Immersion Research \u2013 Guided Tour and Two Classes<\/p>\n
The type of interactive immersion that I conducted was a Guided Tour and sitting in on a CTE class and on the start of an English class.<\/p>\n
On the guided tour:<\/strong><\/p>\n Principal Eid took us around the school and pointed out his favorite parts.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We started in the principal\u2019s office, walked past the gym which he did not even point out.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Then he walked us down the Arts hallway. It was lined with lockers, and above the lockers were banners from the shows that Clay has put on. On the other side of the hall were classrooms and he showed us the orchestra classroom, the learning piano classroom (where they have a bunch of keyboards set up in front of computers), and the dance classroom (where some sort of interpretive dance\/yoga activity was going on).<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We then followed him past the cafeteria. The cafeteria is small, and the colors are not pleasant. It is probably one of the most unattractive rooms in the whole building.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He showed us the inside of the CTE classes \u2013 the dental program, doctor program, auto\/car program and the welding program.<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 He was really passionate and excited about these.<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Talked about how great they were for the kids, and how only Clay offers them — but kids from the other high school\u2019s can bus to Clay to take the programs<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After that we walked down some halls and saw the academic classrooms but did not check inside as there were classes going on.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There seemed to always be students in the hall\u2019s and Principal Eid was constantly asking them to return to class.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He really emphasized: <\/strong><\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 The Arts and CTE aspects (first things he showed us).<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 How safe the building was (safety patrol people, police officer, gates, policies).<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 The quality of the teachers \u2013 he introduced us to almost all of them who we saw.<\/p>\n In the English class\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I was only present in this class for the first 15 minutes, but it pretty much took the teacher the whole time I was there to calm the class down<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kids kept walking in late and she would be stern with them<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kids showed up without pencils or paper<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Her classroom was colorful and exciting, the walls were covered in pictures<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was evident that the kids in the class who were not excited to learn dominated.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There may have been dedicated students, but it was not evident who they were.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The teacher was kind to the students, patient, and clearly well-educated.<\/p>\n In the CTE class\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The CTE class was welding<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The teacher of the class is a past Clay graduate himself<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kids walked in and the teacher told them to go get dressed in their welding gear<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The kids in the class respected their teacher, he didn\u2019t take any of their sass or procrastination<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There were challenges they had to meet written on the board, and the kids seemed motivated<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The class seemed to be structured more around building their specific skills, and there was no lecture portion<\/p>\n I personally felt:<\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That the school was a little boring looking for an Arts building. I had imagined more visual elements, more artwork displayed, and more colorful hallways.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was beige all over, and could have been a little cleaner.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Potential Idea: have an art class have a unit focused on how to make the school look better each year.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That there were a weird amount of student\u2019s wandering the halls at any given time.<\/p>\n –\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 That the staff we interacted with really care about the school and students.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Immersion Research \u2013 Guided Tour and Two Classes The type of interactive immersion that I conducted was a Guided Tour and sitting in on a CTE class and on the start of an English class. 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