Focus For Fieldwork Practicum School 3b
Focus For Fieldwork Practicum School 3b
Focus For Fieldwork Practicum School 3b
Name: _Allison Hood___________________________________________________ Teacher Observed: ___Stephanie Mason__ Academic area/Grade level: ___Business Education_ School: Swainsboro 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 he wants the students to learn? How is that goal evidenced? The goal was for the students to work on a review activity. Each student was presented with a worksheet based on an assessment that was 2. conducted the previous day. 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 atmosphere was nice. The teacher stated the expectations to the 3. class and they were engaged. What teacher strategies did you witness that helped maintain good behavior? The teacher is the FBLA advisor and many of the students are members of FBLA. If there was a class disruption, how did the teacher respond? What made the method effective or ineffective? The teacher would address the issue immediately. Was there any visible evidence of a behavior management plan? What made that plan effective or ineffective? Yes, there was a plan in place and the teacher frequently walked the 6. room and restated the expectations. How can you use what you have learned in your own classroom? The students were assessed and the worksheets were individualized based on their results. Which teaching method(s) did you see whole group? Yes
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teams with competition? No individual work? Yes small group instruction? No pairs? No lecture? Yes differentiation? Yes Identify evidence/reasons that those methods did or did not work effectively.
The individual activities worked well. 8. What about your day surprised you most? The respect and the personal attention 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? What are the differences? How would this impact my lesson planning?