Description of Placement

Dogwood Elementary school is a public elementary school located in Woodlawn, Maryland.

Dogwood Elementary school is a Baltimore County school located right on the county/city line.

There are a total of 658 students enrolled at Dogwood this school year. The school is for Pre-K

5th grade. Of the 658 students enrolled at Dogwood, 82% of the students are African American,

7% are Hispanic, 5% are Asian, 4% of students are blended races, and 2% are Caucasian.

Dogwoods students are a diverse group of students.

Dogwood Elementary school uses several different classroom models depending on the needs of

the students. At Dogwood there are 29 classroom teachers, 3 special educators, 3 instructional

assistants and 3 administration. Most of the classes are inclusion classes in which special

educators and instructional assistants come into the classroom to provide support to those

students with IEPs and co teach with the general education teacher. Based on some of our

students needs and the goals in which they have on their IEPs, the special educators do have

several pull out groups which they work with in their resource room. In our building we also

have a behavior interventionist, three guidance counselors, and a social worker who come into

the classes to work with students with more severe behaviors and needs.

At Dogwood, the class sizes range from 21-27 students, depending on the grade and the needs in

the class. The classroom used for the purpose of my Evidence of Student Learning project is a 4th

grade inclusion classroom with 24 students. Of the twenty-four students in my classroom,

sixteen are girls and eight are boys. Our class is an inclusion class in which we have students

with 504s, IEPs and an ESOL learner.