Focus for Fieldwork Practicum Form

Name: _Allison Hood___________________________________________________ Teacher Observed: ___Pat Toulson __________________

Academic area/Grade level: ___ Connections Business and Computer Science School: Wrens Middle School _________________________________

Based upon your observations, please answer the following questions in narrative form 1. Identify the teachers goals for instruction; what is it that she wants the students to learn? How is that goal evidenced? The goal was for the students to practice keyboarding skills. 2. What behaviors (teacher and student) did you witness that you would consider as routine? Examples include calling roll, lining up for recess or restroom, and distributing papers. How were these routines carried out? Explain how these routines were effective OR ineffective. The students had agendas that they kept on the end of their work area. They teacher would mark in the agenda if they needed to go to the 3. restroom or other locations on campus. What teacher strategies did you witness that helped maintain good behavior? The teacher would give verbal warnings and write in their agendas if needed. If there was a class disruption, how did the teacher respond? What made the method effective or ineffective? There was a class disruption. The teacher removed the student form the classroom. It was extremely effective. Was there any visible evidence of a behavior management plan? What made that plan effective or ineffective? The behavior management plan was posted on the wall and the teacher 6. would verbally tell them that this is your first and your last warning. How can you use what you have learned in your own classroom? I did not learn anything to take back to my classroom. The middle school environment is totally different than high school. Which teaching method(s) did you see

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whole group? Yes teams with competition? No individual work? Yes small group instruction? Yes pairs? No lecture? Yes differentiation? Yes Identify evidence/reasons that those methods did or did not work effectively.

The methods worked for this class because of the elements of differentiation. There were several students with IEPs and the teacher was able to instruct to the whole group and then work independently
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as needed. What about your day surprised you most? The behavior in a middle school classroom is more juvenile and has to be handled differently.