ms. tiasha jones, teacher candidate dr. hicks, clinical experience director educ 450: professional...

MS. TIASHA JONES, TEACHER CANDIDATEDR. HICKS, CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

DIRECTOREDUC 450 : PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL

EXPERIENCESPRING 2012

Classroom Context

Content

DescriptionSchool

School DetailsClassroom

Classroom Details

Description

The purpose of this assignment is to describe the classroom in which I have been assigned for Professional Clinical Experience.

School

Located at 1255 Belleville Road in Orangeburg, Robert E. Howard Middle School is the home of the Baby Bruins. It is one of four middle schools in Orangeburg Consolidated School District 5. Everyday, I am greeted by the warm, friendly administrators, teachers, and staff.

School Details

Mascot: Baby BruinsHigh School Feed:

Orangeburg-Wilkinson HS

Approximately 423 students

Principal: Ms. Rene Bowman

89% Free or Reduced Lunch

High-poverty area1% Limited English

ProficiencyApproximately 40

teachers11:1 Student-Teacher

Ratio

Classroom

Everyday, I walk down the hall and take a right onto D-Corridor. The first door on the left leads to Mrs. Larkin-Smith’s 7th grade math classroom.

To the left, is a sketch of the classroom. Click on it to make it larger.

Advisement/Voyager/Enrichment/4th Period Group

Category Description Percentage

Total Number of students

21 100%

Boys 11 52.4%

Girls 10 47.6%

Black/African-American

21 100%

White/Caucasian 0 --

American Indian 0 --

Hispanic/Latino 0 --

7th Period Group

Category Description Percentage

Total Number of students

20 100%

Boys 9 45%

Girls 11 55%

Black/African-American

17 85%

White/Caucasian 0 --

American Indian 0 --

Hispanic/Latino 3 15%

8th Period Group

Category Description Percentage

Total Number of students

20 100%

Boys 10 50%

Girls 10 50%

Black/African-American

19 95%

White/Caucasian 1 5%

American Indian 0 --

Hispanic/Latino 0 --

9th Period Group

Category Description Percentage

Total Number of students

19 100%

Boys 7 36.8%

Girls 12 63.2%

Black/African-American

19 100%

White/Caucasian 0 --

American Indian 0 --

Hispanic/Latino 0 --

A Glimpse Around the Classroom

Photo 1

Storage closet with various resources and materials.

Photo 2

Hanging folders on the storage closet. Materials inside hold “extra credit,” or resources to help recover key concepts in mathematics.

Photo 3

Vocabulary Wall and manipulatives storage area.

Photo 4

Manipulatives storage area with buckets and labels!

Photo 5

In the back, there are math resources and file cabinet. The front of the picture is a picture of the teacher’s desk. (It’s quite busy back there.)

Photo 6

Computer station and printer

Photo 7

Teacher-made posters referencing material learned throughout the school year.

Photo 8

LCD Projector, SMART Document Camera, and (my) laptop cart

Photo 9

Interactive Whiteboard

Photo 10

File cabinets, student resources, homework basket, and journal bins.

Photo 11

Bookstand!

Photo 12

More wall posters and the start of the Data Wall. The Data Wall is used to showcase student achievement of the latest Benchmark examination.

Photo 13

Bulletin Board of Student Work

Photo 14

Classroom Expectations and Consequences

Photo 15

Classroom StoreStudents can receive items only if they are able to use standard 7-2.6 to find the amount with tax and/or discount.

Photo 16

More Teacher-made Posters

Photo 17

Data WallUsed to showcase student achievement on the latest Benchmark examination.

Photo 18

Classroom TV

Photo 19

Scholastic Magazine Rack

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