Elementary Education Formal Observation Form

Junior/Senior Intern

Student: Kelsey Brice Observer: Kari Gillespie Grade: 2

Date: 11/21/17 Time: 9:30-10:30 Subject: Bully Prevention

1. Classroom Climate/Culture - Student Behavior

YES NO
Intern communicates and maintains standards for appropriate classroom behavior.
Intern anticipates and acts on potential classroom disruptions.
Intern maintains positive classroom climate.
Intern responds to student behaviors appropriately.
Comments:
Glows: Excellent classroom management with redirection when needed without singling out a student. Awesome job
maintaining their interest and keeping them engaged.
Grows/Ideas: When having them go to any area altogether always dismiss students a few at a time.

2. Instruction - Instructional Time

Intern has materials, supplies, and equipment ready at the start of the lesson or activity.
Intern gets class started quickly.
Intern uses available time for learning and keeps students on task.
Comments:
Glows: Excellent job having everything ready and having the parts of the story and the questions already ready for
discussion. Way to use the discussion to keep the lesson moving and for having the exemplar already ready.
Grows/Ideas: Use students to pass out supplies so that you can be monitoring students work or continuing with the lesson.

3. Instruction - Instructional Planning and Presentation

Intern establishes links with prior learning and experiences.
Intern arranges learning activities to support standards.
Intern appropriately uses a variety of teaching styles.
Comments:
Glows: Way to get them hooked with a question and discussion.
Grows/Ideas: Maybe let them act out a scene or share their examples to take ownership of the learning more.

4. Instruction - Instructional Monitoring

Intern circulates to check performance and monitor progress.
Intern varies level of questioning.
Intern ensures that all students have the opportunity to participate.
Comments:
Glows: You did a good job letting students share their ideas, and picking on different students. Way to circulate the room.
Grows/Ideas: When circulating make sure to be giving feedback to students.

5. Impact on Student Learning - Facilitating Instruction

Intern establishes clear outcomes for learning.
Intern communicates learning outcomes to students.
Intern adjusts lesson based on student responses/ongoing assessment.
Intern connects learning outcomes to the NCSCOS.
Comments:
Glows: Way to share the outcome with the students.
Grows/Ideas: Write your objective or standard on your chart paper to refer back to as you teach or with the closure.
 6. Evaluation/Assessment - Instructional Feedback
Intern provides feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in-class work to encourage student growth.
Intern affirms correct oral responses appropriately and moves on.
Intern provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response by probing, repeating the question, giving a clue,
or allowing more time.
Comments:
Glows: Wait time is really hard, but you did a great job waiting for students and giving them that time!
Grows/Ideas: Have an exit ticket or closure to wrap up the lesson and check for understanding so you can provide adequate
feedback to students who may have struggled with the standard.
Strengths: Areas on which to focus:
-Excellent hook question -Think about what nonverbal cues you want to use to give
-Way to maintain classroom control, your student students the idea of being quiet and highlighting the
redirection is awesome as you address behavior quickly positive of the students doing the desired behavior.
and in a nurturing manor -When modeling, do the whole example with them instead
-Amazing academic language when students turned and of just part of what they were doing (for example: life up
talked. Having them restate and asking clarifying the flap and write an answer)
questions. -Immediately check in with students that you may know to
-Excellent wait time struggle copying down (if you have a supply helper then
-Way to use technology! you can go directly to those students)
-Awesome expectation of them writing in complete -You did a great job circulating the classroom, now start to
sentences! give more feedback as you do, show the examples of
-Way to bring back the previous knowledge and have them students who are doing it correctly (even better have them
write the definition in a complete sentence so you have it show their example)
up there again! -Closure-make sure you know students have understood
-Superb job being prepared! and are accountable for what they have learned (like
-I love the way that you used an already existing classroom showing you their goal folder)
procedure/tool (goal folders) to reinforce and keep them -Close the lesson-maybe revisit the definition and have a
accountable for what they have just learned and for a few students share their papers or one flap of their paper
reference to look back on.
-High five for using sentence frames!!

Were the learning outcomes for the students met? YES

NO
Did the interns/student teachers classroom management support the learning outcomes?
The student teachers classroom management is very strong and very supportive. Learning was evident and the lesson
flowed very smoothly.
Was the Teaching Behavior Focus goal achieved?
The teaching behavior focus goal was achieved and students were able to place it in their folders to refer back to throughout
the school year!
Student Intern Signature:______________________________________ Date:______________

Mentor Teacher Signature:___________________________________ Date:______________

University Supervisor Signature:___________________________________ Date:______________