Kelsey Marchant

I am working with two different teachers. The 6th grade teacher seems to mostly use the behaviorism theory. She has a square on her white board that the students can earn points as a class through good behavior to add to everyday, once they reach a certain amount of points they get a reward such as a pizza party or extra PE time. Additionally she gave the incentive multiple times that if they could stay on task and finish their work at school they would not have to do the additional homework for that evening. Occasionally she seems to add in more of a constructivism approach through interactive videos and questions, but I would say that her teaching style and theory is almost primarily rooted in behaviorism.  The Kindergarten teacher seems to really use a variety of all of the theories simultaneously. She will be conducting a hands on activity such as painting (constructivism), while keeping it exciting and engaging for the kids and easy to follow and therefore remember (cognitiv...

I am going to be splitting my service hours between two schools. I will be doing one portion at Midvalley Elementary in a kindergarten class, and I will be doing the other portion at Jackling Elementary in a 6th grade class. At Midvalley Elementary 69% of students are considered low-income and there is a very diverse group of students. Their tests scores are below state averages. The surrounding neighborhood is very diverse and has people of many different socioeconomic and racial backgrounds. At Jackling Elementary over 75% of their students are considered low-income and many of them speak English as a second language. They have very poor test scores at this school but that is likely due in part to possible language and cultural barriers. As far as what I know about the surrounding neighborhood it is mostly low-income and many of the families speak English as a second language. I have learned that I will get the opportunity to work with a very diverse group of kids. I chose to spl...