Classroom Context

THE WILIAM J. CLARK MIDDLE SCHOOL

Ms. Sanderson | Professional Clinical Practice Fall

2016 | September 21, 2016

Descriptive paragraph of THE

William J. Clark Middle School
THE William J. Clark Middle School is located on 919 Bennett
Avenue in Orangeburg, South Carolina. The middle school is operated
by Principal Zimmerman, Vice Principal Hickson and Vice Principal
Houston as well as the 40.5 teachers and the 696 students. There is a
17:1 student-teacher ratio. The school is ran on a block schedule with
school beginning at 7:50 am and ending at 3:45 pm on Monday,
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Tuesday, the blocks are shorter and
school is dismissed at 2:00 pm.
I, Ms. Sanderson, am assigned to Ms. Tyler: a sixth grade English
Language Arts teacher. She has great classroom management and uses
productive instructional strategies to keep her students engaged and
learning. She has 21 years of teaching experience.
In her first block class there are a total of 26 students. Sixteen of the
students are male and ten are female. Fourteen of the students are
African American males, eight are African American females, two
Caucasian males, one Caucasian female and one Hispanic female.
Twenty of the twenty-six students have an Individualized Education
Plan. Most days there are four adults in the classroom including Ms.
Tyler, the special education teacher, one of the students shadow, and
myself. This class is the most well behaved class Ms. Tyler has. This
class block begins at 7:50 and ends at 9:20.
Second block begins at 9:23 and is dismissed at 10:53. In the second
block class there are a total of twenty-five students. Fifteen of the
students are male and ten are female. Thirteen African American
males, ten African American females, one Hispanic male, and one
Asian male.

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Third block begins at 11:19 and ends at 12:49. The class has a total of
twenty-three students. Fifteen of the students are male and eight are
female. Fourteen of the males are African American and one is
Hispanic. Seven of the females are African American and one is
Hispanic. This particular class is different because they are very
capable of doing great work but they are disruptive.
Fourth block begins at 12:52 and ends at 2:22. There are a total of
twenty-four students in the class with twelve being male and twelve
being female. Ten of the males are African American, one is Caucasian,
and one is Asian. Ten of the females are African American, one is
Caucasian, and one is Hispanic. There are a two students who have
behavioral problems but there are even more students who behave
exceptionally well!

Student Success Bulletin Board in Ms. Tylers

Classroom

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Materials and Resources

BELOW: In this photo are four computers located inside the classroom available to
the students who may want to take their Reading Counts test and do research for
class assignments.

LEFT: This is a display

of the books that are
available to the
students for Reading
Counts points while in
the classroom. Also the
shelf on the left hand
side is where Ms. Tyler
keeps the students
graded papers,
reference sources,
scissors, and class
textbooks/workbooks.

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Classroom Displays

LEFT: This is an inspirational

quote about writing to
motivate the students! The
sign in the photo represents
the five steps in the writing
process.

.BELOW: This is a picture of the front of the classroom including Ms. Tylers desks,
the STAR board, and the white board.

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Welcome to
the Super
Class! This is a
photo of the
outside of Ms.
Tylers
classroom. On
the small green
board to the
right of the
door, Ms. Tyler,
always writes
the day of the
week!

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The photograph below is how Ms. Tyler has her desk arranged for
whole class instruction. She has very high expectations for the students
who are selected to sit at the front of each row. They are known as
VIP. They keep their row members on task and make sure they are
prepared for class!

LEFT: This is a photo of

the painting in the
classroom encouraging
students to read and
tips to staying focused!
CAUTION, Adventure
Ahead!
SLOW, READ WITH
UNDERSTANDING!
STAY ALERT!

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Additional Photographs of the School

LEFT: Orangeburg
Consolidated School District
Fives Mission and Goals are
clearly outline and stated in
the photograph

ABOVE: This is a display of students artwork in the main hallway of the school.

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TO THE LEFT: This is a

bulletin board in the
hallway to encourage
students to become
successful!

TO THE LEFT: This

is a piece of artwork
located in the front
office to remind the
staff, students and
parents to
remember to work
together so that
everyone can be
successful!

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Labeled Diagram of the Classroom

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