Standards in the Classroom

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Standards in the Classroom
Classroom Observations, Spring 2006
Presented by Group F Danielle Lew, Steve Mar, K
immy Vandivort
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Schools Visited
Kimmys visit Norwood Street Elementary School
Los Angeles Unified School District
Danielles visit Orville Wright Middle School L
os Angeles Unified School District
Steves visit San Marino High School San Marino
Unified School District
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Topics Covered

• Visibility of Standards and/or Existence of
  Frameworks
  
• Evidence of Implemented and Working Technology in
  the Classroom
  
• Accommodation of English Language Learners (ELL)
  or Special Needs Students
  
• Handling of Classroom Discipline
• Facilitation of Student Participation

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Norwood Street Elementary School
Los Angeles, CA L.A. Unified School District Gra
des K-5 991 Enrolled Students 675 ELL Students (
68.1)
2004 Base API 646
Source www.ed-data.k12.ca.us
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Visibility of Standards and/or Existence of
Frameworks

• Classroom 1 5th Grade
• No posted standards or frameworks
• Observed Language Arts, spelling, vocabulary,
  math (adding and subtracting fractions, order of
  operations)
  
• Classroom 2 - Kindergarten
• No posted standards or frameworks
• Observed numbers, letters

Norwood Street Elementary School
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Evidence of Implemented and Working Technology in
the Classroom

• Classroom 1 5th Grade
• Six computers for students
• One teacher computer
• Microwave
• Electric pencil sharpener
• Telephone
• Overhead projector
• Classroom 2 - Kindergarten
• One computer with printer for students
• One young explorer computer for students
• Television with VCR
• Stereo
• Refrigerator

Norwood Street Elementary School
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Accommodation of English Language Learners or
Special Needs Students

• Classroom 1 5th Grade
• Translation
• Small group work
• One-on-one instruction
• Classroom 2 - Kindergarten
• Taught letters and numbers in English
• Rhymes
• Spoke slowly
• Pointed to pictures as she read
• Simple commands in English
• Questions asked in Spanish would be answered in
  English
  

Norwood Street Elementary School
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Handling of Classroom Discipline

• Classroom 1 5th Grade
• Addressed students twice in English, then once in
  Spanish (always worked)
  
• No homework, no recess
• Classroom 2 - Kindergarten
• Addressed students twice in English, then once in
  Spanish
  
• Time-out square

Norwood Street Elementary School
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Facilitation of Student Participation

• Classroom 1 5th Grade
• Small groups
• Teacher would call on quiet students to answer
  general questions
  
• Classroom 2 - Kindergarten
• Asked group participation questions
• Flashcards
• Sat in a circle

Norwood Street Elementary School
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Orville WrightMiddle School
Los Angeles, CA L.A. Unified School District Gra
des 6-8 1,305 Enrolled Students 69 ELL Students
(5.3)
2004 Base API 672
Source www.ed-data.k12.ca.us
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Visibility of Standards and/or Existence of
Frameworks

• Classroom 1 - Honors Math 7
• Standards were clearly taped on chalkboard
• Teacher wrote agenda, identifying standards that
  would be covered in the lesson plan that day
  
• Teacher gives a spiral quiz every 2 wks
  (open-notebook quiz) that tests students on what
  the CA standards are
  
• Classroom 2 - English 8
• Posters in class with criteria for specific
  assignments, which also included specific
  standard that criteria was satisfying

Orville Wright Middle School
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Evidence of Implemented and Working Technology in
the Classroom

• Classroom 1 - Honors Math 7
• Overhead projector was only piece of working
  technology in classroom
  
• Classroom 2 - English 8
• Overhead projector (only piece of technology
  being used), TV/VCR, and four Apple computers
  

Orville Wright Middle School
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Accommodation of English Language Learners or
Special Needs Students

• Classroom 1 - Honors Math 7
• One autistic student with an aide (he is being
  mainstreamed, only mainstream classes are English
  and Math)
  
• No ELL students in class
• Classroom 2 - English 8
• One autistic student with aide
• Eight special-ed students who sit at front of
  classroom
  
• No ELL students in class

Orville Wright Middle School
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Handling of Classroom Discipline

• Classroom 1 - Honors Math 7
• Hardly any discipline problems in class
• When class got too noisy, teacher would raise her
  hand, and the rest of the students would also
  raise their hands and quiet down
  
• Classroom 2 - English 8
• At beginning of the year, teacher made his
  expectations very clear about handling
  discipline
  
• He primarily tries to deal with problems himself
  by listening to students problems instead of
  sending them to main office to be disciplined
  

Orville Wright Middle School
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Facilitation of Student Participation

• Classroom 1 - Honors Math 7
• Students worked on practice problems then
  presented answers on overhead projector to the
  rest of the class
  
• Homework review
• Students worked in pairs to help each other with
  worksheet
  
• At the same time, teacher walked around the room
  answering individual students questions
  
• Classroom 2 - English 8
• Class began with a 10 minute journaling session,
  and students had opportunity to earn extra credit
  if they shared their writing out loud
  
• Most of class time was spent having students
  write independently, with teacher answering
  individuals questions
  

Orville Wright Middle School
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San MarinoHigh School
San Marino, CA San Marino Unified School District
Grades 9-12 1,221 Enrolled Students 54 ELL Stu
dents (4.4)
2004 Base API 897
Source www.ed-data.k12.ca.us
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Visibility of Standards and/or Existence of
Frameworks

• Classroom 1 - AP Government
• No standards posted because of lack of board
  space
  
• Course syllabus is handed out to students at the
  beginning of the year
  
• Weekly and daily agenda is written out on the
  board
  
• Classroom 2 U.S. History (ELL class)
• Standards posted as large text cutouts on
  bulletin board
  
• Syllabus with standards, vocabulary words, and
  calendar passed out to students at beginning of
  the year
  

San Marino High School
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Evidence of Implemented and Working Technology in
the Classroom

• Classroom 1 - AP Government
• Four Macintosh computers w/internet access
• Powerpoint presentation using a laptop computer
  and a projector
  
• Overhead transparencies
• Classroom 2 U.S. History (ELL class)
• Four Macintosh computers w/internet access
• One teacher computer
• Teacher mentioned that he also occasionally uses
  Powerpoint presentations
  

San Marino High School
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Accommodation of English Language Learners or
Special Needs Students

• Classroom 1 - AP Government
• No ELL students in the class because it is an
  Advanced Placement course
  
• Classroom 2 U.S. History (ELL class)
• ELL class textbook is different than the non-ELL
  class textbook textbook uses simpler words to
  make it easier for an ELL student to follow
  
• Teacher took extra time to explain word
  definitions to the class

San Marino High School
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Handling of Classroom Discipline

• Classroom 1 - AP Government
• Teacher would call out students names while
  lecturing to redirect their attention back to the
  class
  
• Verbal warnings
• Teacher would stop talking during the lecture and
  wait for the class to quite down
  
• Classroom 2 U.S. History (ELL class)
• No student misbehavior observed in this
  particular class
  
• Teacher told me that really disruptive students
  would be asked to sit outside of the classroom
  

San Marino High School
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Facilitation of Student Participation

• Classroom 1 - AP Government
• One student gave an oral presentation on a
  current event at the beginning of class
  
• Teacher called out students by name and asked
  them questions
  
• Teacher divided the class up into small groups
  for homework review
  
• Classroom 2 U.S. History (ELL class)
• Review of homework worksheet students answered
  worksheet questions
  
• Jeopardy game

San Marino High School
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Questions?