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Claremont Academy<\/p><\/div>\n

For my year teaching English as a Master of Arts in Teaching candidate, I was placed at Claremont Academy in the Main South neighborhood in Worcester, Massachusetts. Claremont, which shares a building with Woodland Academy, an elementary school, is about a five minute walk northeast from the campus of Clark University. Claremont\u2019s motto is \u201cUbuntu,\u201d an African saying that translates as \u201cI am because we are.\u201d Teachers and administrators use the motto frequently and are continually inspiring students to use and intuit it.<\/p>\n

Claremont is a school of just over 500 students, grades 7-12. Classes are untracked, and thus my classes were very heterogeneous in terms of students with Individualized Education Plans, 504s, and those classified as English Language Learners. Of the 508 students enrolled at Claremont for 2015-2016, 73% are Hispanic (non-white), 12% are black, 8% are Asian, and 7% are white. 62% are eligible for \u201cFree & Reduced Lunch,\u201d and Claremont provides free breakfast for all of its students. The freshman class this year is comprised of exactly 100 students, while the graduating class of seniors is set to be around 55 students. There are 224 English language learners, L1-L5, at Claremont, comprising 44% of the student population. There are 32 students who are classified as L1 language learners. I have about ten students with EPL scores in my freshman class, and equally as many juniors.<\/p>\n

I was placed with two mentor teachers: Peter Weyler, who teaches 9th<\/sup> grade English as well as theatre classes, and Deirdre Carlson, who teaches 11th<\/sup> and 12th<\/sup> grade English classes. They each have over 25 years of teaching experience, and I have been continually grateful for their guidance and wisdom.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Weyler’s Room: My 9th Grade Base<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mrs. Carlson’s Room: My 11th Grade Home Base<\/p><\/div>\n

For my own teaching load, my duties this year were as follows: 1 section of 9th<\/sup> grade English, 1 section of 11th<\/sup>grade English, substitute teaching sections of ELA classes in the freshmen and seniors halls, and daily ELL support in two of Mr. Weyler\u2019s English classes.<\/p>\n

There were considerable challenges and rewards of writing curriculum and teaching for two grades. The 9th<\/sup>graders were highly energetic while the 11th<\/sup> graders were more reserved. I learned a great deal about managing and responding to student misbehavior with the freshman, while my time with the juniors was time I could use to think about insightful questioning. All of my students are capable of producing high-quality work, though some lacked motivation. It is my hope that this eFolio will show the nuanced layers of my year of student teaching and learning, my students, my practice, and the Claremont community.<\/p>\n

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Some Halloween Student Artistry<\/p><\/div>\n

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Student Writing from September<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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