Sarah+Valentine

=**This wikispace logs experiences in the classroom during the fall 2009 ELED 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.




 * Sarah's Fall 2009 Paraprofessional Placement**
 * School: || South Sioux City High School, South Sioux City, NE ||
 * Field-based supervisor: || Peg Tramontina ||
 * Content area or grade level: || ESS/ESL ||
 * FBS e-mail address: || peg.tramontina@ssccardinals.org ||
 * FBS phone: || 712-223-1525 ||
 * USD instructor || Mary Collins, Phone: 605-677-5155, e-mail: mary.collins@usd.edu ||

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 * 30 hours of field-based classroom participation **
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 * 7Oct || 1 hr || Introduced to classroom today...There are nine students total in this class. Each student is reading a book in English to better understand the language. I worked with a girl from Somalia (she likes being called "Bingo") and helped with pronunciation and meanings of the words with which she struggled most. A boy named Rodrigo talked me into trying a spicy Spanish chip (and it was, too!) ||
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