Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont CGU Theses & Dissertations CGU Student Scholarship 2019 Thoughts of a first year teacher: Know Your Students Caitlin King Recommended Citation King, Caitlin. (2019). Thoughts of a first year teacher: Know Your Students. CGU Theses & Dissertations, 139. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/139. doi: 10.5642/cguetd/139 This Open Access Master's Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the CGU Student Scholarship at Scholarship @ Claremont. It has been accepted for inclusion in CGU Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholarship @ Claremont. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Running Head: THOUGHTS OF A FIRST YEAR TEACHER: KNOW YOUR STUDENTS/KING 1 Thoughts of a first year teacher: Know Your Students Caitlin King Claremont Graduate University Teacher Education Program May 2018-May 2019 THOUGHTS OF A FIRST YEAR TEACHER: KNOW YOUR STUDENTS/KING 2 Table of Contents Dedication ……………………………………………………………………………………. 3 Abstract ……………………………………………………………………………………….5 Preface ………………………………………………………………………………………...6 Part A: Who am I and Why do I Want to be a Teacher? …………………………………….7 Part B: Who are My Students? ……………………………………………………………...16 a. Case Study 1: Sean Rodriguez ……………………………………………...16 b. Case Study 2: Sarah Hernandez …………………………………………....26 c. Case Study 3: Taylor Cruz ………………………………………………….35 d. Concluding Thoughts on Case Studies ……………………………………..46 Part C: What is Happening in my Community, School, and Classroom? ……………….47 Part D: Analysis of Teacher Effectiveness ………………………………………………....69 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………...88 References …………………………………………………………………………………....89 Appendices …………………………………………………………………………………..90 THOUGHTS OF A FIRST YEAR TEACHER: KNOW YOUR STUDENTS/KING 3 Dedication This Ethnographic Narrative is dedicated to a multitude of people. First I would like to thank my family who endlessly support me in all of my endeavors.