Thomas+Hausman

=**This wikispace logs Thomas'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.


 * Thomas Hausman's Fall 2009 Paraprofessional Placement**
 * School: || Jolley Elementary School, Vermillion ||
 * Field-based supervisor: || Marlys Larson ||
 * Content area or grade level: || 3-5 computer class ||
 * FBS e-mail address: || Marlys.Larson@k12.sd.us ||
 * FBS phone: ||  ||
 * USD instructor || Mary Collins, Phone: 605-677-5155, e-mail: mary.collins@usd.edu ||


 * 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;"> ||
 * 9/29 || 1.25 || First day. //Room feels very bright and inviting with the big windows in the back. Students are directed to go to type to learn program. Mrs. Larson shows how to go to program on projector. Both teacher and I help students who still need help. Students work on their own to complete what is on the computer.// Helped in correcting papers. ||
 * 10/1 || 1.25 || Still focusing on having a rhythm. Have begun to pace around the computers to seem assertive. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/2 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 1.25 || Starting to notice a difference between the 3rd through 5th graders. 3rd is more active as moving higher up the students are more calm. ||
 * 10/5<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || //Noticing how Mrs. Larson is supportive to the students who are not doing as well as they hoped. She gives them supportive comments and tells them that they can do the lesson over again to try and have a better grade.// ||
 * 10/6<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || Noticing how short of a memory some of the students have. Some continue to ask who I am even though they met me only a week ago. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/7 || 1.25 || Continuing to watch how Mrs. Larson teaches the class and how she interacts with the students. ||
 * 10/8<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || //Mrs. Larson describes her grading scale for the students. She did not have it prepared before for the younger students because she wanted to see what they could do. Some students seem motivated after knowing what they have to reach.// ||
 * 10/9<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || Was surprised to find a substitute teacher instead of Mrs. Larson. Learned some of my failings as an effective teacher. Had to lean on the substitute to be assertive. ||
 * 10/13<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">.25 || Students are starting to warm up to me. Every so often one or two talk to me. Mostly about themselves, but they talk. ||


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Date **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">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;"> ||
 * 10/14 || 1.5 || Went to an assembly within the school. Realized why I hated Elementary so much when I was little. Wondered how many students were thinking the same as me. ||
 * 10/15 || 1.25 || Observed, helped with computers, answered questions ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/16 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 1.25 || One student is becoming more distracting than he should. Mrs. Larson threatened to remove him from class. Threat only worked somewhat. ||
 * 10/19<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || Papers are becoming easier to correct now that I am starting to remember the number limits. Occasionally forgetting to put the grade on the paper, though. ||
 * 10/20<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || Some computers are continuing to be more problematic each day. One has disappeared to be worked on before I showed up for class. Others still will not allow students to log on while others do. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/22 || 2 || Helped with outside duty. More civil than I remember as a student. I simply walked around and helped only one student to the nurses office. After, class as usual. ||
 * 10/23<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || Observed, helped with computers, answered questions, corrected papers. ||
 * 10/26<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || Lesson plan first tried. The older students seem to understand the idea. A gap in ability can be noticed on how much each person can type. ||
 * 10/27<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> .25 || Lesson plan continued with next set of students. Not as successful as day before, but assignment was still complete. 3rd graders may not have to deal with lesson. ||
 * 10/27<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> .25 || Lesson plan continued with next set of students. Not as successful as day before, but assignment was still complete. 3rd graders may not have to deal with lesson. ||


 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Date **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">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;"> ||
 * 10/28 || 1.5 || Decided not to continue lesson. Students were allowed to do a drawing program instead. The students seem to have probably liked this more than what I would have done. //Mrs. Larson decided to do type to learn and then later let the students glide into the drawing activity.// ||
 * 10/29 || 1.25 || Observed, helped with computers, answered questions, corrected papers. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 10/30 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 1.25 || Students are acting up more than usual. Must be preparation for Halloween. ||
 * 11/1<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || Last few days until finished. Decided not to tell the students. I think it would be fun to simply disappear. ||
 * 11/2<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || 1.25 || Observed, helped with computers, answered questions, corrected papers. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> 11/3 || 1.25 || Was given the opportunity to do an activity on the projector. Directed students to go to pbs kids on the internet to plan learning games. I demonstrated one and them did my usual rounds of walking around students. A few kept going to games that they were not allowed to. Had to direct them away. ||
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=Individual=
 * Type of Writing ** ||
 * Working Journal Entry ** ||
 * I.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Describe the classroom situation: What? Tell what happened. Include what you did, what the students did and said, and the interactions between you and the students.** ||
 * One student was having problems with logging onto a program called type to learn. The student was slightly stressed because they had done this several times before and it worked before. With thoughts of me being a teacher’s assistant, the student thought I could solve the problem. I grabbed a sheet that all the passwords and asked the student to try one more time. When I saw that everything was done right, I told them to log on as a new user and continue from where they had left off. The student was fine as long as they did not have to start over.** ||
 * II.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Analyze the classroom situation: So what? Why did you make the choices you made? What was your reasoning for the decisions you made? How do you interpret what happened?** ||
 * Computers in a school simply stop working right. Mrs. Larson and I both know this. I simply did what I saw her do several times before. I thought the simplest way would be to do what other students have already done in the class.** ||
 * III.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Reflect on the classroom situation: Now what? What would you do differently? What do you think worked? What could have been done to improve the classroom situation?** ||
 * Now the student continues with the work. That is what is most important. I would have done nothing different. The plan worked because I knew it had worked before.** ||
 * Computers in a school simply stop working right. Mrs. Larson and I both know this. I simply did what I saw her do several times before. I thought the simplest way would be to do what other students have already done in the class.** ||
 * III.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Reflect on the classroom situation: Now what? What would you do differently? What do you think worked? What could have been done to improve the classroom situation?** ||
 * Now the student continues with the work. That is what is most important. I would have done nothing different. The plan worked because I knew it had worked before.** ||
 * Now the student continues with the work. That is what is most important. I would have done nothing different. The plan worked because I knew it had worked before.** ||

