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Field Observation In The Classroom

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Introduction As I attended my last field observation, distraught that I would have to wait five months until my next school visit but eager to close the school year, my exhausted brain perked up at something that Mrs. Pollard, the elementary general music teacher at Hartwood Elementary School, said: “The best teaching results from when your mind shifts from what you are doing to what they are doing.” In this case, “they” was referring to the students in the classroom, and this statement made me reflect on my assignments and experiences so far in the music education program at Duquesne University. I realized that the best teachers that I have seen so far are constantly attentive to their students; they are constantly giving of their time and energy, and take little to no time to think of themselves because their mannerisms and abilities have been put on “auto-pilot.” What Mrs. Pollard says sums up the ideal attitude for any teacher, and I will use what she said each time I teach and each time I observe other teachers. I observed three different teachers during my second semester of my freshman year at Duquesne: Mr. Jeff Leonhardt at Streams Elementary School in Upper St. Clair school district, Mrs. Amy Davidson at Jefferson …show more content…

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