Observation Stage

Student teaching practice

Name of student: Fernanda Muñoz Fuentes.
Name of School: Escuela Particular Nº20 San Luis.
Number of students: 23
Date: April 16, 2010
Class: 6th grade.

Observation stage

Task 1:
The school and Learning Environment

The school

The San Luis School is located at 395 Cirilo Armstrong Avenue in Alegre’s Hill, Valparaiso. The school is a two story building. San Luis School has clear educational behavioral policies because, discipline is a very important issue here, but it is not based on authoritatism. The school also cares about the appreciation of our own culture; many activities are thought for kids to develop values and respect for Chilean customs.

The Classroom

The classroom is not big but it has just the size children need. The classroom has a whiteboard, four sight lines where not only the teacher, but also the students can walk easily around the room.The school also has a special room where you can find computers. Another important point which is related to this room is that each grade must use it a complete week, it means, each teacher needs a special lesson plan in order to use the technology that you can find there. Moreover, the school has radios, data shows and notebooks teachers can use every time they need.

The Activities and Resources

a) In every class, the English teacher uses a data show because he thinks students like technology and that is true, most of the time students ask to the teacher if he needs help with these elements, but in my opinion, the guide teacher wastes few time when he has to set this element in the classroom, meanwhile, kids are running around the classroom, laughing and screaming. So, I would like to give him a piece of advice in order to improve the pre stage.

b) The school has few technology resources, but they are well used thou, since teachers can use them whenever they want. Unfortunately, each classroom does not have these tools, so teachers must carry them from Teachers Room.