Field Trip Reflection

Even though the values for a likable person is mostly universal, the attitude toward the way of living often differs in term of Asian and American ideals. Asian traditions often encourage one to be more reserved and humble than American traditions. Those somewhat conflicting values often result in me not knowing how open I should be when conversing with strangers, which can be uncomfortable at times.

The goal in every math classroom is for students to achieve automaticity, flexibility, and ultimately accuracy. For each student to excel in the classroom, he or she must first have strong foundational skills in place. This process was challenging for me, but not because I did not understand the needs of the student or how to remediate. The challenge for me, was that I was placed in a kindergarten classroom and struggled to find someone that would provide me with student errors to complete this assignment. Therefore, my reflection is one of an outsider, who has not had the privilege of working with the students or seeing the teacher in action in the classroom. My experience consisted of receiving weekly texts of student work to review, analyze, identify errors, and provide insight to how I would remediate in the classroom.

My time spent in the Clinical setting, so far, has been extremely inciteful as to how to become a better educator in a classroom setting. Through the data I collected I was able to connect Borich’s Seven Variables of learning to the students. By being in the clinical setting for nearly two months, I have been exposed to new ways of thinking when it comes to structuring a classroom and instructing a classroom. Within this reflection you will find out how I would better plan an effective lesson for the pupils in my future classroom. You will also discover what I will do about certain issues in the classroom and how I will address/fix them.

On March 10, 2017, I boarded a plane bound for San Francisco amid the hustle and bustle of spring break travel traffic. However, this was no regular spring break vacation, filled with relaxation and carefree experiences. In fact, I was only going to be the Golden City for thirty-six hours, and I was on my way to the national conference being held by the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs. As one of their two national scholarship recipients for the 2016-2017 school year, I was invited to attend the conference in order to publically accept my scholarship and was encouraged to attend any panels I wished. As suggested by the name of the organization, the conference was centered on community college education programs and teaching in general. When I arrived on Friday, the only event being held was a networking reception, where I met individuals from various community colleges around the nation. However, Saturday was a much more eventful day, with my spending eight hours at the conference.

In response to the Gamewell Middle School student hazing, I never lost my patience or “cool” with these students and encouraged them to be inquisitive. I also told them if I did not know the answer, I would look it up. We even made a game out of the situation. If a student knew about at topic relevant to the curriculum that I did not, he or she was awarded extra credit for outsmarting the teacher. Internally, I was always nervous regarding whether or not I was good enough to be teaching this course, as it was out of my comfort zone. I also felt like to them it was a bit of a slap in the face as the majority of my students were North Carolinians; I did not feel I had the right to intrude on their territory when they knew much more about the

For several decades now, women have struggled with equality in the workplace. “Men are told to think like a woman and women are told to act like a man” (Valian, 1998). However, this advice often reinforces gender schemas and stereotypical qualities such as sympathy for women and assertiveness for men. While these pigeon-holes are often exaggerated, research shows that gender characteristics do indeed exist, and they play a very powerful role in the workplace.

My fieldwork replacement is at Day by Day Adult Care in Gloucester. The program provide their clients social stimulation, daily medical monitoring, assistance with personal hygiene, and nutritional support to maintain a healthy lifestyle and enables them to continue living at home. Program offers various appropriate, engaging, and enjoyable activities. At Day by Day Adult Care, clients have an opportunity to socialize with peers, share community activities, enjoy breakfast and lunch, and receive dignified assistance with the activities of daily living.

I think I successfully complete my Capstone project because what I wanted my project to reflect was to motivate others that there are ways for people of all situations to further their education, as well as, giving information to those who are undocumented and talk about DACA which can truly help those who are undocumented. As well as, by asking friends and family to write the valentine cards it helps because the valentines cards was to thank them for their support on tuition equity or asking them to support them. If I could do something differently for my project would be about the guest speaker aspect since in the end when I presented I wasn’t able to get people to become speakers because they had to work or other reasons. However, as I was

Students in grade five and six have been participating in basketball intramurals once a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays respectfully during their lunch hour. There are no skills taught during this time, rather the students are coming to play, have fun and break a sweat of course! The games last approximately 25 minutes and we have been fortunate to have enough students show up to create four teams. The kids get a chance to play each team during the lunch period. We are now adding another grade to the mix and welcome grade four students to participate every Friday until the Winter

