art helped too.

As a multicultural educator, what ideas could you use that you saw in this lesson/activity OR what ideas could you recommend making this a more multicultural lesson/activity? I think I could have more discussions on different cultures and but overall, I think what happened was good and I could take away a lot of good tools like the artwork, and such.

What questions do you have after this observation? I don’t really have any questions from my experience but I hope I can see more classrooms and get more ideas from different teachers to take into my classroom,.

 

EDU 210 OBSERVATION REFLECTION (TO BE COMPLETED BY STUDENT) *ANSWER EACH QUESTION COMPLETELY FOR FULL CREDIT 

Describe the classroom (grade level, subject, room arrangement, etc.). Are the items on the walls/bulletin boards multicultural? Is this a good learning environment for ALL students? Why or why not? In Mrs. Jill's 6th grade class, they do all subjects in one class, such as math, reading, writing, science, and history. The room is beautiful and very well decorated with posters and art from different cultures. I think it is a very good environment for students to learn in.

Describe the teacher (teaching style, method of classroom management, teaching philosophy).

What teaching strategies does the teacher use? (thought-provoking questions, visual displays, demonstrations, use of student names, cooperative learning, learning styles…..) 

How does the teacher interact with students? Does he/she interact with students equally? Mrs. Jill is a stricter teacher; she likes everyone to look and act properly and reinforces good behavior. She has a lot of classroom management, and her teaching philosophy is very to stay on track and focus. 

Mrs. Jills teaching strategy is very strict motivated, she expects everyone to be participating and know the answers, she used the kids’ full names and interacts with the kids minimally, but she does interact equally with all of them.

How do students differ from one another? Include gender, ability, motivation, physical attributes, ethnicity, etc. 6th grade is 11–12-year-olds mostly and so it is the age of the start of puberty, so some kids are taller and more mature than some others. Also, there are a lot of different race kids, mostly Hispanic but some Native Americans, and white children.

How do students interact with one another? Do you notice student groupings based on a specific characteristic (hobby, ethnicity, gender, etc.) in the classroom or outside of the classroom (during recess/lunch)? All the kids play together are recess and interact with each other there isn’t a lot of grouping happening. In the classroom, the kids don’t interact with each other that often mainly because there isn’t a lot of room to interact.

How are the students/teachers in this class different from your schooling experience at the same age? How are they the same? 

What experiences have you had in your past that might help you relate to today’s students? I was in 6th grade like 9 years ago so not much has changed. I had strict teachers like Ms. Jill, so it wasn’t very out of the ordinary for me to see. I relate to the kids today because of how I am not that much older than them.

How is culture integrated into this classroom? How is critical thinking integrated into this classroom? I think having students from different cultures helps give everyone the opportunity to talk about different cultures. I didn’t get to see the conversation about different cultures when I was in there so I can’t make an assessment on it, but Mrs. Jill is great and I am sure they have great talks. 

Oftentimes, the only experience a teacher-in-training has before student teaching (in the last semester of college) is that of a student. Now that the roles have changed and you are considering teaching as a profession, what have you learned about being the teacher from this observation? Has it made you think twice about entering the profession, or helped solidify your decision? Would you consider teaching this subject or at this school? Why or why not? This question doesn’t fully apply to me because I work in a school as a paraprofessional educator all ready, but I do think it was great to see another teacher teach the kids and helped give new ways to doing some things. I want to teach 1st graders but seeing 6th graders and helping them already has opened a new insight into how I wouldn’t mind older grades. I love teaching and I am excited to do it every day.

FINAL COMMENTS ON PRACTICUM: It was very interesting to see another teacher teach the kids in her own way and own fashion.

EDU 210 OBSERVATION REFLECTION (TO BE COMPLETED BY STUDENT) *ANSWER EACH QUESTION COMPLETELY FOR FULL CREDIT 

Describe the classroom (grade level, subject, room arrangement, etc.). Are the items on the walls/bulletin boards multicultural? Is this a good learning environment for ALL students? Why or why not? In Ms. Radford and I’s 6th grade class, they do all subjects in one class, such as math, reading, writing, science, and history. We have so many multicultural bulletin boards and assignments. I think it is a very good environment for student learning.

Describe the teacher (teaching style, method of classroom management, teaching philosophy).

What teaching strategies does the teacher use? (thought-provoking questions, visual displays, demonstrations, use of student names, cooperative learning, learning styles…..) 

How does the teacher interact with students? Does he/she interact with students equally? Ms. Radford and I are more lenient teachers; we try and give the kids such space to breathe and grow in their own ways and we are here to help guide them on the correct path. We used a lot of hands-on displays to teach because I think the kids learn best by hands-on learning. We interact with the kids as much as possible to help assist and encourage the bond between teacher and student.

How do students differ from one another? Include gender, ability, motivation, physical attributes, ethnicity, etc. 6th grade is 11–12-year-olds mostly and so it is the age of the start of puberty, so some kids are taller and more mature than some others. Also, there are a lot of different race kids, mostly Hispanic but some Native Americans, and white children.

How do students interact with one another? Do you notice student groupings based on a specific characteristic (hobby, ethnicity, gender, etc.) in the classroom or outside of the classroom (during recess/lunch)? All the kids play together are recess and interact with each other there isn’t a lot of grouping happening even if the students don’t necessarily get along. In the classroom however, we see them starting to group up by girls and guys but I think it is due to their age.

How are the students/teachers in this class different from your schooling experience at the same age? How are they the same? 

What experiences have you had in your past that might help you relate to today’s students? I was in 6th grade like 9 years ago so not much has changed. I relate to the kids today because of how I am not that much older than them. Because of that, I think I can help assist and teach the kids in a fashion that they like.

How is culture integrated into this classroom? How is critical thinking integrated into this classroom? I think having students from different cultures helps give everyone the opportunity to talk about different cultures. We have two kids that came from Mexico just a couple years ago so their English isn’t the best and it allows open conversations and helps encourage diversity.

Oftentimes, the only experience a teacher-in-training has before student teaching (in the last semester of college) is that of a student. Now that the roles have changed and you are considering teaching as a profession, what have you learned about being the teacher from this observation? Has it made you think twice about entering the profession, or helped solidify your decision? Would you consider teaching this subject or at this school? Why or why not? This question doesn’t fully apply to me because I work in a school as a paraprofessional educator all ready, but I do think it was great to see another teacher teach the kids and helped give new ways to doing some things. I want to teach 1st graders but seeing 6th graders and helping them already has opened a new insight into how I wouldn’t mind older grades. I love teaching and I am excited to do it every day.