Jessica+Eich

=**This wikispace logs Jessica Eich's experiences in the classroom during the fall 2009 SEED 296 ****Paraprofessional Experience **=

 This is the first field experience of the teacher education program. Its purpose is to provide insight into the real world of teaching in the K-8 and 7-12 setting. It provides a “hands-on” experience in which students may ask questions and share concerns they may have regarding the teaching profession. The experience will provide an opportunity to observe, record, and assess student behavior, effective teaching practices, and characteristics of different learning environments appropriate for children. This course will provide structure and guidance for the students as they observe, gather information, and reflect on teaching as a career. John Dewey, one of the most famous American educators, wrote extensively about reflective teaching. He defined reflective teaching as avoiding the “routine” and “impulsive” behaviors in favor of taking the time to “give serious consideration” to our actions. According to Dewey, the intelligent person thinks before he or she acts, and action becomes deliberate and intentional. In order for students to secure knowledge and insight from the field experience, their observations and participation have to be made with careful, analytical, and deliberate planning. Paraprofessional students develop their leadership skills while contributing to, learning from and influencing the learning of others.




 * Jessica's Fall 2009 Paraprofessional Placement**
 * School: || Yankton High School ||
 * Field-based supervisor: || Lindsay Neiles ||
 * Content area or grade level: || Freshman Algebra I ||
 * FBS e-mail address: || lneiles@ysd.k12.sd.us ||
 * FBS phone: || (605) 665-2073 ||
 * USD instructor || Mary Collins, Phone: 605-677-5155, e-mail: mary.collins@usd.edu ||

Observed more use of the smartboard. || After school helped a student with a make up test. || students use calculators so much they didn't need a lot of help. || Working out examples on the board. || before class, then when presenting I used the smartboard. Also I had the students help me work the problems out by asking a lot of questions. It was a great experience. || I went to the ALC, where I had been helping after school and introduced myself and found that I could help there instead of wasting a trip. I talked with Mr. Schaffer, the math instructor there, and as he knew Ms. Neiles well, he offered to show me how their department works. After that I helped a student with her homework. || students with their assignment. The substitute didn't know much about math and most of the students were more comfortable asking me questions opposed to him. He was very strict and some students struggled to work with him, but in end it was the best for all. || homework made up, but overall it is normal again. I spent most of my time correcting papers in class for the teacher. The students are learning more about graphing calculators and how nice they are to have but at the same time you need to know how to use it. The students seem to be very dependant on calculators, which is not always the best || continuing a lesson about proving how two triangles can be congruent. After school parent teacher conferences started and I had my first opportunity to observe conferences from the teacher point of view. I was interesting to meet some parents of the student I usually work with. Some students had a perfect grade and really no need for a conference but others need some improvement and when their parent/parents were presented with their report card, it was great to see how they reacted. ||
 * 30 hours of field-based classroom participation **
 * **Date ** || **Hours **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Description of my activities/participation in the classroom.... **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> ||
 * 9/24/2009 || 1 || Met with Ms. Neiles and discussed what expectations we have and discussed the classroom setting. ||
 * 9/29/2009 || 2 || First observation of one class, tour of school and met other staff ||
 * 10/1/2009 || 2.5 || Helped individual students with homework questions.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/6/2009 || 2.5<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || Answered questions and watched over a study hall.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/8/2009 || 2 || Today we worked with solving decimal problems and since the
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/13/2009 || 2.5 || I assisted in teaching my first lesson today.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/15/2009 || 1.5 || I helped the student review for a test. I made example problems
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/20/2009 || 1.5 || When getting to my class room, I found out that my FBS was sick.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/22/2009 || 1.5 || My FBS was sick again and so I spent my time in the classroom helping
 * 10/27/2009 || 3 || Most of the class has gotten over being sick and now we are trying to get all the
 * 10/29/2009 || 1.5 || I spent my time helping students with questions understand the subject before their next test. ||
 * 11/3/2009 || 6.5 || I spent an hour in a different classroom today with geometry students. They were
 * 11/5/2009 || 2 || This morning I went to school at 8:00 a.m. instead of the afternoon like usual. I spent my two hours helping students review for a test coming up on Monday. The test will be covering how to graph a function and basic equations. ||
 * 11/10/2009 || 2 || This afternoon in at the Yankton School, I spent time in geometry with a different teacher. She has a much different aspect on student behavior than my field base supervisor does. She is much more strict and her students know that she will retaliate if they do not follow the rules. It was interesting to see that her classroom is still fun and the students enjoy math a little more. ||
 * 11/12/2009 || 2 || At the school today, I observed another geometry class. It was great to see how different students react under different supervision. I've learned not every student will be able to answer every question. Each student learns differently and so we need to learn to teach differently. ||
 * 11/17/2009 || 2 || This is my final day. My original classroom had to take a quiz today so I spent most of my time in another Algebra I classroom. We learned point-slope form and how to convert it to slope-intercept form. Simple algebra used when graphing. After school I stayed a little longer to go over my analysis from my field base supervisor. Over all it was a great experience and I hope my internship is just as good. ||