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Focus for Fieldwork Practicum Form

Name: _Allison Hood___________________________________________________

Teacher Observed: ___William Albertson__________________

Academic area/Grade level: ___ 10th Grade ELA

School: Portal High 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 continue to work on their research

projects. They used the computer lab to do so. The teacher reminded

them to use MLA to site the sources and also provided them with some

useful websites. It was states that Wikipedia is not a trusted source.

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 teacher did not call roll. This was a small class in size, so he lookedaround the room and said, looks like everyone is here. This is

ineffective in that of there is an attendance issue; it will be hard to prove

presence.3. What teacher strategies did you witness that helped maintain good behavior?

The teacher maintains control of the classroom by walking around

assisting.4. If there was a class disruption, how did the teacher respond? What made the method

effective or ineffective?

The teacher sent a student to a neighboring classroom.5. Was there any visible evidence of a behavior management plan? What made that plan

effective or ineffective?

The behavior management plan was to send students to other

classrooms. They do not have ISD.6. How can you use what you have learned in your own classroom?

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I am not sure if there is anything I can take back with me to my

classroom.7. Which teaching method(s) did you see

whole group? Yes

teams with competition? No

individual work? Yes

small group instruction? No

pairs? Nolecture? No

differentiation? NoIdentify evidence/reasons that those methods did or did not work effectively.

They worked for this class. He instructed the group on what to do

and they worked independently.8. What about your day surprised you most?

The small class sized and the individual attention that was given to

each student.For the schools that are culturally and socio-economically different from the candidates

home school, please also include the following information based on the day you spent in the

school:

What are the similarities? Students were self guided through the lessons on the

computers.

What are the differences? The environment is not as strict as Burke County

High School. Students are allowed to roam the halls when not in class.

They can run errands for the teachers and go to other classes if needed.

How would this impact my lesson planning? I would have to develop lessons for

different students during the same class period. I would have to have

different activators and closings. It would be difficult to get used to.