Education

Education I did my observation at Ridgewood High School in Norridge Illinois. Ridgewood has approximately 1500 students. What is unique about Ridgewood high school is that they are one of the few schools that are on block scheduling instead of mod scheduling. One block is 90 minutes long. Each teacher teaches 3 blocks a day and has the 4th block for preparation. Ridgewood High School is very hi-tech for its time. It has at least one computer in each classroom. Every student has an email address through the school with a Ridgewood domain name. Ridgewood has it ‘s own server and hosts it’s own website. All lesson plans are on the Internet and attendance is taken on the computer and automatically sent to the attendance office. The attendance sheet is equipped with names and pictures of the students in each class. This is very helpful for substitute teachers. I did my observation with Mr. Robert St. John. Mr. St. John is one of six faculty members in the History Department. Mr. St. John teachers three history classes: Two World Cultures and one American History. students, class, teacher, each, group, about, one, minutes, time, events, homework, groups, current, classroom, topics, student, observation, knowledge, two, topic, over, points, skills, room, research, read, questions, pictures, main, goes, gives, work, takes, present