Post your reflections here, in this blog, of your experiences in your practicum site this first week of November. By posting to this blog, I will have evidence that you were there and I can grade you for the week.
Also, remember to have your cooperating teacher, or the tutor in charge, sign your timesheet that was in the handbook I gave you. This is required as documentation of hours completed.
Observation Hour #16 – Today was a short one. I took last week off as a “by” week at the suggestion of one of my practicum teachers. It was to my surprise that the middle school was testing only seventh graders last week and eighth graders this week. But, I march on. I was able to attend the tutoring session of this morning. There were two students in the session today. Both were young men. I decided to take note of how they interacted with each other and their garb. I now know how my older relatives felt when they said, “You’re not going to wear that are you?” How typical of me to age. LoL. I feel like I was in touch with what was in while in my twenties and then one day I wasn’t. (29 and holding!) They were pretty involved in their own work and did not seem like they were close pals. I will return tomorrow for another day in the life of the middle school world.
ReplyDeleteObservation Hours 17-19: Today was a good. In the tutoring area we had two students today. One fellow had to take a make-up test and the young lady had a newly broken arm and needed assistance with handwriting for an in class assignment. It was a great time to catch up with Mrs. H about the upcoming week because the school has next Thursday and Friday off. I was then off to study hall. This area was pretty uneventful due to continued testing. I was then directed to the Title VII room to help there. There has been some ongoing difficulty with one particular student. She resides in a group home and has been having difficulty completing her homework. The new quarter has begun and she is unfortunately failing two classes already. I can sense her frustration and the frustration of the Title VII teacher. I am afraid that this young lady may not make it through high school. I can sense her lack of interest. It is very sad. The Title VII teacher is working hard to keep her on task and kept up with her school work. I hope things work out for this young lady. She seems very bright and has gotten perfect grades for the work that she has turned in to date. Until next time…
ReplyDeleteMy field experience took place on Wednesday, November 4th. It was a total change of pace because the 7th and 8th graders were testing. This meant that the lunch time tutoring sessions were minimal. There was 2 students in the first group and 1 in the second group and there was no fun filled study hall. I was still able to assist the few students when needed. For study hall we went in the Library and there was one student that came with us and she worked on make-up homework. I helped her find a book and she worked on her assignment. I have to say, that not being busy made the day go by much slower. I am looking forward to getting back to next weeks' usual, busy day.
ReplyDeleteMy field experience was on Friday, November 5th. I was downstairs for tutoring in the cafeteria. It was a pretty quiet morning down there. We didn't have any students. I went to help another teacher. She had a bigger class, so she went to a classroom. I helped a student with his science homework one on one. This young boy always covers his face. I felt kind a bad for him. I'm assuming he is very shy. There was a girl in the classroom who was full of attitude and talking back to the teacher. She was sent to the office right away. Then I went to lunchroom tutoring.
ReplyDeleteNovember 4th- For some reason, today I felt brand new to the school. As I walked in I forgot to check into the office. I roamed my way downstairs’ to the lunch room. There were only 2 students today and from visiting with my colleagues I found out it was slow all week. While waiting for some action, a peer and I were assigned to count the list of “tutoring” students (these were the students that used the tutoring program up until the present date). Our assignment was count all the students that have been in tutoring more than 3 times so far that school year. Most students fell into the 5 or less category but there were some that were rather alarming. After counting through and totaling all the tutoring attendees I revised the list. I found myself finding a large number of Native American students of the list, which was cause for concern. I would say that more than half of the students that were in tutoring were Native. I also found out that one student was assigned to lunch tutoring 18 times since school had started. This was more than twice as many as the almost all the other attendees. Sad to say this student was a Native American. Makes me wondering what kind of support (in and out of school) he’s getting, IF ANY.
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