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Trish Engelhardt
EDUC 450
March, 29th, 2018
Setting and Context
School Community:
Rocky Mountain High school is home to 9th – 12th graders in Fort Collins and
has a student body population of just over 2000 students and roughly 500 students
per grade. The population is largely Caucasian, and then Hispanic, with about 75%
Hispanic. By gender the school is just slightly higher in male students by about 80
students total. Nearly 1/4th of the students are free lunch eligible.
often refers to “The Lobo Way”. The mission statement for Rocky is to “inspire,
guide, and support our students, faculty and staff to reach their maximum potential
in caring, challenging and safe environment. The school community built “The Lobo
Way” and stands for their belief in the high values of their school community. These
values include: the value and dignity of each individual, development of intellectual
learning, in preparation for life’s work and lifelong learning, in a safe environment,
in opportunities for service to society, that all community members are empowered
Rocky is “committed to excellence for all”. The school and attitude of it faculty really
strive to promote what “the lobo way” means to them and for the students and it
students and parents. There are many departments filled with a variety of course
choices for students. Departments include: CTE, integrated services, Language Arts,
Media, Math, Performing Arts, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, Visual
Arts, and World Languages. Some programs at Rocky to help students extend their
enrollment courses, and Gifted and Talented program. To help bring students up
when they need a little more help the school has the voyager program. Their
integrated services program for students with special needs provides opportunities
for achievement and skill development. Activities at Rocky are vast and widespread
allowing all students to participate in an activity that suits their interest. There are
inclusive environment. There are opportunities for students to take classes that
peak their interests and give them a well-rounded education as well. Students are
through their block schedule allowing more time and commitment to student
learning.
The class I am teaching in and taught win is woodworking in Tech Ed. Third
quarter was Engineering woods I, and this quarter is a combined Woods II , and
Woods III class. In both classes it has been completely male students. Woods I was
filled with mostly freshman and some sophomores, with 2-3 upperclassmen. The
ability level in that class, specifically in the shop, was mostly low but developing.
That was fitting, as that was the basis of the course though to develop their skills
and attitudes to shop and workplace behavior. There was a lot of interest in video
games and sports throughout the students in this class. In woods II and III there is a
higher level of skill and motivation to participate. There are 2 students that are in
Woods III and their skill level and independence is at a much higher level, allowing
them to be independent workers and develop their cabinetry project with less
dependence on instruction and teacher help. We do have two students who need a
little more structure and guidance on work and are at lower developmental levels
but show genuine interest and motivation in working. The class culture shows the
ability for students to work independently and make their own choices, good or bad.
There is also the air that students are able to utilize their ideas in their projects and
designs as long as they meet the required pieces for the project.
In woods I the class covered the basics of shop safety and tool use through
various projects that utilized technology and computer design software. Using that
there is brief review in woods II and then students utilize the skills from the first
class. For the students that are in woods three they build even further on their wood
working skills to design and build a cabinet with fixed and adjustable shelves, a
together to form the technology lab or classroom. There is the classroom that fits
approximately 25 students easily in tables that faces toward a smart board and
white board and the front table. south side of the classroom is the metals shop, on
the north side we walk into the “offices” and computer lab, the connection to woods