Classroom Observation

Going through the program at NAU, I learned a lot about lesson planning, how to deliver instruction, and having management and procedures. During my student teaching experience, I have learned several valuable things that can only be learned once one has begun teaching and working in a long-term placement with children. The two most important experiences/moments to me that I have learned would be how to calmly handle behavior interruptions and also how to be there for the students who are going through hard times. There were many times during my experience where my lessons or activities were interrupted by a student that would have emotional breakdowns or even try to challenge me with poor behavioral choices. I learned

The teacher demonstrated her patience by helping the student with his presentation and not hurrying him or making it seem like she was just ready to get it over with. I also learned that students respond to positive emotions sent their way. Another one of the things that I thought she did that was important was changing her lesson so that the students that were not interacting with other students on their own could feel included. I believe that may be the most important of all the aspects of the emotional regulation she chose to use. I know I will definitely be using her “student artwork” idea throughout my classroom as well as having a calendar to celebrate student birthdays so as to not make any feel left out. Overall I enjoyed this observation because I related to it some with my past and I know if I had a teacher like her in my life, I may have developed differently in a more positive light. The reason why I want to be a teacher is to make a difference in children’s lives just like my observation teacher has done in her classroom and continues to do every

Classroom Two is also an Elementary special day class Ms. Lopez is the teacher, she has been teaching for 5 years. She has a Masters with her special education credential. She is Bilingual she speaks English and Spanish. The children she services have speech and language impairment and on the spectrum for Autism. The classroom ratio is one adult to two children. She had two instructional aide and 6 children in the classroom.

I had the pleasure of observing Ms. Lewis who teaches fourth grade at Westgate elementary school. She allowed me to have the opportunity to interact in her classroom and also learn from her. During the past couple months Ms. Lewis hinted me some advice on leadership skills that I could reflect on my own personal experiences. What I learned from Ms. Lewis was that its acceptable to be very firm in the beginning of the year. Once the year starts moving forward your dispositions can change moderately to being accustomed. The time I observed in her classroom gave me very informative information and I believe this experience will help me succeed more in the future when I become an educator.

In chapter 12, Your First Classroom, I learned many things that affect me as an educator. In this chapter I learned many ways to prepare me to be the best teacher I can in my first classroom. It is important to be mature while being a teacher. As part of having a teaching role you must help adolescents gain a picture of what it is like to operate in a mature fashion. To perform this function the teacher needs to be a person who is in control of his/hers emotions, must be able to accept and live with difference, must see oneself in a “relating to” rather than a controlling role, must focus attention on how to help the other person grow rather than on how to win an advantage, must judge the immediate situation in terms of long-range goals, must make actions controlled by the values to which one gives allegiance and must seek constantly to increase maturity. This affects me as an educator because it shows me that maturity places a huge role in a teacher.

By being firm with the students, Ms. Lindberg will reduce the rudeness these kids are giving her. You can’t be nice one minute and mean the next. Ms. Lindberg needs to be firm all the time. Raising your voice only further frustrates the teacher. She has to be relaxed but at the same time mean business. She cannot let her frustrations show. Ms. Lindberg needs to be sure to remain calm at all times. I think that if she feels her frustration showing, she could use breathing techniques to help her relax and calm herself down. While using breathing techniques to relax and being as firm as possible, Maggie should be able to be more confident that she has been in the past.

On September 13th, 2017 I observed Chef Holman at Murray-Calloway County Area Tech Center. I first met principal, Dan Hicks, he showed us the facility and gave us an overview of all programs offered at the school. Before this observation I did not know that culinary was a program offered at an area tech center. During my observation I used the domains of the Danielson Framework for teaching observation. I also learned many new ideas and I plan to apply them to my future classroom.

