"This is when I put it together that the experiences our students have can really affect how they learn in the classroom."
During my experiences so far in PDS 1, I have noticed some differences and similarities between my first school, which is a Title 1 school and the school I’m at now which is a non title school. I knew that coming from different economic backgrounds the students would bring different experiences when entering the classroom. At the Title I school, I noticed there were many behavioral issues that seemed to take up a lot of the class time to correct. It seemed very difficult to teach everything that was required to teach when more than half of the time is devoted to classroom behavior corrections. There were also more students who qualified for special needs services. Every class had students receiving services.
This was opposite at my non-title school. The students did not need as many behavior corrections which left more time for the teacher to cover content. There were also fewer students receiving special needs services. Some classes had no students in the general education classroom who received those services. Both types of schools had students who were not on grade level academically. Both schools went about helping those students in similar ways. They provided new strategies and more support in small groups instead of only doing whole classroom instruction.
The teachers also treated the students similar at both schools. They were firm and pushed their students to do well while also nurturing and supporting their students. Teachers from both schools got excited and frustrated at times but handled their emotions well. They would regroup and continue on with their lessons. Students at the non-title school seemed to want to please their teacher, while the students at the non-title school didn’t focus as much on pleasing their teachers.
When the students at my non-title school would free write they would write about what they did that weekend or what trip they last went on. At my title school the students seemed to write more about what they liked to do and what they wished they could do. This is when I put it together that the experiences our students have can really affect how they learn in the classroom. It seems like the students that come from higher SES can experience more in life and bring that prior knowledge to help them learn at school. I don’t think either type of school is better than the other; I just observed that the teachers have to approach their teaching and their students in a different way.
This was opposite at my non-title school. The students did not need as many behavior corrections which left more time for the teacher to cover content. There were also fewer students receiving special needs services. Some classes had no students in the general education classroom who received those services. Both types of schools had students who were not on grade level academically. Both schools went about helping those students in similar ways. They provided new strategies and more support in small groups instead of only doing whole classroom instruction.
The teachers also treated the students similar at both schools. They were firm and pushed their students to do well while also nurturing and supporting their students. Teachers from both schools got excited and frustrated at times but handled their emotions well. They would regroup and continue on with their lessons. Students at the non-title school seemed to want to please their teacher, while the students at the non-title school didn’t focus as much on pleasing their teachers.
When the students at my non-title school would free write they would write about what they did that weekend or what trip they last went on. At my title school the students seemed to write more about what they liked to do and what they wished they could do. This is when I put it together that the experiences our students have can really affect how they learn in the classroom. It seems like the students that come from higher SES can experience more in life and bring that prior knowledge to help them learn at school. I don’t think either type of school is better than the other; I just observed that the teachers have to approach their teaching and their students in a different way.