Field Post Beachwood Middle School

When we attended Beachwood middle school it was very interesting. The first class I visited was Mr. Millers math class. The class had a very normal room set up. White board up front by his desk. The students had straight rows. While I was watching Mr. Millers actions I could tell he connected with the students very well. He was able to make little jokes at each student. One student talked up and Mr. Miller said he lost his job whatever it was, later on he gave him the job back. It was easy to see that the two had a good relationship. He emphasized what his others students did. What I mean is mistakes made in the other classes. Repeats examples from other classes that the students remember. He also did examples that related to the students it seemed like. Whatever they enjoyed he would talk about in a sense. He asks repeatedly if they understand the concepts. He informed them that asking questions is okay, nothing is wrong with not knowing information. Towards the end of class he let them get in groups and do homework. He gave them a compliment saying "you guys were so good today we will end early and you can start homework." Almost giving them incentive to keep doing good in class. While they were working a student asked a question he got down on one knee at her level and listened to her question really caring for the student.
The second classroom I visited was Mrs. Urbanski. She was a very different teacher. The first information I have down is she immediately talked down to her students. It seemed like the class was a dictatorship. If you do anything wrong you seemed to get yelled at. She tried to get the students to laugh but would get frustrated right after. Some good things I thought she did was she had students go up to the board and right on it.  Making them feel very involved. Also she asked what steps they like doing the most when it came to the Greatest Common Factor.
I could tell the two classes were very different. The first seemed like the class you always picture. The second was one you thought would never happen. The students all seemed to enjoy the first class and understood the information fine. The second they did not seem happy even though they understood the information. Overall it was a great first experience.