Community and Student Profile

For EDu 379, we had to create a student and community profile for the school. When I first started I thought that the school wasn't that diverse. I do my practicum at Parker Elementary in Cortland, NY. Parker is a great school because the school is a very close knit family. Everyone knows everyone. I think this is great because when you have a close school like this, students will be ready to learn and teachers will be ready to teach.
Just within my practicum classroom, there are many different types of learners. There are kinetic learners, visual, textile and others. So, as you can imagine the school is very diverse and every student is different.
Something else I noticed is that in my class, the students are on different levels of where they are in learning. As a teacher this is where it is great to be a constructivist. If the teacher differentiates the lesson plan so that all students will learn in the way that they are comfortable, will lead to many positive results. My teacher is not very good at this. She doesnt differentiate the lesson and just teaches the traditional way of lecturing the children. The children get bored with this and they dont sit still. This is a problem that she is facing everyday with her class.
The range of communities that Cortland and the surrounding area has, is very diverse and students come form these communities with different mind sets.
So, the community and student profile is very diverse at Parker. This is something that I am going to have to consider when I become a Teacher!