It is a state requirement that all students enrolled in EDUC 1325 complete a 16 hour field study. You will complete all forms and submit to your instructor along with a
4-5 page paper describing your visit and observations. You must earn a 70% or above on this paper to receive a grade for this class.
You need to visit a bilingual or ESL EC-12 th grade classroom. These visits may be in a public, private or charter school at any grade level. You will need to call a school or visit a school to request permission. You may be asked to submit a Criminal
Background check form. Most school districts are requesting this approval prior to anyone visiting the classrooms for any length of time. You will need the school to complete some of the forms that have been given to you by your instructor.
The length of each visit may be determined by you and your school. You may want to visit 8 times for 2 hours. You may want to visit 4 times for 4 hrs. You may ask to do volunteer work during your visit or you may just sit and observe. This will be between you and your teacher.
You must write one paper describing all visits.
You will include in your paper:
Name of school
Classroom setting
Number of students in class
Type and grade of class (bilingual or ESL)
Description of the children and their English skills
Anything that interested you during your visits
Teaching:
-examples of scaffolding
-what successful attributes did you observe and give an example
-types of communication between teacher and student (examples)
-how did the teacher include the child in the lesson
-did teacher recognize all children (describe your answer)
-did teacher favor one child over others (describe)
Assessments:
-what type of assessments/
-were they effective
-what was the purpose
Classroom management:
-what type (examples)

-effectiveness
-clarity
V.
Language:
-how much English was spoken in the classroom by the teacher and
the student?
-give examples of how English and the child’s native language were
correlated in the classroom (private discussions, directions,
instruction, etc.)
-what were your thoughts on the use of the native language and
English in the classroom?