From the beginning of my experience to where I am at right now has been a big improvement on my classroom management. Simple verbal cues and non-verbal cues could be very useful when trying to improve class management. IN addition simple count downs can stop whatever the student and get their full attention. At first I thought I was being mean because it was something that I was doing out of my comfort zone, but like my mentor teacher said you’re not being mean you’re being stern and firm, Another great quote that I like that my mentor says “coach the best thing about elementary kids is that they’re not like high school kids. If you get after them the next day they will love you, but the high school student them might develop a grudge towards you.” I felt that now as I coach I’ve come along way. I feel that I could be a great combination of fair and firm as a teacher and also have the children respect as well. I feel that I have great communication with my students and be able to create an emotional bond with

On April 10, 2017, I visited the Early Discoveries Center head start school in Port Jefferson, New York to perform an observation of a toddler’s classroom through the Community head start program. The class consist of 8 students and two lead teachers. The purpose of this observation is to observe and evaluate the classroom environment, activities taking place, the toddlers in the classroom and the interactions between the staff and children.

The first thing I learned is how much more comfortable I feel in a preschool rather than an elementary school. I currently have been working at an elementary school and I love it very much. However, comparing it to the preschool that I had observed this semester I feel much more at ease and contented there. I think it is because the children at preschools are surrounded by colorful, relaxing, and fun in their classroom environment. At the elementary school I work at it is more about learning and hard work than having fun. I still love where I work and am so grateful that I have the opportunity to practice in the field of my choice, however this semester I realized that I am probably want to be a preschool teacher than elementary school teacher. Another thing I learned this about myself is that I am able to advocate for myself. I have always felt very shy and really appreciated when someone would assist me. However, this semester I recognized how well it feels to accomplish things on your own, and how it boosted my self-esteem and confidence. Lastly, I learned that I am very good and creating a network. Though observing the school, I was able to create a relationship with the director as well as the teachers. Even some of the parents insisted that I have them be part of my network because they knew of many preschools that need help and that they could help me get in contact with them.

The classroom I observed was my own rising third grade summer school classroom that I am working in for my summer placement. The classroom is typically a kindergarten classroom throughout the year, and is full of vibrant, engaging color. When we arrived to the classroom on the first day of the summer placement the walls were blank canvases as the previous teacher had taken all of her resources down. Due to the nature of our coursework, we primarily filled with anchor charts focused around classroom management; this being at the expense of any content directly related to math concepts or math fluency. In the classroom is a cart full of small laptops – enough for each student in the class. During summer school, math is primarily taught through these computers through a software game based learning program. The students have been working on these computers at this point for two weeks and the majority of the students seem to be able to run the programs themselves. The students work on

Classroom observation is a main approach of teaching research. Scholars or researchers use video to record the real whole class and observe the teachers and students’ actions, words and the efficiency in the class. Though the observation, they analyze what approach is more suitable. This paper will select video 5 and video 3 as the material to do the classroom observation. Different aspects such as teachers’ responds, questions, instructions notes and students’ behavior will be addressed to analyze the efficacy of this class.

Conducting classroom observations are very important to the prospective teacher. Observing helps show how experienced teachers manage their classroom. For this observation it was important to notice how the classroom was arranged, how the teacher interacted with the students, the teacher’s management style, and interview the teacher.

I sat in the best place to be able to see the activity between the teachers and students, and every 3 seconds, according to the FIAS code judge the completed interactive categories classroom speech, wrote down the appropriate category code number, and determined the next category at the same period; about 20 observations per minute can be completed.

I was extremely pleased with how well my lesson went. Since I have been in the classroom, I have noticed there are several behaviors and circumstances that affect the overall classroom management. I was nervous that the students would not respect me as their teacher. That being said, the students almost seemed to respect me more because they stayed focused and if they weren’t, they were not disrupting others like they usually do. However, I wish I would have been able to help the students more individually. For example, I saw my ELL student struggling but I did not feel as if I had time to catch him up. I feel terrible saying this, but I now understand how difficult it is as a classroom teacher to help individual students while maintaining control of the whole class.