Physical Environment Observation: The classroom was organized in the shape of a rectangle with one of its corners cut off with enough room for 24 students. Once inside the door, on the linoleum floor, the counter is located to the left with a long window sill displaying the students’ work. The counter is home to a few piles of papers for the week, the sink, and water fountain. At the end of the counter there is a trash and recycling bin, with the bathroom door just around the corner.
Approximately 13.5% of teachers at Thunder Kat Elementary are beginning teachers and 34.3% of teachers have between 1-5 years of experience. Teachers with 6-10 years of experience include 15.4% while 26.6% of teachers have 11-20 years of experience, and 10.3% of teachers have at least 20 years of experience as a teacher. The school has a total of 37 teachers, one counselor, one nurse, one nurse's assistant, one assistant principal, eight educational aides, one secretary, one PEIMS clerk, one clerical aide, one librarian, one librarian assistant, and one principal. Thunder Kat Elementary Mission Statement Preious Independent School District Mission Statement: "All students who enroll in our schools will graduate from high school, fluent in two or more languages, prepared and inspired to continue their education in a four year college, university or institution of higher education so that they become successful citizens in their community." Thunder Kat Elementary School Mission Statement: "Longhorn Elementary School will nurture academic, physical, emotional, social, and moral development of every child by providing a safe, positive, challenging, learner-centered environment where children cultivate a love for learning and achieve their fullest potential as they prepare for the future."
Background Observation of the existing technology made over the last five years. In my first year at FHS, there were three computer labs that were used by seniors and juniors. During the next four years, four more computer labs were added, one of which was used for a ninth grade business class. This year the technology coordinator for FHS is in the process of setting up two ninth grade computer labs, one for English and one for math. With the news labs the ninth graders should finally be able to have technology integrated into their daily
These students’ have completed two classroom sessions that were six hours each. Our class of 18 is made up of four male students and 14 female. The demographic data
In “From Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work”, Jean Anyon observes five elementary schools in New Jersey consisting of fifth graders. Each of the schools are focused on their family’s social class and how they receive curriculum in the classroom. The first two schools are working-class parents that have blue-collar jobs. The third school are middle-class, which the school has a mixture of different social classes. The fourth school is parents that have an upper income level which puts them in the upper middle class.
The class sizeis difference. There are about 55 to 56 students in classroom in China. But just about 15 to 20 students in each classroom in Amercian. In China, students are put into classes and they should stay there for all the classes. And theire teacher come to them while American students have each class in different room with a different set of classmates.
I got the opportunity to interview my father, Mark Lesinski for this assignment. My dad is the head of the physical education department for the middle schools in the Stevens Point Area School District. The Stevens Point Area School District has nineteen employed physical education teachers. Banach, Jefferson, Kennedy, Madison, McDill, McKinley, Plover-Whiting, Roosevelt, and Washington Elementary have one physical education teacher per school. Ben Franklin and PJ Jacobs Middle School have three physical education teachers located at each school.
3. Methodology Two undergraduate diagnostic reading classes were involved in the study, one from an urban state university and the other a private suburban university, in conjunction with two types of schoolchildren, urban public school children of whom the vast majority was of Black background and predominantly White, upper middle-class children from a private suburban school. Additionally, four treatment groups were created, each comprising 12 children: urban public school children involved in RPT, public school
I noticed that in the back of the classroom, there was a huge shelf containing books organized in different levels like magazines, realistic fiction, non-fiction, Times for Kids, National Geographic and so on. Throughout the class, there were some hanging instructions of how to take good notes, how to be a good listener, and what rules to follow. On the right hand side along the wall, there were 4 computers where students could use to do Kid-Biz or On-line activities. After Mrs. M. settled in, she finally asked
The observed consisted of three girls and four boys between the ages of seven and eight. Two of the girls and three of the boys were African American. The remaining girl and boy were Caucasian. The room in which the observation took place contained a large table with twelve seats, a smaller table with four seats, an area with art supplies, an area with a variety of toys, and an area for the children’s book bags. The classroom was lead by a young woman in her twenties.