Cleveland Heights High School
As a class, we went to Cleveland Heights High School to have our second class experience. While I plan on going into the middle school level, I am always interested to see different teaching styles and methods. We learned about how the school was split up into five smaller schools and how the R.E.A.L. school was run. The classes are accelerated and the students can finish their four years in two. I think that they look at teaching and school much like some of the authors of the texts that we have been reading. They strive for the student to succeed and it seemed to be a very cool way to operate, especially at the high school level.
We went into a freshman level math class taught by Mr. Flynn. The seats were arranged in rows facing the front of the room. They were reviewing for an upcoming test and discussing different problems and what they should know for the test. Because it was review, it was less about problem posing teaching and he had to form that discussion in order to make sure they knew what they were doing. He had the students involved and answering questions about the review. Not everyone was paying attention, but he got their attention back to the work in a respect way that got them to pay attention. The students seemed to respect him and were aware that he was in charge while also knowing that they had rights in the classroom.
Overall, I liked how the classroom was run and the student-teacher interactions. The school seems to emphasize this interaction and hold it to a high level of concern. I think that the classroom and the scores and the format of what students learn need to come sightly behind in priority to the respect between student and teacher. If both parties get along and have a common sense of respect, everything that is desired of a classroom can fit into the equation. I hope that, when I have my own classroom and am a teacher, I also encapsulate the essence of respect and the dignity of each and every single one of my students.
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