Running Head: JOURNAL REFLECTION 1: A CASE STUDY OF A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, INCLUSIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

People say that Elementary school is primarily for developing social skills and creating habits of productive school practices. I excelled in the second part of that statement, I put everything I had into learning anything and everything my teachers would teach me. However the social aspect of my early childhood was lacking in certain areas. I didn’t know it at the time but I suffered from severe Anxiety and OCD. So while the other kids would go outside to recess I would beg my teacher to let me stay in and clean the pencil led stains from my pencil bin. All of the other kids would come to school with fun outfits that reflected their personalities, while I would wear the same sweatshirt and shoes everyday to avoid any possible complications. I lived with this mindset for several years, but I didn’t see the problem.

During my observation, out of the four employees, one was male and the supervisor for the shift was also female. However, the nature of the work could be seen as feminized, so this ratio is not surprising. Much of the work involved customer interaction and preparation of specialty food and beverages. This is similar to the Sean’s observation, in that women work is associated with constantly interacting with customers. The single male worker focused much of his time acting independently, avoiding working the cash register and sweeping/cleaning the main seating area.  This could be seen as an example of male worker’s interest of working in jobs with independence (Cottingham).  The avoidance of working the cash register also mirrors William’s observation of the toy stores, suggesting that in most service jobs, men see working the cashier as a “female” job (Williams).  We see ties to the service industry, especially those focused on food service having a higher ratio of female to male workers.

After reading all the guidelines and examples, I realized that these ideas are very helpful with engagement in the classroom. The Industrial Tic Tac Toe caught my eyes because I am actually using it to complete this assignment and it gives me complete autonomy over my work, which is the point. When trying to engage students, I learned from the guidelines, is that you should give your students autonomy and when you give them choices, they're more willing to engage. Using the Tic Tac Toe assignment is a good way for engagement. When I have my classroom of 6th graders, I want to use this assignment method so that my students have choices. I would also probably do this once a week and give them the whole week to hand it in whenever. I feel

A third consideration I gained from this course was regarding my beliefs about young students being exposed to issues about of race, privilege, and power. Prior to our class, I did not think it was appropriate for elementary students to discuss, address or explore topics about race, stereotypes, biases, and privilege. However, my feelings have changed because I realized I was underestimating the power young children in the classroom. Wolpert (1998) argues that young children are very much aware of racial differences. The literature on multicultural and cultural responsive (Gay, 2002; Souto-Manning, 2013) elaborate about student voices in the classroom. In fact, it is through this exploration that I recognized how as an educator I could wield the power and privilege. My beliefs that young children could not engage in anti-bias curriculum or racial issues encourage me to ignore suck topics them in the classroom. However, not anymore because I believe there is great positive power in making these conversations visible in my classroom. I plan to engage students in anti-bias conversations because it is through these experiences that “children learn to be proud of themselves and of their families, to respect human differences, to recognize bias, and to speak up for what is right” (Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010, p. 1).

When I opened my eyes everything was spinning, the world, the things around me, and my head. Teammates grabbed me and helped me stand. I remembered the worried looks on their faces but I had no idea what had just happened and how it would completely change the fall semester. It was my sophomore year of highschool and I had gotten a concussion during cheerleading practice. A girl was supposed to flip over my head but the first time we tried the stunt she got scared and stopped halfway.She kicked me hard in the back of my head. Thankfully I was able to slow her fall with my head and shoulders, but unfortunately for me she knocked me out cold. After assessing me, the trainer said I had a concussion. I do not remember much of the call I made to my mom that night, but I will always remember the headache that never stopped. For the next couple days I layed in bed and slept. Even today I do not remember much of what happened that first week, but eventually I went back to school. At first it was very difficult. Concentrating and remembering things in class felt impossible and I was still struggling with a constant headache. I remember one day in my AP United States history class we were watching a movie and writing a summary on it. My head, like usual, was hurting that morning but I decided to stay at school and I was able to write a summary. It was not easy but I realized if I did not push myself I would quickly get behind in class. After a few weeks I started to get better. I was