Teacher Interview
Interview Elementary School Teacher (75 points):
See Course Schedule for Due Date
Each student will conduct a confidential interview with an Elementary school teacher (via phone, e-mail, face to face, etc.). A type a 5 to 7-page paper will reflect the conversation with the teacher about parent involvement, community support, and the interaction between teacher/child and child/child
This assignment is used to assess the following SLO’s:
Analyze theories of socialization that address the interrelationship of child, family, and community.
Analyze and evaluate the factors that both positively and negatively influence the socialization of the child.
Critique strategies that support and empower families through respectful, reciprocal relationships to involve all families in their children’s development and learning.
Part I.
Background/Introduction of The Teacher
Students must start the paper by providing the background of the teacher, such as name (first name only), the school, grade teacher, and other pertinent information. The paper must be written in an essay/paragraph format… You can write in Question and Answer format.
Interview Information
Then proceed with the provided 12 questions (must include all 12 questions and may add more questions if necessary to expand):
How much parent participation do they encourage?
How much do they have?
What are the ways families can become involved in the school?
What do they believe is the value of parent collaboration?
What do they believe is negative about parent participation?
How much does parent involvement affect the children’s developmental needs?
What do you do to support and empower families in their children’s development and learning? Give specific strategies.
How do the family, school, and community work together to support the children?
What linkages are influential in the school’s ability to socialize?
What do you think influences the socialization of the child? Give positive and negative factors. Be specific.
Is there any evidence of interrelationship between child, family, school, and community?
and if so, please discuss specifically by providing concrete examples.
Please add any other pertinent questions you may think of.
Note: reference appropriate text material to support your findings. Focus on ch.3, 4, 5,7,10
Part II.
Observation Information
Each student will observe or ask an elementary teacher regarding the following: could expand the questions
Describe teacher interactions with both male and female students. Provide a specific example.
Describe Peer interactions; Girl and boy interactions;
Were there any differences observed? If so, in what were they?
Did the differences mirror societal expectations of male and female behavioral patterns?
What are the positive and negative factors that influence the socialization of the child?
Note: reference appropriate text material to support your findings.
Part III.
Analysis
A). Interrelationship of Child, Family, and Community:
From your interview and observation, which do you feel and think illustrates the interrelationship between the child, family, and the community. Describe the answers. Refer to the text. Discuss and relate, very specifically, all 3 theories (Erickson, Maslow, and Bronfenbrenner) of socialization that addresses the interrelationship of child, family, and community, and school.
B) Positive and Negative factors: From your interview, identify factors that both positively and negatively influence the socialization of the child and explain the effect it has on the child.
C) Strategies: From your interview, categorize strategies that support and empower families to involve in their children’s development and learning.
Note: For this part, you can look back at your family interview.
Part IV.
Conclusion / Closing Thoughts
Write a brief paragraph in which you discuss
Discuss at least 4 significant concepts learned from the assignment.
Explain to how information learned will be used for future growth—as
a parent/teacher/community member/ etc.
Provide an “action plan” with three specific goals based on this assignment
Anything else you would like to share regarding the assignment.
What to Include in your Paper
Order of the paper:
Title page/cover page
Background/Introduction of The Teacher
Interview Information
Observation Information
Analysis- 3 components to discuss in the analysis part
Conclusion / Closing Thoughts
Reference / Work Cited Page
Remember to check for:
The format of the paper must be an essay/paragraph and APA format. Please do not turn
in question/answer format paper.
Must edit the paper for spelling, grammar, format, punctuation, etc.
Must have a cover page with, name, the title of the class, course #, section #, date submission, instructor’s name
See the course schedule for the due date. See the grading rubric. (Send via blackboard as an attachment; do not e-mail).
Review the grading rubric before submitting the paper. Try grading yourself and see if you are missing any information… By doing so, you can make the necessary revision before submitting the paper.
