"Diana,
To answer your questions...
-Parental involvement varies (student/parent compact requires parents to contribute or volunteer ~40 hours over the course of the school year). It kind of depends on the student.
-The school has an after school program that consists of ~1 hour of "homework time," 1 hour of some kind of program (sports, dance, robotics, etc.), and about half an hour or so of snack/break. Like many things, its effectiveness varies depending on how invested individual students are in learning and working.
-As for grade level, I can't quantify how many levels they're behind, but I can tell you that its fairly significant (though not insurmountable if the students themselves were more motivated). Most of the students seem willing enough to learn, but they're ridiculously lazy outside of the classroom.
-Humanities at my school is relegated to the 6th grade. Our school's pretty small, so any teacher in a given subject area/grade will teach all of the students for that grade level. Still, my principal encourages cross-curricular planning, which means it's possible to bridge history and language arts across classes (albeit with a different teacher for each subject area) into something vaguely resembling humanities core.
As for visiting, that's up to you to arrange with the administration. We're going on spring break from April 16-22, so it'd have to be this coming week. My school's phone number is (323)-987-1680 though I honestly don't know how my principal would respond to your request. (One quick note, principal's last name is Martinez now)."
To answer your questions...
-Parental involvement varies (student/parent compact requires parents to contribute or volunteer ~40 hours over the course of the school year). It kind of depends on the student.
-The school has an after school program that consists of ~1 hour of "homework time," 1 hour of some kind of program (sports, dance, robotics, etc.), and about half an hour or so of snack/break. Like many things, its effectiveness varies depending on how invested individual students are in learning and working.
-As for grade level, I can't quantify how many levels they're behind, but I can tell you that its fairly significant (though not insurmountable if the students themselves were more motivated). Most of the students seem willing enough to learn, but they're ridiculously lazy outside of the classroom.
-Humanities at my school is relegated to the 6th grade. Our school's pretty small, so any teacher in a given subject area/grade will teach all of the students for that grade level. Still, my principal encourages cross-curricular planning, which means it's possible to bridge history and language arts across classes (albeit with a different teacher for each subject area) into something vaguely resembling humanities core.
As for visiting, that's up to you to arrange with the administration. We're going on spring break from April 16-22, so it'd have to be this coming week. My school's phone number is (323)-987-1680 though I honestly don't know how my principal would respond to your request. (One quick note, principal's last name is Martinez now)."
Regarding visiting the campus, I'm so confused on what I should do. I would really love to visit and observe, but at the same time, I wouldn't want the principal to think that I'm desperate for the teaching position or think that it is already mine in a conceited sense.
Will think about the decision of visiting the campus a little bit more... Let me sleep on it.
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