Primary school

For EDA 6503 The Principalship, the final course of the Educational Leadership program, I worked closely with Patricia Carson, principal at Mandarin Oaks Elementary School in Jacksonville, FL, to complete my practicum experiences. Ms. Carson has been a school principal for 22 years and the principal of Mandarin Oaks for the last 14 years. According to Ms. Carson, the job of a principal has changed immensely in the last 10 years, and it is more important than ever to keep up with current…

standards back in high school. Because the standards were much higher, I had no idea how to reach that standard on my essays. It was quite obvious. The reason why I didn’t know how to write a satisfactory college essay was because I had stopped reading in high school. Once I stopped reading, I missed out on the opportunity of gaining knowledge and information as well as improving my comprehension and analytical skills that I could’ve gained throughout my high school academic years. At…

I always felt like reading was a waste of time unless it was something very interesting. I always loved reading stories with topics about history, romance, twisted stories about death and other things. I was sitting in the hard, black school chair when Ms. Seitz came in the warm, cozy classroom flipping her orange hair. We have this daily routine where we go over the agenda and announcements. I was sitting beside my classmate, Javier, when Ms. Seitz, with a smile on her face, announced that…

As a generalist teacher of Primary School, my aim will be to engage students and motivate them to exceed their potential in all areas of their academic learning and personal social development. Engaging students in the content I teach by exciting them about information and teaching them to learn and think for themselves is my goal as a teacher. Ultimately, I aim to instil in students an awareness of the importance of life-long learning. To achieve this aim I will select content that is…

physical activity is shrinking in our school system. In Florida, students in grades K - 5 shall have the equivalent of two 30-minute physical education classes per week taught by certified physical education teachers and provide a daily 15-minute recess for all students. According to the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Children and adolescents should do 60 minutes (1 hour) or more of physical activity daily. They highly recommend that schools take an active role in…

all stated the importance of play in child development (Karia, 2015). As stated by Karia (2015), “scholars such as John Dewey, one of America’s most famous educators and philosophers, believed that one learns by doing and that children’s play is a primary vehicle for mental growth. Therefore, child-initiated, child-directed, and teacher supported play is an essential component of developmentally appropriate practices in the early years”. From Piaget and Vygotsky works, children learn by doing…

to my school because Kindergarten and Elementary schools are separate in Mexico. I loved school since then. Knowing that I couldn’t attend school just because an American school thought I was too young for actual learning, made me want to return to my homeland. You might be asking why not preschool? Well, here’s why. In preschool, you don’t do more than playing, sleeping and maybe drawing. My mom thought it was a waste of time. When I heard that there was an option for me to attend school, I…

elementary schools. Two of the schools are in Urbana: King Elementary School and Leal Elementary School. The other school, Johns Hill Elementary School, is in Decatur. The program models we observed were ESL Pullout and Push-in, Dual-Language, and Transitional Bilingual Education. Through the visits I learned a lot about the different program models and what they are like within a school. I learned about the benefits and also the challenges that students and teachers face. The first school we…

the age of 5 days old, she was adopted by Coralee Smith and Herbert Gober. Even considering this, she had a pretty normal childhood. At about 15 years old, she had been to juvenile court 14 times. She was expelled multiple times, she was failing schools, she had just changed from that sweet innocent little girl that she once was. She was diagnosed with ADHD, learning disorder, borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality traits. She was sent to New Brunswick Youth Centre and…

As a child in elementary school my favorite time of the day was recess and lunchtime, like any other child in my fourth grade class. I remember learning how to tell time just so I could tell when I was about to be called for bus riders. At lunch my friends would mix their food together and dare each other to eat it, getting all of us at the table in trouble at lunch by Mrs. Cothrin, my fourth grade teacher. My favorite challenge on the playground would be the monkey bars. I liked the monkey bars…