Mrs. Sweaney: Student Interaction In The Classroom

To describe the interactions among the students and the teacher, I will start by describing a situation that occurred prior to Mrs. Sweaney’s class coming in to start the day. A yard-duty aide brought in a little boy who had been in Mrs. Sweaney’s class earlier in the year, but had been removed for unknown reasons. This little boy was so excited to see Mrs. Sweaney, as was she to see him. She wanted to know how he was doing and if he was enjoying school and his new teacher. She gave the little boy a big hug and listened to him as he spoke to her. Mrs. Sweaney noticed that the little boy’s arms were dirty, so she took him over to the sink and helped him wash off his arms and his hands so that he felt and looked cleaner. Seeing her interact with a student this way showed me how kind, patient, and caring she was towards children. When her students arrived to class, she was very energetic, happy to see them, and look forward to their day’s work. Mrs. Sweaney has a different attitude with her students in the sense that she is friendly, sweet, warm and welcoming, and always happy to see them, but she is also firm with them and wants them to learn about the choices they make and the consequences they have. Very often, during my time spent
Sweaney’s classroom but she did inform me that she does have an aide who comes in daily and spends a lot of time working with her RSP students, as well as the student who has Autism and the student suffering from the behavioral issues.
Mrs. Sweaney had all her classroom rules posted and clearly visible to all her students. She would go over the rules, if necessary to remind the students to control their behavior and make smart choices. I didn’t observe an exact behavior management program, Mrs. Sweeney had little cues and techniques she used when she needed the students to pay better attention or if they were getting out of hand during their group collaboration and