HOW SCHOOLS WORK:
MY PERSONAL
INTERVIEW
ABA 610
FALL 2020
CONTENTS
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School Information/Demographics
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Covid’s new school layout
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Interview Questions
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Reference Course Information
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Connecting it to ABA
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Summary of what I learned
JACOBSON
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in Rush City, Minnesota
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Population of 3,079
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Chosen because I attended this
school
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Has about 454 students Pk-6
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36% on free or reduced lunch
program
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Student to teacher ration is 17:1
HOW COVID-19 HAS EFFECTED THE NEW SCHOOL
YEAR
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The younger grades will be doing in person learning with social distancing guidelines in
place. Families will have an online option if requested.
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The students are not allowed to enter the building until 8am.
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All students will be on a staggered schedules based on grades and transportation
options.
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Breakfast/Lunch will be had in the student’s classrooms. No longer in the lunchroom
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Playgrounds will be closed to all
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On Wednesday’s students will all have to distance learn so that the building can be
properly cleaned.
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Cross Country is the only fall sport for this year
BACKGROUND OF TEACHER
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With Covid-19, it was hard to find a teacher who was open to doing an interview.
Most did not know even if they would be going back to distance learning or a
hybrid model.
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The teacher that I chose to interview was my aunt who works at Jacobson
Elementary as a 1
st
grade teacher.
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She has been a teacher for 17 years at Jacobson Elementary. She holds a
Masters in Education from Saint Cloud State University. She also completed her
undergrad at the same school.
INTERVIEW QUESTION:
WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE
TO TEACH 1
ST
GRADE AND NOT ANY OTHER?
