I chose the K-12 grade self-contained classroom for various reasons. First, the environment contains about twenty and thirty students, allowing every learner to interact with their peers. According to Barnes et al. (2021), observing children in a self-contained classroom is much easier based on the increased interactions between teachers and students. Secondly, the type of environment focuses on small groups, making the assessment of close-knit space more viable. Thirdly, self-contained classrooms in K 12 grade foster creativity and safety learning for students; thus, I selected the environment to increase security and one-on-one attention among the smaller groups created within such classrooms.
The information in the Clinical Field Experience A provided me with a lot of information that will impact my future career. I gained knowledge about effective classroom management theories and will incorporate behaviorist, humanistic, cognitive, and psychoanalytic theories in attaining safe environments among teachers. I will use the findings to improve my professional practice, especially the working experiences among paraprofessionals, teachers, and other faculty members. First, I will be able to understand the expectations of learners based on the course outline before delegating duties and responsibilities to the trained aides in education. Secondly, I will learn the required activities for every lesson and share them with fellow teachers to increase learning and collaboration completion rates. Thirdly, the information from the clinical field experience will enhance my interactions with other faculty members in scheduling learning activities. For instance, I will use intelligence to identify the best approaches of arranging classrooms; angled rows with desks will be the most utilized organization.
In conclusion, I will use the results from my clinical field experience to understand the procedures for creating a safe, productive, positive learning environment. The information will allow me to work with teachers to realize safe and accessible spaces where learners are willing to share their thoughts and ideas about phenomena. I will be able to discuss the approaches of judgment in a class setting with other faculty members to increase inclusive learning in such environments. The application of open feedback will also be implemented based on the findings of the observation.
Reference
Barnes, T. N., Cipriano, C., & Xia, Y. (2021). Cultivating effective teacher–paraprofessional collaboration in the self-contained classroom. Beyond Behavior, 30(2), 107–115. Web.