Teaching in Charter Schools (Part 2)

I also observed a math classroom at another Summit charter school. Here is what I recorded in my notes. The Precalculus class began at 10:40 and ended at 12:15. Ethan Edwards is in his third year of teaching at Summit. He was a math major at University of California, Santa Cruz and got his credential to teach at the University of California. Before coming to Summit, he, like other Summit teachers who have been at the high school beyond one year, floats to different classrooms in the building; first-year teachers have one classroom the entire day. So at the beginning of the Block 2 class, he and a few students are shoving tables into rows facing the front to get ready for his class. Four tables sitting two students each in three rows accommodated the 24 students who arrived. Like all Summit classrooms, there was an LCD projector and screen at front of room that showed slides as the teacher clicked keys. The agenda for the day is on the screen. “* Warm Up Analysis * Essay Overview…