Field Study

SECTION 1
1. Teachers must follow the typical CCSD protocols when it comes to bus duties. Teachers
must keep a close eye on the students during bussing hours to ensure that discipline can
be enforced for the sake of a peaceful setting. Between classes most teachers stand in or
near their doorway to ensure that there is no running or fighting breaking out in the
hallways. Staff mandates traffic in the parking lot, ensuring that no cars enter without
permission and directing the flow of traffic to ensure proper safety for the students. To my
knowledge, teachers are not required to do volunteer work, but are required to
participate in staff events and setting up for school wide events (sports games, field days,
testing days, etc.) and are required to attend festivals.
2. Lunch is rotated between the students based on grade. All the 6th graders have the same
lunch, the 7th graders have a separate lunch, and the 8th graders have their own
separate lunch, keeping all of the grades divided from each other. Students are not
allowed to attend a different lunch schedule. They have one way hallways, meaning that if
you want to turn around or go in a different direction, you have to follow the hallway to
the exit, loop around, and re-enter. You are not allowed to turn around in the hall or go
against the general traffic, much like a one way road. The library provides historical
documents and high quality research material, but students are not allowed to take said
material out of the room. They are able to take home regular books as long as they clear
it with the librarian. If a book isn’t turned in by the due date, the student will be fined.
Computer labs must be booked ahead of time to ensure no classes or teachers have
conflicting schedules. Students are not allowed to visit prohibited websites, play games
unless specifically stated that it is okay to do so, or change the screensavers and
backgrounds.
3. Specialists in this school include a counselor, a receptionist, a dean, technicians to fix the
equipment. Because this school is now technology based and runs primarily off
Chromebooks, the technicians are needed frequently to keep computers running as well
as the smartboards and elmos. During my experience, I saw the technicians tampering
with equipment quite a bit. There were also janitors who were responsible for cleaning up
the classrooms, dealing with short circuited power strips, and unclogging drains. I was
unable to meet the counselor, but she helps the children who exhibit behavioral issues,
 mental illness, or violence. They are also responsible to prepare children for high school
and college.

SECTION 2
1. Parents who wish to take their child home early must provide proper identification to
confirm that they are the legal guardian or that they have the legal guardian’s consent
and provide a valid reason for the withdrawal.
2. A school is required to have fire drills once a month with examination and monitoring by
the local fire station. All of the steps taken must first be confirmed with the fire department
at the beginning of the year, as well as a map of the school to ensure that students are
taking the safest routes out of the building. All instructions and maps must be posted in
every room in the school. There must also be alternate paths in case the main path is
blocked. Students are to move quietly and quickly in a calm and composed manner.
3. During a shelter in place drill students are required to stay inside due to an environmental
threat. This threat is typically around the lines of bush fires, bee swarms, or chemical
spills. Classes are required to seal their doors completely shut and tape a piece of paper
over the glass window in the door. Teachers are notified when the staff has worked with
law enforcement to ensure that it is once again safe to exit the school.
4. Teachers typically have a bag of bandaids, bandages, and other small things that can
save a trip to the nurse’s office. They are required to have nurse’s passes on them in all
classes. If a student vomits or otherwise loses control of their bodily functions, teachers
are told not to respond in a way that would greatly disrupt the class, nor in a way which
would give students an opportunity to get out of control.
5. One of the most interesting things I read in the handbook was the section on how
teachers had to deal with controversial issues. Before approaching any controversial
issue, a teacher must weigh and deliberate how much an issue will impact a student’s
education. If the staff deems it not educational enough, a teacher is not permitted to bring
up the topic in class. Everything that is said and taught needs to be approved by a
majority of the staff and differing from the set plan can result in disciplinary action. If the
content is not part of assigned work, you can face disciplinary actions. I found this
interesting because as a history teacher, I will most likely be backed up into a corner
where it is necessary for me to bring up controversial topics such as the holocaust,
presidential elections, and racial issues.

SECTION 3
1. In terms of extracurricular activities, students can create any club that they’d like. All it
takes for a club to become official is a sponsoring teacher and at least 20 kids to express
 interest in joining. Extracurricular activities such as sports or cheering is provided by the
school, but try outs are required. Athletes must keep their grades up in order to play and
remain on the team.
2. The staff will occasionally take part in events such as teachers working in the McDonalds
kitchen or promotional events for the school. Varying percentages of profits go to the
school funds that pay for classroom materials such as pencils, textbooks, pencil
sharpeners, and other office supplies.
3. Saville throws multiple festivals in which parents get to participate in raffles or volunteer
to help set up and staff the event. One of the bigger festivals was Hawktoberfest, a
halloween celebration. Several letters were sent home to the parents and attendance was
strongly encouraged. The PTA is also active and well, allowing parents to assist the
school and staff in any way they can.