Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow

EDUC 202 Examining Teaching Practices

observers name: todays date: length of observation: cooperating teacher: student observed: grade level/subject: objective of observation:
Directions:

Karen Simonic 4/15/2014 100 hours Mr. Kinzel Karen Simonic 6th Grade Health and Physical Education Gain knowledge and experience in the education field

As completely and accurately as possible, describe the interactions between the teacher and one selected student. Include direct quote and descriptions of the teacher and the students, including facial expressions, gestures, and voice quality. Be careful, however, to avoid making judgments.

time
12/19/13

teacher quotes, actions, etc.

Great Job!

student quotes, actions, etc.

She felt very special that he congratulated her.

1/8/14 Keep on Running! 1/16/14 You are doing great! 2/6/14 Amazing Job! 2/12/14 Faster, Faster, Faster! 2/14/14 Happy Valentines Day! 3/17/14 Happy St. Patricks Day! 3/27/14 Happy Birthday Girl! She felt special that he knew her birthday.
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She was very motivated by him.

His motivation makes her do better in school.

She loves getting feedback from him.

She was motivated to keep running faster!

She responded back happy Valentines Day!

She responded back happy St. Patricks Day!

Now, lets pay special attention to gender equity practices. Respond to the following questions by choosing the correct response from the drop-down menu in the column on the right. Please be cognizant of what the word proportionate and its variation mean. For instance, if there are twice as many boys as girls in a classroom, a teacher who exhibits good gender equity habits would naturally call on boys with twice the frequency as that for girls.

Teacher-Student Interactions
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how often the teacher and students interact with each other males and females verbal comments (praise, remediation, instructions, etc.) with proportionate frequency teacher calls on females with proportionate frequency females and males receive constructive comments in terms of conduct with proportionate frequency teacher responds to answers provided by students with equity (praise, clarification and follow-up questions, etc.) teacher spends proportionate amounts of time working one-on-one with females and males teacher maintains a cooperative classroom atmosphere teacher regularly utilizes small group activities teacher uses non-competitive grading scheme (for example, favors criterion referenced over norm referenced) teacher avoids using gender neutral language teacher uses real world examples that appeal to both males and females teacher exhibits fairness in treatment of males and females teacher puts a stop to any actions by students that might be considered sexist teacher promotes active involvement of all students regardless of sex

Classroom Activities
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Teaching Considerations

In the space below, please reflect upon your observation. What did you learn about this teachers interactions with the one individual student? What did you learn about this teachers interactions regarding gender equity? What techniques did you observe that you would use in your own classroom? What would you change to enhance the learning?

I learned that Mr. Kinzel takes every child into consideration and treats them all the same. There is not one student that he treats differently than another student. Mr. Kinzels interactions regarding gender equity is the same between both males and females. The techniqyes that I observed that I would use in my own classroom is being down to earth, being relatable to all of my students and treating my students as they were my own kids. I would not change anything in enhance the learning in my internship. I have learned so much in my internship and feel that I am very prepared to enter the real life teaching world.