Pre-K Classroom Observation

Description of the Problem Mr. Tate is a new assistant superintendent in a district that he is readily familiar with having more than 12 years combined experience as a teacher and assistant principle within the district. Upon taking on his new role, the case study did not clarify if Mr. Tate was given a clear description of all of this responsibilities or program oversight. In this particular case study, it was established that the district not only did not have a designated Homeless Liaison at each of their school buildings, but rather a Homeless Liaison for the entire district; namely Mr. Tate. Since Mr. Tate was unaware of his role as the district’s

At this elementary school there is only one Principal, one instructional lead, and one resource specialist, twenty-seven classroom teachers, two office staff, three fulltime custodians, six campus monitors, one library media assistance, and a shared testing

Briefly describe the setting: The school cafeteria is where every morning all the students including preschool gathers to wait for the rest of the students. Preschool uses 3 round tables with 6 chairs each table, were we place some coloring books, crayons, and toys to keep the children entertain while we wait for the rest to be drop-off – there are 15 preschoolers total. Objective description: B.G is in one of the tables playing with several cars along with his friend L (boy); suddenly he grabs a red truck and started moving the car around the table following the circle shape. After a while, he pushes the car from one corner to the other, so the car drops to the floor and every time he crashes the car, he starts laughing.

For my preschool observation, I went to little jungle childcare center in Fargo, North Dakota. I knew about this childcare facility, because I have been working there for about seven months. It was truly a different experience to take my break earlier in the day and just observe the class that I usually work in. Through observations, I was able to actually think about why the room is set up the way it is, watch how students and teachers listen and talk to each other, and think about why we do some of the assessment that we do with the kids.

I am a student at Madonna University, where I am obtaining my master degree in early childhood development. I am currently enrolled in ECE 5170 Programming and Support for Infant and Toddlers. As a part of my course work I am to develop a child study on an infant. I will observe your child for an hour three different times within a course of three days.

Observation of Setting: I observed a family friend’s son in the living room of her house. His name is Emmanuel and he is three years old. The child had been home for about two or three hours after coming home from a whole day at daycare separated from mom. The living room had a recorded Disney movie playing on the TV in the background.

Detailed Interrogation- Ask about the work hours, fee structure, security issues, discipline, hygiene, food and many more. Talk to the experts about their educational qualification of the staff, and work experience in this domain. Know the schedule of the everyday activities that children are involved in so that you can compare it with other centres, and make a wise decision. It is essential to value your gut feeling after you seek answers to all your

There are two Montessori teachers and an assistant. AJ is the only child with an IEP in the classroom. The classroom is not set up like a traditional classroom. There are table and chairs, different centers, free space , and mimic more a setting that a child will have at home. In the classroom teaching is done in small groups or independent learning.

The children had the choice of (1) the sand table, (2) the writing center, (3) lacing cards, (4) blocks, (5) science, and (6) dramatic play. Mrs. Debbie, the teacher, was close to the children at the sand table engaging in their play. Next, she rotated the classroom effectively engaging with all children at each center. She brought purpose to the children’s play by encouraging them to get the most out of the materials, asking questions and making statements such as, “Are they the same size? If you look through here the colors change.”

There are four adults supervising that day. The outdoor surface is fenced all around with a lock to keep the children from wondering around or getting lost. There is more than plenty of space for the number of children using the yard. The children’s traffic flows smoothly. There was only 13 students and it seems there had to be a few more students.

On September 18th, 2015 I visited the Waverly Avenue Elementary school in Holtsville, New York to perform an observation of a kindergarten class. The class consist of 27 students and one teacher (Mrs.Mergott) and one teacher's assistant (the teacher assistant was out sick for the day). The purpose of this observation is to observe and evaluate the school to see if the classroom uses developmentally appropriate practices in their early childhood classes. Studies have shown that classroom environments play a role in the children’s ability to learn. A well planned out classroom can help the students feel comfortable and relaxed and it tends to make the children feel safer and secure.

Observing children in a pre-k classroom I am told they are all between the ages of 4-5. I first shift my focus to their math center, an activity area on the far left of the room. Here I see blocks with patters, counters of different kinds, shape puzzles, books about numbers, big shape buttons and many other items. I noticed that although there is a variety of themes (farm animals, transportation) everything seems to be big and easy to grab and everything is essentially the same basic colors, with each individual item consisting of entirely one color. The reason why I am going into so much detail about the content of the activity center is because I initially noticed all these details as I was observing a group of three girls which seemed to have approached the center due to different reasons.

Reinforcement. Reinforcement is used by the teachers throughout the day so that the children demonstrate certain behaviors that is expected of them. For instance, one girl who does not sleep during naptime and often distracts other children prefers to stay indoors instead of going outdoors with the other children after they wake up. Most of the children are guided to the outdoor area if they wake up early so that they do not disturb the other children that are still sleeping. The associate teacher uses positive reinforcement and tells the girl “if you lie down quietly during nap time until I say you can get up, then I will let you stay in the classroom instead of going outside.”

Classroom Observations Mrs. Canada is the first grade teacher that I observed, and the subject that she was teaching was reading. She had planned well-organized power points and crafting materials in advance, so she was prepared for the lesson. The two times I observed, the lesson that was being taught at both times was reading. Children in the classroom used a lot of previous knowledge for the lesson.

These actions leads the children to trusts her and to talk to her. The children view her as someone that truly cares about their wellbeing. Something that truly stood out to me was the level of planning that went into the teacher’s classroom, class management and how the wall art was being