The field experience has been a learning experience. I had the opportunity to work with the teacher and students in classrooms activities and even during recess. I have been to elementary schools before to complete my volunteer hours, but this one so far has been the best. I have learned how to communicate with students and teachers. Teachers and faculty are the role models of the school setting. However, the students are the ones who make the teachers special.
Teachers are the best example after parents. Parents have their kids on the weekend, however, every other day of the week the students have to be in a classroom following the teachers instructions and procedures of the school district for seven hours. Teachers are like a second parent or a baby sitter, so it’s important to be a good role model to the students. Results are that kids learn more at schools since there are different cultural backgrounds and much more diversity as in population. As teachers, we have to be open minded, respectful, understanding, responsible, professional, talkative, disciplined, and have knowledge in management skills in the classrooms. Additionally, teachers have to deal with not only students, but parents and administrators as well, and it can get stressful. At the end of the day, the time teachers spend at school goes by fast since they are steady busy doing work. But there’s nothing else I could think of than being a good role model.
To start, the school I chose is an elementary
During my field experience at Ridge Elementary school, I was placed in a 4th-grade classroom. While working on my field experience I had gotten the luxury to connect and bond with several types of student’s from various backgrounds and demographics. When I first stepped foot into the fourth-grade classroom it was very well decorated with quotes, educational tips, and motivational messages. There were three windows in which the students often gazed out while working. The walls were an eggshell color which was kind of depressing. Adding color to the walls would have made the environment feel a little more joyful yet the students still made that classroom their second home by decorating their desks.
During the months of September and October this semester I spent time at two different schools in four different classrooms. Being able to observe different classes and teachers at Westside Junior High and South Live Oak Elementary was a very new and exciting experience for me since I can’t say I’ve always wanted to be a teacher. My experiences at these schools gave me a better insight into the differences between schools, classrooms, and teachers. The purpose of this field experience was to get 10 observation or tutoring hours in an elementary or junior high setting. I chose to observe a
The purpose of this field experience is to identify key issues of concern for high school guidance counselors. I had the opportunity to have an email exchange with two different guidance counselors about their major concerns. David Tedeschi, was my own guidance counselor when I was at Feinstein High School, he has dedicated his life to motivate and support students through their high school career. Throughout my time in high school and now devoting his time at Jorge Alvarez High School, David has had an array of challenges and issues that surround him daily. The second counselor is Betty Dion and she is at Woonsocket High School. I was able to see and experience the challenges Betty went through because of the previous work position I was
While observing during my fieldwork assignment I had the pleasure of speaking candidly with quite a few teachers. It was Chanel Thompson’s conversation that stood out to me most. It seems we are like minded in many ways. Currently she works at Francis Elementary, a school that is currently plagued with the daunting tasks of trying to enrich not only the academic careers but the lives of its students. Francis Elementary is one of the many Houston schools that services children that fall in the bottom of the lower middle class, in terms of socio economic statuses. Like me, Chanel stated that she picked this profession because of the impact she would have on various children that she would teach from year to year. After teaching for just four short years she still feels the same way. She went on to say “Teaching will be the hardest yet most rewarding job you will ever have.”
Introduction In the fall of 2017, I was assigned my first field experience as a student in the college of education at The University of North Georgia. My opportunity to spend 20 hours observing and assisting in a fourth grade math class in a public school setting allowed me to see firsthand the implications of my coursework and readings in Education 2130. Through observing and supporting the teacher by conducting small group re-teaching sessions, I was able to more deeply understand topics including student motivation, assessment and evaluation, learning styles and techniques of instruction including direct instruction and student-centered approaches. Field Experience
I conducted my field experience through the Forsyth County School System in conjunction with the Forsyth County Parks and Recreational Department. The students or “campers” as we like to call them are comprised of two groups. One group is special needs students ranging from ages six to twelve. The second group ranges from ages thirteen to twenty and are also special needs students. The younger campers attend classes from 8:30-1:00 and the older students attend from 1:30-5:00.
