High School Field Reflection

This reflection will be in response to the field experience that was completed on the 12th of November, 2015 by Matthew Daykin. For my High School field experience, I attended Palmetto Ridge High School and observed both Mrs. Zacher’s ninth grade English class and Mrs. Reid’s ninth grade Science and Math classes. Palmetto Ridge High School (A.K.A. “The Ridge”) is a grade 9-12 school located in Naples, Florida. The Ridge has a total of 1,865 students; 46.33% of the students are listed as identifying as White, 7.29% are listed as identifying as Black, 40.8% of the students identify as Hispanic, 1.39% of the students identify as Asian, 2.63% identify as Indian, 1.29% identify as Multi-Racial, while only 0.27% identify as Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (“Palmetto Ridge High (PRH) School”, 2015). I believe my first lesson during this field experience came about a week before I actually completed my field experience at this location. On the previous Tuesday (November 3rd, 2015), I accidentally mixed up the dates of my …show more content…
Mrs. Zuck asked me what would be a good way to eradicate this issue so that they will no longer cause classroom disruption. I suggested splitting up the group and placing them about as far away from each other as possible, and ensuring that the next group who occupies the front and center group is a quiet and docile group that could set an appropriate example for the rest for the class. Mrs. Zuck was pleased with my answer and excused herself to go and quiet down a student who was beginning to become unruly. When she returned she explained to me that she is only able to interject herself into the classroom setting and take over a situation like that because Mrs. Reid and herself have spent countless hours working together and have built a relationship of mutual