Mr. Voss: Challenging Classroom Environment

I known about Rutgers New Brunswick through friends of mine who a Herd the University. They told me that Rutgers undergraduate degree programs are comprehensive and include a spectrum of majors. When I read about Rutgers, I found that Rutgers is truly impressive because of the way that the faculty, students, and community help to create an environment that celebrates dreams, empowers aspiration, and supports individual efforts. I also like Rutgers because they pair college degrees with experience. So, at Rutgers, I will take classroom instruction to a higher level through personal attention and hands-on experience.

Finally, my third participant was Mr. C. Mr. C began teaching in 1987 and has 28 years of teaching experience. Mr. C earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in History from Cal State LA. He also received his teaching credentials from Cal State LA in 1978. He became interested in teaching history because he loved the subject. He tried various other professions, such as working as an editor for the Los Angeles Times, but did not enjoy them. As a result, he switched to teaching history. Mr. C has taught Economics, World History, Government, and AP US History. Recently, I was able to observe Mr. C’s 11th grade AP US History class.

Every teacher at Eisenhower goes above and beyond what is expected. Their willingness to stay after school to assist students on topics they don’t fully comprehend shows how dedicated they are to their work. Eisenhower has provided me with multiple AP and Honor classes. These classes are meant to show students what to expect in college courses. Though the homework was rigorous and extensive, it taught me to put my studies first and prepared me for college classes. The school’s ability to adapt schedules to fit the

The school I observed at is Evans High School located at 4550 Cox Rd, Evans, GA 30809. This school has around 1,800 students in attendance ranging between grades nine through twelve. The teacher I observed is named Jean Lancaster, the chorus and guitar teacher, who has been teaching all grades at Evans High for the past twenty plus years. Lancaster is honestly losing her respect from her students because she is very strict on some students in the classroom, but others can get away with whatever they want without her even batting an eye. She enjoys her job and many believe she will be teaching her classes until she dies.

I walked into room 160 and saw a group of anxious 14 year olds, waiting for the lady we had all heard so much about to walk in. Rumors about her ranged from “she will make you cry daily” to “she’s basically the human form of a fire breathing dragon”. When the bell rang, we all prepared for the worst. The small lady that walked in, with short brown hair and glasses too big for her face did not look nearly as intimidating as all the stories suggested, which was comforting on that first day of class. This was Mrs. Carballo, my AP US History teacher. She started our first day off by talking about the summer reading and our objectives for the year. By the time the second week rolled around, I felt pretty comfortable with the course...that is, until we all received books that were almost bigger than we were!

Brianne Worman was the elementary teacher who led the discussion group I participated in and I could not have asked for anyone better. She provided many tips for managing a classroom, how to deal with different behavioral issues, and gave us advice on what to do now and when we begin our job search. No matter how much information she continued to give us, she stressed three main pieces of advice; get as much experience as possible in the classroom while in college, go to class everyday, and make yourself as marketable as possible.

Mr. La Bonne is one of my favorite teachers at Stuy. He made Stuyvesant and freshman year amazing. I loved most of the books we read in this class and I especially loved the movie we watched called “Marie Full of Grace” or “Maria Full of Grace” (I can't really remember). This man was so funny and he always just started flaming kids, but in the very fancy way. Class was very interesting and the discussions were always funny, but also very substance based. This class was honestly the highlight of my day, but I think it also depends a lot on the people in the class. People who had Mr. La Bonne 4th or 5th period didn't love the class as much as the people in 9th period. I remember on the last day of class when we were taking pictures and everything,

I am a person who likes to be challenged, a person with good character and morals. I work hard to reach my goals. Because I am of Mexican descent, Spanish is my first language. I remember that as a child in the third grade, learning to speak English was a very hard obstacle to overcome. I instantly noticed how different I spoke English compared to the rest of the children in my class. This motivated me to practice my English and study as hard as I could in order to overcome that obstacle. I can clearly remember how much I struggled. I keep those memories close to me because I know there are many obstacles in life that we must overcome. As a diligent student, I choose to endure those moments to help me in the future.

In the essay, Do Students Lose More than They Gain in Online Writing Classes? From the publication, Brave New Classrooms (pg. 141-151), Kiefer questions whether students gain any real benefits from an online education structure. In her essay, Kiefer discusses the many shortcomings from online learning. She makes special notice of the effect of online learning on writing courses at the college level. Online learning is a rapidly expanding learning format that takes full advantage of today’s technology. Although popular, it does have its shortcomings that Kiefer addresses throughout the article. Kiefer present her argument with her experience as a writing teacher with both experience in traditional and online teachings. Within the article she

Rafe Esquith the author of Teach like your Hair’s on Fire, always seems to put the children he teaches first. He has been referred to by the Washington Post as “the world’s most famous teacher” (Deloza, 2014). He is known for his incredible dedication and commitment to the children he teaches (Deloza, 2014). From the very beginning, his book allows you to experience, both Esquith’s love of teaching and his journey with Room 56, a classroom, in a struggling neighborhood in Los Angeles. The book is insightful and inspiring, as it connects us with an award winning, selfless and talented teacher, Rafe Esquith and his grade 5 students.

There are several reasons why I think Mr. Wernicke is so resistant to Kevin’s full time placement in the regular classroom. The first being that he’s very conscientious, so he feels as if he haven’t accomplished what he was supposed to accomplish with Kevin before sending him into the regular classroom. Secondly, I believe that Mr. Wernicke is use to working with Kevin in a private environment in which he’s comfortable, and going into another’s teacher’s space is uncomfortable for him. Lastly, when working on challenging task, I think Mr. Wernicke feel as if the regular classroom will have too many distractions for

I always make it a point to meet with all my instructors on or after the first day of class to clarify the syllabus and any questions that I may have as well as get their advice about the class and their expectations. This semester I met with my English 323 instructor Jodi Stevens on my first day of class and briefly discussed the digital assignments that she has in class as well as her expectations and how to be successful. After receiving this new student orientation packet, I then met with her again last week after class and asked her the remaining questions that I had not already asked.

Literature Review Matrix - Area of Focus: The study’s area of focus is effective classroom teaching, including best practice teaching. The purpose of the study is to identify the best practice teaching strategies that can improve student outcome and attitude towards schooling. - Key words: effective instruction, effective teaching, effective teaching strategies, best practices, effective classroom management, best practice teaching a) Web Search Literature APA Citation Source Type Annotation 1. Hernandez-Ramos, P., & De La Paz, S. (2009).

New to the profession teacher Michael Baker has just been assigned to teach history at Woodrow Wilson Senior High School. He is both excited and overwhelmed at the challenges that teaching high school history will bring. He feels student teaching and university preparation were not an accurate representation of what actual teaching would be like. Having your own classroom can be daunting and at times very frustrating. It can make even the best of teachers doubt their abilities.

While in high school, I contemplated leaving school and never returning plenty of times. Coming from a household that nobody graduated school yet were successful wasn’t really much help either when making my decision. I am quite sure that I would have dropped out of school if I had never come across my sophomore teacher, Mr. Ty. He was not only a great teacher or helper, he was an outstanding leader to me. The three main ideas I feel he taught me were the will to never give up, the strength to always keep a positive attitude, and finally the passion to always make improvements. High school was a rough time up until the day I met Mr. Ty.