Professional Documents
Culture Documents
References:
New Jersey Professional Standards for Teachers. (2014, August 4). Retrieved from
http://www.state.nj.us/education/code/current/title6a/chap9.pdf
I. Observation:
Child Study 2
II. Grade:
Second
III. Student(s):
Age 7
IV. Setting:
Pull-Out Resource Room
V. Pre-Observation:
Before this observation, I reviewed all my notes from my past observations. I wanted
to evaluate any of the changes or progressions the student made throughout the hours
I completed my observations. Although, due to only being there for a few months, a
majority of the students crucial development was in the beginning half of the year.
This does not mean that I did not see any transformations throughout my
observations, it means that this student came a long way and learned so much from
the end of the summer through the fall. I decided to research more information on the
evaluating this students progress. There were many aspects to this development
tracker that helped me to recognize the different areas of this students progression
physically, but, they were smaller than the average student for their age which I felt
observations the teacher explained that this student was dealing with social concerns
with other students in their class. They would often get into arguments or
disagreements with others and the situation tended to escalate. Although, this student
made great strides in their social-emotional development with time and practice. They
were able to reel in their focus and establish a more maintained social-emotional
health by ignoring and walking away from situations that may have caused them
problems. I was shocked to see how much happier this student looked once they were
immersed in their education again and not worried about friends or classmates.
VIII. Recommendations:
A recommendation I would make for this students development would be to have a
journal system where the student could write any time they felt upset or bothered by
another student. Not only would this help the student become more in touch with their
own feelings and emotions, it would help them academically. With a journal a student
would not have to feel like they are being judged or graded. It would solely be used
for therapeutic reasons, to allow the student to feel relief when agitated with a person
or situation. Starting a journal such as this at a young age could help the student to
IX. Post-Observation:
After completing this observation, I feel as if I learned so much just from having the
opportunity to witness a students progress first hand. I recognized that the teacher-
student connection played a major role in each students education and development.
Conceptual and Measurement Issues, Jones et al. (2016), explain, With sufficient
better able to understand and make judgments about what may be a young child's
in order to properly provide them with the education they need. I feel as if this student
grew and learned so much just by having a teacher who showed a strong interest in
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Jones, S. M., Zaslow, M., Darling-Churchill, K. E., & Halle, T. G. (2016). Assessing
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