Essay On Middle School Interview

How does this idea of funds of knowledge impact how teachers work with children? How can they be used in education?

Challenges Faced by Hispanic Students in American Schools and How Schools Can Address Identified Needs

Middle school was a lot of fun for me, I met a lot of new people and lots of new girls. It was also kinda tough in the beginning with switching classes and things and having so many different teachers and lots of homework from different classes and having to remember the room numbers of each class but eventually I got used to everything.

Parental involvement is essential for the school’s effectiveness. We see ourselves as partners of the family, reinforcing parents' efforts to guide the intellectual, emotional and spiritual development of their children. We offer seminars and classes for personal enrichment of parents as they strive to become even more the kind of person they want their children to

Promoting school-community relations with Hispanic parents begins with identifying the barrier that prevents involvement or engagement is school issues. Those issues can include lack of knowledge on American schooling, transportation issues, limited English spoken, or problems with work or childcare availability. Once these barriers can be broken, an aggressive approach can be initiated to close the academic gaps many English Language Learners are facing. Zimmerman (2011) states the six strategies for enhancing Hispanic parent involvement include; "remove language barriers between the parents and the schools, address economic obstacles that hinder parental involvement, schedule activities to make transportation easier for parents, empower and

This interview was conducted with Wes Jensen the current principal of Mountain View Middle School. He has been the principal at his current school for two years, and was vice principal of the Blackfoot High School for two years. Before he became an administrator he was a classroom teacher for seven years, giving him 11 years of experience in education. The school has a very diverse population comprised of many different ethnicities including Native American, Hispanic, and Caucasian. The economic situations range from wealthy to highly impoverished. As the principal of this school he is a very professional man who holds high expectations for his staff.

Prompt: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.

For this assignment, I interviewed Alejandro Perez who my current significant other. He currently works as a subcontractor for construction. He is twenty-six years old. He is the oldest child in his family. He has four other brother and one sister. He identifies as Mexican because he was born and raised in Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico. At the age of sixteen, his father along with a guide immigrated to California. During the interview, I asked him what it meant to be a male in the Latino Culture. We talked about his primary cultural values, his bicultural experience, and consequences of oppression, counseling issues, and his perception to an effective learning environment.

For this assignment, I chose to interview Ms. Lisa Parker, who is a Math co-teacher and resource teacher for grades K-5 at Krahn Elementary which is a part of the Klein Independent School District and is one of the teachers I have been observing for my field experience. Ms. Parker has been a teacher at Krahn Elementary since 17 years. She started as a 1st grade teacher and was moved to 3rd grade after three years. The administration saw that she was really good with management and math, so she was given the below average, special education students and kids with adaptive behavior after seven years of teaching. With this, she adopted a style for teaching kids with special needs and decided to get a certification in Special Education. Ms. Parker has been teaching specifically in Special Education (SPED) since five years now and the special populations served by her in Krahn elementary include Gifted and Talented students (GT), students with Autism, students with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), students with Learning disabilities (LD), students with Other Health Impairments (OHI) and Emotionally Disturbed children (EBD)

I interviewed a young lady on SUNY Old Westbury campus named Tenesha. She was a Hispanic female, age 25, who is a Graduate Student studying Child Psychology. She desires to work in a school with children ranging from 6 to 12 years old. She’s inspired to help the youth understand the essential psychological needs of children and adolescents, the substances of their environment, help establish a connect with children who needs to social breakthrough with where their backgrounds and emotional acclimations, aid to the behavior concerns of children and provide counseling to assist them as they transition in school.

On March 6, 2017, I interviewed my host teacher, Ms. Moos. The interview took place in Ms. Moos’s room at Hamline Elementary at 11:30 A.M., which is during her prep hour, lasted for almost a half hour. Ms. Moos is an EBD (Emotional Behavioral Disorder) teacher for Kindergarten through second grade. She uses a combination of pulling students out of a general education setting, giving more intense educational support, to inclusion within a general education setting, so students are actively engaging with their peers with a more personalized and supported approach. Students that she provides services for have exceptionalities such as developmental delays, learning disabilities, and other heath disabilities.

The mindset towards students in "Funds of Knowledge for Teaching" is one where a teacher develops a deeper and realistic understanding of students beyond the classroom. Teachers are encouraged to conduct visits to students' household to see how students interact within their families, how parents and other family members contribute to the social and emotional development of students and how that qualitative information can be used to design instruction. The article stresses that teachers see the intelligence and cultural experiences of students outside the classroom by visiting their households and becoming learners themselves to gain valuable insight into their daily lives. By using the information gathered from the household to design instruction,

Families and Children: according to the website open communication with staff and directors is encouraged, and a variety of activities are planned especially to involve parents in special events in their child's school activities. There are many activities that involve parents, such as the Halloween Carnival where parents and children are invited to come in costumes. The support sources are the parents that pay a tuition fee. Parents also participate in afterschool activities and summer camp.

A wide variety of tools and strategies were used to learn more about the students and families of the Marley Elementary community. The first tool is a Parent Questionnaire that was sent home with students. More than half of the students in most kindergarten classes returned these forms to school filled out with helpful information about their educational and family backgrounds including special holidays they celebrate, languages they speak at home, and responsibilities they have at home. The second strategy used to better know the students and families of the school community was the participation in several school fundraisers and events, such as Chick-fil-a night and Gino’s fundraiser nights where the student teaching

Yes, the Ridgewood middle school story was very inspiring, especially if you are new to becoming a principal. In some ways to give you hope that, by making a deference you can not only help the school, but you can show the kids they have a voice. I could only wish to one day have my own school, but one thing I can tell you, is this is an article I printed pout to show to my future faculty. In my past experiences one of the best method of thinking or having the goal, is to have inspiring quotes or pictures. Major tactic I believe would work would be to try and het parent involvement into the schools, sadly, many students have poverty background where parents were never really shown education is important. So, I would develop a parent group,