Multicultural Education

Directions:

For this assignment you will need to observe a classroom and then do a write up about what you observed on the classroom climate of the classroom.

Step 1: Finding An Observation Site:

· You must find a site and teacher to observe. This can be any licensed and/or accredited child care center or preschool, or can be in any accredited private school or public school (but remember you can only observe up through 3rd grade.)

· You are responsible for making sure your site is appropriate and follows these guidelines.

· You also are responsible for fulfilling any requirements the site has in place for visitors, volunteers, and/or classroom observations. 

· I will not give approval of this site prior to your observation, but email me if you are unsure if it is an appropriate site.

· Failure to observe in an appropriate site will result in a grade of 0 for this assignment.

· More information on finding an appropriate site is on the second form listed below.

 Step 2: Forms:

There are 2 forms you will need to fill out:

· Professional Behaviors Form

. This form you fill out and it is about the professional behaviors you must follow in the place where you do your observation.

. Remember you are representing the college!

. You only need to upload the last page of the form (where you sign). 

· Directions for Finding an Observation Site and Observation Signature Form.

. This includes information on finding a site and then a form for you and someone at the place where you do the observation to fill in.

. You will need to fill out part of it, and so will the placement site.

. Please read the directions with the form prior to contacting a place to conduct your observation.

The forms themselves are not worth any points toward your grade for this assignment, but failure to turn in either or both forms correctly and accurately filled out will result in a grade of 0 on the observation assignment.

Step 3: The Observation:

· You will print the pdf file of the observation guide to use for your classroom observation. (Classroom Climate Checklist) 

· You should observe the teacher teaching in a classroom for at least 45 minutes. This will allow you enough time to view at least most of the variables on the observation guide.

· You must fill in every variable. If a particular variable is not in place because it is not applicable for some reason, please write N/A and say why. This is rarely needed.

· You should also take notes to help you fill out the write up that you do after completing the observation. These comments can be written in the margins of the observation guide, at the bottom, or on separate paper.

· If you use separate paper for your notes, then you should submit those pages with the observation guide.

· Please note that half of your grade on this part of the Observation assignment is on the completeness of the observation form, and that this includes appropriate comments and an appropriate amount of comments as part of the observation guide. If you do not include notes which you took during the observation, then you will lose points on this assignment.

· You will need to scan your filled in observation guide to turn in , so please write neatly. (you will not retype this)

Step 4: Write Up of Observation:

· After your observation, you will open the attached document for the questions you will answer for the write up on your observation.  (Write up for Classroom Climate Observation)

· The write up will be in narrative (text/writing) format and so should be typed as a Word document.

Step 5: Submission:

You should have 4 attachments for submission for this assignment:  1.Your teacher signature form, with both your part filled in and the appropriate signature included.

2. The professional behaviors form that you sign (just the last page with your signature) 3. Your observation guide form (hand written with comments) 3. Your narrative write up (Word document) Grading will be as follows: Teacher Signature form/Professional Behaviors Form: no points, but without both turned in and accurately and completely filled out, you will receive a 0 on the assignment. Observation Guide form: 4 points: Grading will be on the following: all variables checked off, an appropriate amount of comments and appropriate comments made in margins or on bottom of form = 1 point). If this is not turned in, then the assignment grade will be a 0, because I cannot grade answers to the narrative write up without the observation itself! Narrative Write up: 6 points: Grading will be on completeness of answers, writing skills, and accuracy of answers.