Classroom Practicum Analysis

Practicum Application Number One Teachers of all early childhood classrooms must ensure they have a plan for classroom management. Classroom management includes the establishment of a positive learning environment or encouraging classroom, physical arrangement of the classroom with learning centers, determination of developmentally appropriate lessons and activities involving movement, routines and schedules, behavioral management, and organization of learning materials (Gartrell, 2014), This practicum application involved observing two kindergarten classrooms, Ms. Jones’ and Ms. Young’s classrooms, to determine the management theory or theories involved, as well as appreciate the differences in teachers’ management styles.
The setting of this practicum application was Samuel Chase Elementary School, a Title I school in Prince George’s County, Maryland with a fire last October affecting the kindergarten and first-grade classes this year. The kindergarten classrooms I visited this week were involved in the fire of half the school building and have not yet been fully resupplied with all that the …show more content…
Ms. Jones’ classroom included several labeled centers around the classroom, including dramatic play area, classroom library, computers, art center, listening center, and writing center with clear defined spaces and those producing the most volume located together with the computers as a divider to start quieter centers followed by small group table moving around the room. Ms. Young’s centers were similar and organized in a similar fashion despite the fact that there were no labels. Math centers in both classrooms were held at the student tables with students making choices in which centers they would like to participate (arranged to fit the current curriculum or reinforcement of student struggles). These classrooms, although quite small, were clearly neatly arranged with clear definitions of center areas and student