Trinity
Christian College Field Experience Form
Context
for Learning
Description
of School and Students
About the School Where You Are Observing or
doing Field Experience
School Name and City: Saint Michael School, Orland Park
Type of
School: Elementary school, Middle School, High School, or Other: Pre-K through 8
Setting:
Urban, Suburban, or Rural: Suburban
Write
your responses to the three questions below in paragraph form.
1.
My
school is a private parochial school, so we add in lessons about religion into
our daily routine as well as prayer. In
the primary grades there is at least 1 aide per grade, sometimes more. The
upper grades each also have a floating aide as well as specialists to pull kids
out of the room. Our academics are
important to our school and we really encourage excellence in academia. We are not a bilingual school unfortunately,
but we do get students with parents speaking another language at home. By the time the children come to us they
speak well. We also teach the Spanish language
from Pre-K 4 to 8th grade between two separate teachers.
2.
We
have constant data meetings with the whole faculty and with
primary/middle/junior high and then at a grade level. We review test scores of standardized testing
from previous years and then we get to see it compared to the national
averages. We work from there to figure
out what we need to do per grade level to raise and achieve goals.
1. Estimated percentage of
students eligible for free/reduced lunch:
2. Grade level(s): 4 y/o Preschool
3. Number of
a. students in the class: 19
b. males: 9
females: 10
c. English language learners: no
d. students identified as gifted and talented:
no, too early.
e. students with Individualized Education
Programs (IEPs) or 504 plans: 3 students with ISP
4.
|
Special
Education
Category |
Number of
Students
|
Accommodations,
Modifications, and/or Pertinent IEP Goals
|
|
Individualized Speech
|
3
|
Speech Teacher pulls children for 10-20 minutes each to work
with them.
|
About
the Class You Observed
1.
All of our day has elements of instruction. Carpet time is the primary learning time
which can encompass anywhere from 20-30 minutes, depending on what we are doing
that day. Every other point when we are
freely playing around the room there is instruction whether its behavior or
based on actions.
2.
We all learn together in a group. We may separate to do projects because it is
easier to work with smaller groups, but the lesson would be learned on the
carpet.
3. We have the Illinois State Standards as well as The
Religious Standards we have to meet in our lesson plans. We are following the initial way the
preschool program has paved for us, and I don’t know whether or not they used a
guide.
4. We use the SMARTBoard
in our classroom for story-telling and occasionally work relating to lessons. We have many many types of manipulatives that
we use for learning.
5. We have a sheet the parents fill out to tell us about their
home lives (Languages, families, etc) and we observe them throughout center
time. We see what they choose and who
they choose to play with. We also assess
them 3 times a year so we can see what they are learning and what they are
learning at their pace.
6. At my level I think
understanding and communication is the most important practice.
