Before visiting this Elementary School, then question I wanted to address was how do teachers respond to the constant need of attention and help of their students? I understand that teachers of all grade levels spend their entire day helping and educating their students, but in the younger grades it it much more demanding.
Once we were all assigned our classrooms, we headed off to explore Gearity and find where we would be observing that day. I was assigned to observe in a Kindergarten classroom. When I walked in I realized that there was three different teachers in the room. I was confused about who was the main teacher, since they all seemed to be working equally hard to help their students. I later found out that one of women was a student teacher from Notre Dame College, the other was an assistant/aid, and the last was the classroom's main teacher.
That day the kids were working on how to write out the letter "A" and what words started with that letter. The student teacher had them color in pictures that started out with "A" and then share with the whole class, while the teacher assistant was going around the room and helping them decide. The main teacher had stepped outside in the hallway to get one on one attention with all the children one at a time.
I thought that this was a good system, because I could really see that every child's needs were being addressed. All the children were able to ask questions and get instant feedback from their teacher to help guide them with the lesson, rather than waiting in their seat for a long time, and eventually forgetting the question or move on.
I really liked that this school had such a large teacher to student ratio, because every student deserves to have the same quality attention in order to fully understand the material and feel they are valued.
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