Classroom Environment Analysis

According to the article “The Classroom Environment” the environment a school creates “shapes how teachers and students will feel, think, and behave, and its qualities can have a lasting effect on our lives.” For these reasons, the environment in which a school creates plays a very important role in many peoples lives: the students, their families, the teachers, and the community. It can either work for or against those involved, which is why it is always one of the main concerns for schools. A predominately white (97.6%) elementary school located in rural Illinois that serves students aged pre-kindergarten through fifth grade has an average class size of roughly 26 students and a total school enrollment of approximately 174 students. The school district contains two separate buildings, one being the elementary building and the other the junior high and high school combined. A third grade practicum teacher in this district scored this elementary school with assistance from the classroom teacher. The total score took a few different categories into consideration: the …show more content…
The classroom should be a place that promotes student learning and encourages students to be themselves. Doing this, however, is not as easy as it may seem. The article states that, “creating a literate classroom environment where students learn together requires design knowledge.” Teachers, staff, and administrators must be very particular in their ways in which they set up, organize, and build not only the classroom, both the school as well. The foundation starts here and the community and parents build off of it. If the school provides a solid foundation that encourages students, parents, and staff to work together to create the best learning environment possible for the students and parents, the school will be