=Internet Search=
 * Type of Writing ** ||
 * Working Journal Entry ** ||
 * IV.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Describe the classroom situation: What? Tell what happened. Include what you did, what the students did and said, and the interactions between you and the students.** ||
 * I directed students, using the projector, to a site called pbskids.org. I showed different activities they could do and demonstrated one of the games the students could do. I walked around the classroom helping students stay on learning sites and to the actual site for some of the slower sudents.** ||
 * V.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Analyze the classroom situation: So what? Why did you make the choices you made? What was your reasoning for the decisions you made? How do you interpret what happened?** ||
 * Mrs. Larson thought this was one of the few ways I could have this assignment done. She also had been planning on doing something similar anyway. Young students need a break from hard work occasionally anyway. Fun learning games seemed to be a good idea at the time. Students acted positively to the games.** ||
 * VI.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Reflect on the classroom situation: Now what? What would you do differently? What do you think worked? What could have been done to improve the classroom situation?** ||
 * I would have done nothing differently. It worked because kids like to play games. Not much could have been done to improve the situation.** ||
 * Mrs. Larson thought this was one of the few ways I could have this assignment done. She also had been planning on doing something similar anyway. Young students need a break from hard work occasionally anyway. Fun learning games seemed to be a good idea at the time. Students acted positively to the games.** ||
 * VI.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Reflect on the classroom situation: Now what? What would you do differently? What do you think worked? What could have been done to improve the classroom situation?** ||
 * I would have done nothing differently. It worked because kids like to play games. Not much could have been done to improve the situation.** ||
 * I would have done nothing differently. It worked because kids like to play games. Not much could have been done to improve the situation.** ||

=Lesson Plan=
 * Type of Writing ** ||
 * Working Journal Entry ** ||
 * VII.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Describe the classroom situation: What? Tell what happened. Include what you did, what the students did and said, and the interactions between you and the students.** ||
 * I tried to give the students as little of rules to complete my lesson as possible. All I wanted them to do was write stories using what they had learned from type to learn. Some of the students seemed to not believe all I wanted them to do was write because some kept asking what I wanted them to write. I kept enforcing to write whatever came to mind. In the end, the only problem was that they did not have enough time to complete the way they wanted.** ||
 * VIII.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Analyze the classroom situation: So what? Why did you make the choices you made? What was your reasoning for the decisions you made? How do you interpret what happened?** ||
 * I thought the lesson would be simple enough for anybody to complete. Some of the students may have been trained to do as they were told so much that some had a hard time believing they could type whatever they wanted.** ||
 * IX.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Reflect on the classroom situation: Now what? What would you do differently? What do you think worked? What could have been done to improve the classroom situation?** ||
 * I would do nothing different. I think the students liked being free on the assignment. There is nothing I can think of to improve the classroom situation.** ||
 * I thought the lesson would be simple enough for anybody to complete. Some of the students may have been trained to do as they were told so much that some had a hard time believing they could type whatever they wanted.** ||
 * IX.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Reflect on the classroom situation: Now what? What would you do differently? What do you think worked? What could have been done to improve the classroom situation?** ||
 * I would do nothing different. I think the students liked being free on the assignment. There is nothing I can think of to improve the classroom situation.** ||
 * I would do nothing different. I think the students liked being free on the assignment. There is nothing I can think of to improve the classroom situation.** ||

=Observation/Interaction=


 * Type of Writing ** ||
 * Working Journal Entry ** ||
 * X.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Describe the classroom situation: What? Tell what happened. Include what you did, what the students did and said, and the interactions between you and the students.** ||
 * My first day was an interesting day. I was told what the class was about and what was expected of the students. For the class itself, I was given freedom to do whatever I wanted. The students seemed to be willing to accept me into the classroom. All they really did was say hi, but at least they did not say they hated me.** ||
 * XI.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Analyze the classroom situation: So what? Why did you make the choices you made? What was your reasoning for the decisions you made? How do you interpret what happened?** ||
 * I chose to help correct papers and to sort of walk around observing the students. I had nothing else to do, but Mrs. Larson seemed to like my initiative. She seemed to like the extra help and the students were still only slightly responsive.** ||
 * XII.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Reflect on the classroom situation: Now what? What would you do differently? What do you think worked? What could have been done to improve the classroom situation?** ||
 * I would have done nothing different. Simply learning how the classroom worked was needed. Walking around the classroom and watching everything helped me learn what everyone was doing and how I could adapt myself to do what was needed. There is very little I could have done to improve the classroom situation.** ||
 * I chose to help correct papers and to sort of walk around observing the students. I had nothing else to do, but Mrs. Larson seemed to like my initiative. She seemed to like the extra help and the students were still only slightly responsive.** ||
 * XII.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> ****Reflect on the classroom situation: Now what? What would you do differently? What do you think worked? What could have been done to improve the classroom situation?** ||
 * I would have done nothing different. Simply learning how the classroom worked was needed. Walking around the classroom and watching everything helped me learn what everyone was doing and how I could adapt myself to do what was needed. There is very little I could have done to improve the classroom situation.** ||
 * I would have done nothing different. Simply learning how the classroom worked was needed. Walking around the classroom and watching everything helped me learn what everyone was doing and how I could adapt myself to do what was needed. There is very little I could have done to improve the classroom situation.** ||