Education Week 2 Assignment

Case Study

Mrs. Larson is beginning her third year of teaching kindergarten. During her Meet the Teacher night, she asked each family to fill out a student information form answering several prompts about her incoming students. At the end of the night, Mrs. Larson sat down to review all the student information forms. Two students struck Mrs. Larson as students that will require additional support, both inside and outside the classroom.

Joshua’s family just moved to the states from the Middle East. His family has strict religious views and requests that Joshua not participate in any celebrations in the classroom. This includes school celebrations, birthdays, holidays, or classroom rewards. In addition, Joshua and his mom do not speak English. His dad does speak English, but travels for work during the school week. Mom is concerned she will not be able to help Joshua with his schoolwork or communicate with Mrs. Larson. Mrs. Larson is eager to identify resources that would support the families strict rules, support learning in the home, and help the new family adjust to the new community. Mrs. Larson is considering resources that support tutoring, religious beliefs, support groups within the community that would help the family feel welcome, and articles to support the need for rewards and celebrations in the classroom.

Ben is an only child and is currently homeless and living in a car with his parents. His dad has anger issues and mom is unable to work due to health concerns. Ben’s parents are concerned that his circumstances may prompt bullying in the classroom by questioning their living situation and this will have an effect on Ben’s emotional development. In addition, Ben’s mom has indicated that Ben is the victim of emotional abuse from his father. Again, Mrs. Larson is considering resources such as homeless shelters, medical support for families with no insurance, support groups for emotional abuse, and additional articles that would help with Ben’s understanding of bullying.

Mrs. Larson strives to establish high expectations for learning in her classroom. She wants all of her students to realize their potential and work hard to achieve it.

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