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 * Scheduled for Thursday, November 18**

Classroom Observations
Up until this point, you have spent a great deal of your life in classrooms as a student. As a preservice teacher, it is so important to begin thinking from the perspective of a classroom teacher. One of ways we can do this is to get fully immersed in experiences of a classroom. You will be asked to focus on the demands of being a teacher? You will be asked to identify ways that the teacher manages their classroom? How a teacher promotes student learning in their classroom? What instructional strategies does a teacher use?

We will form small groups of two to three people and arrange for your group to join a teacher in a middle school or high school in the surrounding River Falls area. Your group will be shadowing and observing a teacher for an entire school day. You’ll get the opportunity to experience life in a classroom from the time the busses arrive to the time your teacher leaves for the day.

Before you go out into the field, you will get practice on what items you should be focusing on in the classroom and how to make meaningful observations while you are in the classroom. You’ll discuss your findings with your other group members and share your experience with the larger class.


 * Avalon School (Max 3 people)**

Group 1
 * 1) Rachelle Dupre
 * 2) Jordan
 * 3) Wil


 * South Saint Paul High School (Max 8 people).**

Group 1
 * 1) Jackie
 * 2) Danielle

Group 2
 * 1) Britta
 * 2) Pam

Group 3 Group 4
 * 1) Max
 * 2) Jesse


 * 1) James
 * 2) Nic


 * Oltman Middle School (Max 8 people)**

Group 1 - Art
 * 1) Darielle
 * 2) Tyler S

Group 2 - Language Arts
 * 1) ** Will J. **
 * 2) ** Sarah **
 * 3) ** Mike **

Group 3 - Math
 * 1) Simon
 * 2) **Brian**


 * Group Members Total 19**

Whitney