While visiting Shaker Heights High
School, I had the opportunity to observe a Spanish class and a Physics
class. In the Spanish class, the desks
were set up in a square with the teacher’s desk in the front. This set-up allowed the students to work with
each other while keeping their main focus on the teacher. Throughout the classroom there were posters
with Spanish, words making the classroom feel more welcoming. While I was observing, the students were
working together in groups. The teacher
was walking around the room helping as needed.
The teacher only spoke Spanish and made all of the students speak
Spanish, even when asking a question. In
the classroom, the teacher also had what they were going to be learning for the
day written on the board. This allowed
the students to know in advance the schedule for the day. The Physics class had desks as well as lab
tables. The desks were in rows facing
the front of the classroom with the teacher’s desk in the front of the
room. The lab tables in the back of the
room allowed the students to work in groups more easily together. The teacher started the class by asking the
students for their homework. He didn’t
care if the students had the correct answers as long as they had tried every
problem. Rather than yelling at the
students for talking or having their phones out, he asked them to stop or put
them away because paying attention would benefit them. While teaching the class, he gave the
students opportunities to ask questions.
This teacher also had props to help the students visualize what they
were learning.
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