Education
Communication Investigation
Teacher Interviews:
1. What are the most common barriers you see in academic progress in the classroom?
T1) Mandate testing and focusing on the growth by the data. Also, Parent support can be a barrier. An educator can do so much the parent has to support the child in order for them to succeed. Parents have to be consistent.
T2) District implements new curriculum and it can be hard to keep up with each one.
T3.) Sometimes parents can be over barring and want to know every single thing we do in class. This may impact an educator’s creativity and set boundaries for the teacher. Or a parent will not care about the Childs ‘education. Which impacts their progress.
2. How do you measure academic progress?
T1.) Formal Assessments and the day to day progress (if the child engages and participates. Do they take pride in what they do?
T2.) We use Istation, Isip, Phonemic inventory and Common core Assessments.
T3.) Istation scores, Common Core and Phonemic awareness.
3. Do you focus on the strengths or weakness of the student?
T1.) As an educator we look at both. We want to make sure to give them the help they need if they are struggling. Other words we want to build them up. If they are exceeding, we want to make sure the assignments we give them are challenging enough.
T2.) You want to look at both that way if they are struggling with the content, you will catch it early and adjust. And if they are surpassing all the assignments. We want to challenge them, or they will find the content boring.
T3.) I focus mainly on the weakness and help in whatever they need. I want all my students to succeed.
4. What modifications would you use to make the information accessible for the student
T1.) I look at all the data (day to day progress and assessments) then place them in small groups we call differentiating. Then I modify the instructions, if they need the content to be visual, pictorial or whatever works.
T2.) In my class we use something I call Texture writing. This helps stimulate all senses this helps the student remember and have fun while learning.
T3.) I use kinetics to meet the students needs. Kinetics (visual, pictures etc.)
Parent Interviews:
1. What would you like implemented in classroom. Examples responsibilities, participation etc.
P1.) I would like anything that would help my child to be organized. I would like them to enforce them to use their planner.
P2.) Have the children participate in all activities and break them out of there shell. Help them build confidence.
P3.) Teaching the kids value in terms of manners. Show classmates respect.
2. How would you like to be involved in your child’s education?
P1.) Have the dates of Exams and quizzes available.
P2.) Communication between parent and teacher when child does not understand the lesson.
P3.) Have the teacher show us the method she used for her students.
3. What information would you like available?
P2.) The curriculum for the week to be able to help my child with homework.
P3.) Organization syllabus in order to stay connected with the educator and student.
4. What would make the classroom an inviting and comfortable place?
P1.) Hopefully they start using the heater in the classrooms. Every classroom is extremely cold. And I would like to be able to pop up whenever I can.
P2.) A teacher who is interested in helping the child learn and is not there just to teach. Someone who will not give attitude when my child or I ask questions no matter how absurd they are.
P3.) Love when teachers decorate the room. It shows they put there all into the classroom and shows they love what they do.