School Observations

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School Observations

• Group D
• Courtney
• Shelly
• Jenny
• Devan
• Garrett

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Schools Visited

• Arcadia High School
• Carver Elementary School
• Hoover St. Elementary School
• USC/32nd St. Magnet
• La Habra High School

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Demographics
Arcadia High
Carver Elementary
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Demographics
Hoover St. Elementary
USC/32nd St. Magnet
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Demographics

• La Habra High

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Visibility of standards and/or existence of
frameworks

• Arcadia High
• 1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies
• - Teacher instruction at the beginning of class
• - Small group discussion on topic of
  presentation
• 2.4 Deliver multimedia presentations
• - Do multi-media presentations using power
  point, video, music, etc.
• Carver Elementary
• No evidence of statewide standards
• rules posted on the wall
• Daily agenda written on whiteboard

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Visibility of standards and/or existence of
frameworks

• Hoover St. Elementary
• No clearly visible standards posted, but the
  teacher pointed out certain frameworks that were
  posted up for acceptable behavior in the
  classroom.
• USC/32 St. Magnet
• Standards clearly posted on bulletin board at
  back of classroom
• 1.1 French Language Standard
• Students engage in conversations, provide and
  obtain information, provide feelings and
  emotions, and express opinions
• La Habra High
• No evidence of frameworks or Curriculum.  Daily
  lesson plans were arranged and class syllabus has
  topics that will be covered.

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Technology

• Arcadia High
• 4 Desktop PCs
• TV w/ VCR DVD players
• Projector
• Laptop cart with enough laptops for each student
  (rented for the day)
• Carver Elementary
• 3 Macs
• TV w/ VCR DVD players
• Overhead projector

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Technology

• Hoover St. Elementary
• Overhead projector
• TV
• USC/32 St. Magnet
• Overhead projector
• Four computers (on, indicating use by students)
• La Habra High
• No computers
• Only several setups of laboratory equipment

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Accommodation of English Language Learners

• Arcadia High
• No English language learners in the class
• Carver Elementary
• They are all learning English on pretty much the
  same level (first grade) 
• great ESL program
• many speak an Asian language at home

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Accommodation of English Language Learners

• Hoover St. Elementary
• English speakers and non-English speakers are
  separated into different classrooms.
• USC/32 St. Magnet
• The class was a foreign language class there
  were no English language learners
• La Habra High
• There were no English language learners in the
  class

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Discipline

• Arcadia High
• No real disciplinary problems on the day of
  observation, but the teacher has sent students to
  the dean, or sent them outside and then talked to
  them after class
• Carver Elementary
• Teacher is seen as a motherly figure, uses a
  disappointed tone rather than an angry tone. 
• A child was misbehaving so she simply stated
  "Having trouble today remembering the rules of
  our room?"

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Discipline

• Hoover St. Elementary
• No student needed to be disciplined while
  observing, but the teacher said that he usually
  gives them a warning first and then sends them to
  the principal's office. He said on the whole
  that his class is pretty well behaved.
• USC/32 St. Magnet
• Students are expected to work on an assignment
  for the first ten minutes of class they all
  walked in and began their work without having
  been told to.
• Students were well-behaved and respectful to the
  teacher several students showed lack of respect
  toward other students.
• La Habra High
• Tardiness was dealt with by the office.  Students
  were well-behaved high school juniors and
  seniors.  Teacher could have asked students
  to quiet stray conversations.

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Student Interaction During Class

• Arcadia High
• Discussion and interaction with others were
  highly encouraged
• - Students were working on a group project
• - Problem some groups were talking instead of
  working on the presentation
• Teacher walked around to make sure everyone was
  being productive
• Carver Elementary
• Encourages interaction between
  students by having them
  read out loud to each other.
• Teacher monitors by wandering around
  room

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Student Interaction During Class

• Hoover St. Elementary
• There is a good amount of interaction with the
  students during class.  Throughout the day, the
  teacher will discuss a topic or a subject, and
  then he will have the students pair up to work on
  an applied project.
• USC/32 St. Magnet
• Students have groups in which they read aloud
  (e.g. dialogue and narration) to the class the
  other students comment on pronunciation.
• Teacher encourages everyones participation asks
  for volunteers to read, but he sometimes chooses
  students on his own.

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Student Interaction During Class

• La Habra High
• Class participation is strongly encouraged. 
• Comfortable student-teacher relationship in
  classroom. 
• Labs create student-student interaction.