Reflection On Field Experience

For my Education 2130 Field Experience sight I was placed in a twelfth-grade special education British Literature class at Lumpkin County High School. Luckily, I was placed with an unparalleled teacher who cared for her students as if they were her children. Before walking into Lumpkin County, I had never observed in a high school before, so I was anxious of what was to come. Throughout the course of this semester I was exposed to many aspects of what it meant to be an intentional teacher that I will remember forever and use in my classroom in the future.
Field Experience Site
This school is one of the state of Georgia’s thousands of public schools. Before this semester for my field experience, I had never gone to Lumpkin County High school, or any public school in Lumpkin County for that matter, so I had no clue what I was going into when the semester began. As I
Since this was an older grade level class many of the students did not want to ask for help even when they needed it, so I would try my best to ask them if I could do anything to help them.The students in this British Literature course were all exceptional learners, and according to Salvin this meant, “any individuals whose physical, mental, or behavioral performance is so different from the norm—either higher or lower—that additional services are required to meet their needs” (Salvin 2012 pg. 303). I spoke to Mrs. Endicott, their teacher one day and asked her questions about the class and how the school determined which students needed to be in this course. She informed me that based on the requirements set by the country, this course was the least restrictive environment for the students. When I spoke Mrs. Endicott about the class we had not read the chapter on learning disabilities in our textbook so, I was unsure of what this meant and decided it would be best to research the topic. From my