Group 5 presented their presentation on chapter eight from the text, Introduction to Teaching. Chapter 8 is about the Organization of American schools. They covered many topics about the organization of schools.
What is a school? At the simple level it is a place where teacher teach and students learn. At a more complicated level, it is a social institution with established structures and rules designed to promote certain goals. Those goals are: academic which helps a student gain knowledge and skills, social and civic, which guides young people to become productive members of society, vocational, which prepares students for the world of work, and personal which helps students develop as healthy happy individuals.
Their presentation talked about school personnel, and what each job entails, such as the principal, vice principal, teachers, secretaries, media center specialist, and the physical plant staff such as custodians, and cafeteria workers. They talked about how schools can be effective, and they gave one example that I really liked. Staffing teachers who think they can teach and think they can make a difference, and I do think that is a very important aspect to being an effective teacher. Next they talked about different school levels, early childhood through high school. From there they went into non-traditional ideas in relation to schools such as virtual classrooms, 4-day school week, all day kindergarten, and block scheduling schools. Overall, I think they covered a lot of material, and put on a very professional presentation.
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