Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Prompt 1 First experience at Edmund W. flynn Elementary School

My first experience at Edmund W. Flynn Elementary School was great, ounce I was near the school I was able to notice that this elementary school is a couple of blocks from Rhode Island hospital so there is a lot of traffic all day, parking was not a problem, due to the fact that they have a lot of space for staff to park in the back of the school. Most of the houses in this neighborhood are ether 3 family houses or just buildings. Upon entering the school I had to wait a few minutes until someone open the door, so door are lock all day for securities reasons. The reading coach Ms Gallant was very excite and happy to see us, at the end she gave us a tour of the school, we spend most of the mourning taking about the different steps and process that we have to use went we are helping the students. I was very impress with the way they have the classes, the rooms were perfect a lot of pictures, very colorful and clean. This school is very diverse, 59% of the students are Hispanic, 31% are African American, 6% are white and 3% Asian. The performance progress of Edmund W. Flynn is a little below Rhode Island elementary schools, about 25% of the students are receiving ESL also know as Bilingual Education Services. One of the facts that surprise me the most was that about 50% of teachers in this school have been there 3 years or less.

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