Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers Task 1 Contextual Factors Chart

This chart is designed to help you to understand that many factors affect teaching and learning. They include the community, classroom procedures, the students, and the physical environment in which you will be teaching. All this information will help you to determine teaching strategies and approaches that will support your students learning. In this chart, address each of the characteristics listed as they pertain to your teaching assignment. (You must attach this document as an artifact in response textbox . . .!

Source of Factor

Contextual and Environmental Factors The community of these students is rural. This school is in a small town, Abbeville South Carolina with a small population. The population of Abbeville South Carolina as of 2010 was 5,2 !. The town had 2,"#5 $50.#"%& Caucasians, 2,"#5 $#'.#'%& of African Americans, 10 (ative Americans $.12%&, and 2 $.!5%& of mi)ed races includin* Asian, +ispanic, and ,atino. The district school has an enrollment of ,05! students. Abbeville has a combination of four schools in the district. The district has a primary school, elementary school, hi*h school, as well as a career center that they share with surroundin* counties. The *raduation rate of the district is ' ."%. The percenta*e of students with -./0s is private information is not available. The avera*e per pupil e)penditure is 1,1!! dollars a year, per student. The school is very small, in the fact that it is a primary school. The schools enrollement is #"1 students. The schools population includes 12.5% of students with

Community
Urban, suburban, or rural; socioeconomic; census data on families

District
Enrollment, percent free and reduced lunch; graduation rate; ethnic breakdown; percent with IEP; percent ELL; per pupil expenditure

School
Enrollment, percent free and reduced lunch; achievement scores; ethnic

breakdown; percent with IEP; percent ELL; recognitions; teacher student ratio

-./0s. The school participates in stdent of the month rec*onition throu*hout the year to rec*oni2e students that continously do their best. There are 20! Caucasian students, 2 1 African American students, 1 American -ndian students and 10 students of mi)ed races. There is also a 11.231 ratio of teachers to students. There are 20 students in my classroom. There are 11 *irls, and 1 boys. The students ran*e from a*es 5 to !, with two repeatin* students. There are 1 Caucasian students, and 11 African American students. There is only one student that receives resources. There are no students that receive speech, however there are five students in the class that are on medication. There are also four students participatin* in hi*her *rade level wor4. The class functions with a teacher, a teacher0s assistant, and a student teacher. The five students that receive medication also need one on one help throu*hout the day. 5ne thin* that all students share is the desire to learn. There are different learnin* styles throu*hout the classroom. A lot of the students learn throu*h 4inesthetic lessons, as well as visually and musically. The students are all different and definitely behave in different manners. The student0s interest are all in the same cate*ory. The students en6oy playin*, and learnin* throu*h play.

Classroom Demogra hics

Ethnicit!, language needs, gender, identified special needs including gifted, ph!sical needs, and cultural characteristics

!no"ledge of Students
Learning st!les, prior learning experiences, academic proficiencies, behavioral differences, and areas of interest