I spent the past six weeks at Kensington Elementary School. The experience has been amazing, but also a huge eye opener. There were many negatives and positives sides to wanting to be a teacher. From the beginning to the end, I learned what it takes to be a teacher.
My child 's name is Jude Alexander and he is a male. As a baby he is cautious around new people and situations, but warms up fairly quickly to friendly people. In kindergarten Jude Alexander seemed to have made one or two friends and usually played cooperatively and was sometimes reluctant to join in new activities with unfamiliar children. He performed below average on tests of vocabulary, and the ability to retell a story. He had a real knack for the art projects, and really got interested in the pre-math activities involving working with blocks and geometric shapes. In first through fifth grade he worked cooperatively in groups, usually respects the rights and property of others, and usually demonstrates appropriate peer social interaction. He demonstrates strength in art, all areas of reading, and in spelling and appropriate for the grade level in writing. He needs additional help in the areas of speaking and listening and in the content knowledge of social studies, science and music. He was average in mathematical problem solving, understanding of data, number concepts, graphical applications, and arithmetic computation. In the seventh grade, he consistently contributes to cooperative group activities and respects the rights and possessions of others, and shows age-appropriate social interaction with peers. He demonstrates strength in art, reading, spelling and writing. He was average in math and science, and needs additional
This field experience was completed in Palm Spring Elementary School, with the cooperating teacher Barbara Saad, who has a great training experience. To accomplish the artifact's objective, I was focused on observing and recognizing the demonstration of all indicators in Instructional Delivery and Facilitation and Assessment. In a first moment, an interview with the teacher was conducted in order to determine the procedures and use of formative and summative assessments to diagnose students’ learning needs, and to inform instruction. Then, while the teacher was actively working with students, I identified procedures and use of formative and summative assessments.
During our visits for our field experience at Rachel Freeman School of Engineering, I have been able to get a glimpse of what it is like to be in an elementary classroom at two very different grade levels – second and fifth.
I chose to spend my field experience in the Summer Scholar’s Institute at the Gainesville Campus of the University of North Georgia. As I reflected back on my time working with this program, I realized the group of students I worked with had a great impact on my life and reminded me why I want to become an educator. Not only did I connect with my students emotionally, but I was also able to reach them on an academic level because I was a placed in the gifted program during my public school career as well. Throughout the two weeks I was able to work with the group of teenagers, I was able to see how many of them possessed extraordinary intrinsic motivation for their age as well as how extrinsic motivation can be used as a tool in lessons. I also noticed how the diversity within the group brought a unique dynamic to the group and allowed the discussion of controversial topics to be both insightful and realistic.
The most positive and satifying experience that I’ve had at Clara Maass Medical Center is the one to one patient interactions. I am glad that I had the opportunity to work with patients on a personal level, by assisting them with their needs and requirements. It has truly been a fulfilling experience to work along side the nurses and get to understand everything that they do to care for patients in their most vulnerable time.
The IR stated that the unit's field experience requirements are sequenced to align with PDE recommendations. There are four stages of field experience:
During my field experience I have spent time with Lisa Chavez my PE instructor mentor, the first thing she does when a class enters her gym is have them walk two laps around the gym. After the second lap they stop on a line and she tells the line leader what activity they do next for example she had them gallop around the gym, skip around the gym and jog around the gym. To promote safety she instructed them that there was no passing and the jog was a light jog no running. One student had a shoe untied and she quickly stopped the student and asked them to tie their shoe in which they said I don't know how and asked Ms. Chavez if she could help so she tied the students shoe. The students finished running and Ms. Chavez stop them on the line
I observed and analyzed the design and delivery of an instructional unit in a Montessori school setting. I observed a classroom of grades 1-3 two times from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. at the Kennebec Montessori school. I was asked to sit quietly and to not interact with the children so I could get a realistic view of the class day and the children would pursue their chosen work.