I am teaching Gifted English at Horn Lake High School in Horn Lake, Mississippi. I observed the gifted and talented coordinator, Mrs. Joyner, who has taught gifted for the past three years and had been teaching elementary school for seven years prior to moving to the high school. I spent six hours of my observations coming into her classroom on Thursdays.
I. Classroom Environment
Mrs. Joyner’s classroom environment is neat, organized, and student-centered. Her number one goal is to prepare her students for college; this is apparent in her classroom. On one classroom wall, she has a student-created sign that says “University of Success.” This statement is relevant based on my observation of her classroom dynamic. In her classroom, Mrs. Joyner has multiple bookshelves. Some of these are dedicated to the books that her classes are reading, others possess her classroom library. One bookshelf is dedicated to holding the test prep information that she uses for both in class …show more content…
Effectiveness of Strategies
The students are surprisingly interested in achieving the goal set by Mrs. Joyner. They appear to actually be interested in the assessment and achieving a higher standard. Mrs. Joyner’s strategies are clearly effective, not only based on her students’ interest in achievement, but also by the clear growth of her students. Each week, data has proven that her students improve 2% collectively on their tests. When it is necessary, Mrs. Joyner intervenes and redirects inappropriate behavior in the classroom.
IV. Assessment Procedures
Mrs. Joyner assesses her students based on a scaled score on the benchmarks. The students are aware of this procedure and aware of the score that they must achieve each time they take a test. This was clear in each of the classes that I observed. The students are also assessed based on their cooperation. In the end, their group answers are also scored and the students receive a grade for those scores as well.
V. Teacher-Student
I. Classroom Environment
Mrs. Joyner’s classroom environment is neat, organized, and student-centered. Her number one goal is to prepare her students for college; this is apparent in her classroom. On one classroom wall, she has a student-created sign that says “University of Success.” This statement is relevant based on my observation of her classroom dynamic. In her classroom, Mrs. Joyner has multiple bookshelves. Some of these are dedicated to the books that her classes are reading, others possess her classroom library. One bookshelf is dedicated to holding the test prep information that she uses for both in class …show more content…
Effectiveness of Strategies
The students are surprisingly interested in achieving the goal set by Mrs. Joyner. They appear to actually be interested in the assessment and achieving a higher standard. Mrs. Joyner’s strategies are clearly effective, not only based on her students’ interest in achievement, but also by the clear growth of her students. Each week, data has proven that her students improve 2% collectively on their tests. When it is necessary, Mrs. Joyner intervenes and redirects inappropriate behavior in the classroom.
IV. Assessment Procedures
Mrs. Joyner assesses her students based on a scaled score on the benchmarks. The students are aware of this procedure and aware of the score that they must achieve each time they take a test. This was clear in each of the classes that I observed. The students are also assessed based on their cooperation. In the end, their group answers are also scored and the students receive a grade for those scores as well.
V. Teacher-Student