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    The document summarizes a classroom observation of a special needs classroom with non-verbal and students with significant speech delays. [1] The teacher engaged each student individually, asking them to share their feelings about a poem and helping to guide their responses. [2] The students were as involved as their abilities allowed through the use of tablets and books to help express themselves. [3] The teacher worked patiently with all students, giving each an opportunity to answer and accepting the responses they could provide given their disabilities.

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    The document summarizes a classroom observation of a special needs classroom with non-verbal and students with significant speech delays. [1] The teacher engaged each student individually, asking them to share their feelings about a poem and helping to guide their responses. [2] The students were as involved as their abilities allowed through the use of tablets and books to help express themselves. [3] The teacher worked patiently with all students, giving each an opportunity to answer and accepting the responses they could provide given their disabilities.

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    The document summarizes a classroom observation of a special needs classroom with non-verbal and students with significant speech delays. [1] The teacher engaged each student individually, asking them to share their feelings about a poem and helping to guide their responses. [2] The students were as involved as their abilities allowed through the use of tablets and books to help express themselves. [3] The teacher worked patiently with all students, giving each an opportunity to answer and accepting the responses they could provide given their disabilities.

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    Formal Classroom Observation #2

    Classroom Cultural Diversity

    EDTE 255 requires the prospective teacher candidate to complete specific


    classroom and school observations. The observations build on your prior
    experience in classrooms (if you have any) and are intended to help you focus on
    issues of importance in California schools. Read through the questions and
    prompts below. This will give you an idea of what to look for and what kinds of
    information to collect.

    Write a summary report in narrative format (no more than a few pages). Provide
    information and address ideas in the questions and prompts below. Make sure to
    also include your responses to the reflection questions.

    Questions and Prompts:

    Describe the students in the class. Think broadly about their differences going
    beyond race and ethnicity. What appears to be the range of ability levels,
    socioeconomic differences, languages spoken, personalities, etc. that are present
    among the students?

    The class is made up of only a few students who have severe disabilities. The majority
    of them are non-verbal, whereas the remaining have significant speech delays.

    How does the teacher engage all students in the lesson? Does instruction involve
    students in a variety of learning styles? Which mode of learning seemed to be
    most effective? Were different learning styles being addressed? If yes, give
    specific examples. If you were a student in the class you observed, would your
    learning style have been addressed?

    The teacher engages with all the students by going up to each of them, one by one, and
    asking them to share to the best of their abilities; how they felt about the poem she read
    to them. She makes sure that they are all involved, and helps guide them as much as
    possible.

    How involved were students in learning activities? What indicators or examples


    did you notice?

    The students were as involved as they were capable to be, they have tablets and books
    that work as a guide for them to express their emotions and answer the questions being
    asked.
    How did the teacher work with a variety of students, such as the reluctant learner;
    the shy student; the English learner? The physically, emotionally, academically
    challenged student?

    Because all of the students in this room are disabled, the teacher works with all of them
    very calmly and patiently. She gives them all an opportunity to answer her question
    prompt, and accepts the answers they are capable of giving.

    Did it appear that the teacher had modified instruction to better serve the needs
    of culturally diverse students? What evidence, if any, can you report?

    The students did not seem to be culturally diverse, but the teacher did modify instruction
    accordingly, based on the needs of her disabled students.

    Did you observe any instances of students being excluded from learning because
    their needs were not being met? How was this displayed? How did it seem to
    impact the student and his or her behavior during instruction?

    I did not observe any instances of the students being excluded.

    Reflection Questions:

    What personal challenges do you think you’ll face when teaching a diverse group
    of students?

    Given that this was a special needs classroom, a huge challenge would be trying to
    adhere to the different levels of disabilities in a way that does not reduce another ones
    learning experience, or over challenge another in a way that is not beneficial for the
    student.

    What did you learn about diversity in the classroom?

    I learned that there is a variety of diversity in all ways, and you must constantly be
    changing your ways of teaching to best fit your class during that time.

    Consider strategies used to engage diverse learners. Based on your prior field
    experiences and your current placement, compare and contrast the strategies
    observed in these settings.

    I noticed in this video, there was a student that the teacher could not get to answer
    because the student expressed that she was sleepy. The teacher did not try and force
    the student to talk and given the circumstance of the room, I think that was a good
    strategy to avoid conflict.
    What ideas will you take with you?

    I honestly admired the patience displayed in this classroom, which is why I chose to talk
    about this case specifically. I value that type of teacher attributes, given a more difficult
    environment than just a standard classroom. I will take this with me.

    What would you do differently in your own classroom?

    There was not anything in this case that I felt I would want to do differently in my own
    classroom.

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