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Setting and Context Narrative - Education 1
Setting and Context Narrative - Education 1
the kids come first and by trying new methods as well when it comes to kids and teaching. One
of the cultures that the students see on a daily basis and learn is social emotional learning. This
practice at Boltz encourages the students to develop themselves to help them with their academic
progress. It also makes educators respect and value young adolescents. There are some programs
at Boltz that focus on social emotional learning but Boltz offers other programs to build a strong
community and focus on what the students enjoy. The best program or programs I have seen
while I was at Boltz is their sports teams. I personally never had sports when I was in middle
school and I wish I did because my friends and I rarely ever played competitively together. If we
did, we usually did it through club teams and were usually on different teams. I think sports can
bring together a group of students that may not usually come together which is why it creates
community. The best way parents are involved in the school is the family liaison. There are
people assigned to families that may not be able to speak English well giving every kid equal
access to education. Also to build on the culture, Boltz encourages appropriate behavior by doing
student shout outs every week. Boltz has done a great job building a community especially since
it has a wide diverse demographic with a heavy Latino population and has a lot of students with
financial needs. This is why social emotional learning is great for Boltzs and I think it's their
I would say that most of my kids were enthusiastic and rambunctious. There were a few
that are more reserved but they were still always excited and having fun while in P.E. They just
hung out more with their few specific friends and could really care less if I was in there. Only a
few of my students were more mature than the typical 6th grade student but the majority were
your typical 6th graders. They were cursing thinking it was cool and had no filter still like little
kids. All my students had a wide range of different interests and abilities. The majority of them
played a sport one way or another and they all were able to participate in anything we did in P.E.
Our class culture was very great especially with everyone participating and everyone playing
with everyone no matter their “social” status. There were some sportsmanship issues early on but
the students learned from it especially through restorative conversations with each other. The
demographics of my students were very similar to the schools overall demographics. A large
Latino population when it comes to boys and girls as well as white students.
Most of the instructional strategies used by Mr. Janicki was being short and sweet. He
understands that kids don’t have the attention span to sit there and listen forever especially since
he came from an elementary school. He does get all his information across still that is important
for them to learn. Mr. Janicki also does not tell the students to be quiet, he just waits for them to
be ready and for them to give him their ultimate attention. Because ultimately P.E is a fun class
and they are just wasting their own time. There were very few if not none assessments in Mr.
Janicki’s class. It was more a “try your best” attitude everyday. So basically just show up and
participate. The few assessments that we did were the pacer and push up test. But Mr. Janicki
didn’t grade those and just wanted them to do their best and they should work on making goals.