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Disciple, disciple and restraint bordering on militant, are the first thoughts that come to mind as the Observer sit in Miss Monroe Sixth grade Classroom. The children, all twenty-eight of them sat in neat, ordered rows, each wearing matching green and beige uniforms, mandated by the school, High Point Academy a Public Charter School on the outskirts of Denver. Their attention focused on their Teacher as she stood and front of the Class, teaching them about the prominent man and woman who shaped Colorado History. They are her Academically advanced class many of them reading and writing at near college levels and Ms.Ross treats them as such. Today they learned about one of the first American …show more content…
Ms Monroe has taught history to secondary students for six years, three of them at HPA and it shows. She effortlessly details important facts and dates about Zebulon, his birth on the then American frontier, his two expeditions into the newly purchased territory, his untimely death during the war of 1812. Even his unfortunate association with the traitor general, James Wilkinson. She goes over the lesson in a brisk, yet unhurried pace, stopping and providing additonal information when needed, yet always keeping her students on the task at head and progressing the lesson forward. The Observer realizes and appreciates the skill of a master educator on display and sits quietly in the corner, all but-forgotten, taking notes and watching. The rare display of inattention or loss of focus is quickly curtailed. She’s quick to notice the glimmer of cell-phones, and young boy named Markus gazes out the window near his desk momentarily lost. Ms Ross notices this almost immediate and calls on Markus, asking him what if anything he would’ve done differently if he were Pike during the “capture” by Mexican forces, Markus stammers an answer before focusing his attention back to her and the lesson …show more content…
She learns that she is the middle child from a family of educators and married to another teacher at a local High-school. Education has always been a major part of her life, so much so that even at a young age she knew, she’d be a teacher, just like her Grandmother and Elder Sister. Smiling with slight embarrassment she recounts a tale of teaching spelling lessons to her dolls as a young child. She believes whole-heartily that a good teacher can help change young people for the better and thus devotes herself, whole heartily to being one. In her own words “three main components community, differentation and assignment.” community is achieved through the fostering of positive relationships throughout the school from, teachers to students, to administers to parents and students to student. Differentiation, despite the fact that all students are going thru the same process and required to learn the same things, they cant all get their the same way. Diffraction is recognizing the students as individuals and treating them as such. ITs knowing which student needs a bit more help with math, or knowing which student is English language learners or Special education, or which student needs to pushed harder to achieve their potential. Assignment, not nessacary a test , but more so the gauging of each students individual level of understanding of the subject matter. This
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Disciple, disciple and restraint bordering on militant, are the first thoughts that come to mind as the Observer sit in Miss Monroe Sixth grade Classroom. The children, all twenty-eight of them sat in neat, ordered rows, each wearing matching green and beige uniforms, mandated by the school, High Point Academy a Public Charter School on the outskirts of Denver. Their attention focused on their Teacher as she stood and front of the Class, teaching them about the prominent man and woman who shaped Colorado History. They are her Academically advanced class many of them reading and writing at near college levels and Ms.Ross treats them as such. Today they learned about one of the first American …show more content…
Ms Monroe has taught history to secondary students for six years, three of them at HPA and it shows. She effortlessly details important facts and dates about Zebulon, his birth on the then American frontier, his two expeditions into the newly purchased territory, his untimely death during the war of 1812. Even his unfortunate association with the traitor general, James Wilkinson. She goes over the lesson in a brisk, yet unhurried pace, stopping and providing additonal information when needed, yet always keeping her students on the task at head and progressing the lesson forward. The Observer realizes and appreciates the skill of a master educator on display and sits quietly in the corner, all but-forgotten, taking notes and watching. The rare display of inattention or loss of focus is quickly curtailed. She’s quick to notice the glimmer of cell-phones, and young boy named Markus gazes out the window near his desk momentarily lost. Ms Ross notices this almost immediate and calls on Markus, asking him what if anything he would’ve done differently if he were Pike during the “capture” by Mexican forces, Markus stammers an answer before focusing his attention back to her and the lesson …show more content…
She learns that she is the middle child from a family of educators and married to another teacher at a local High-school. Education has always been a major part of her life, so much so that even at a young age she knew, she’d be a teacher, just like her Grandmother and Elder Sister. Smiling with slight embarrassment she recounts a tale of teaching spelling lessons to her dolls as a young child. She believes whole-heartily that a good teacher can help change young people for the better and thus devotes herself, whole heartily to being one. In her own words “three main components community, differentation and assignment.” community is achieved through the fostering of positive relationships throughout the school from, teachers to students, to administers to parents and students to student. Differentiation, despite the fact that all students are going thru the same process and required to learn the same things, they cant all get their the same way. Diffraction is recognizing the students as individuals and treating them as such. ITs knowing which student needs a bit more help with math, or knowing which student is English language learners or Special education, or which student needs to pushed harder to achieve their potential. Assignment, not nessacary a test , but more so the gauging of each students individual level of understanding of the subject matter. This