Observation Task 2 - Roles and responsibilities of the teacher

Focus: The MST

Objective: For student teachers to begin to understand the diverse nature of
teaching by observing a teacher for the day.
Procedure
1. Using the following checklist, observe the teacher throughout the day.
2. Write down what her/his roles and responsibilities were on the blank table, and record
how many minutes she spent on each activity.
3. Did the teacher do anything not on the checklists? Record what else she did.
4. What activities did you do/help the teacher with today?

Checklist What the teacher did…

Teacher roles and responsibilities. Time spent Roles and responsibilities…
 Signs in and out 30 min The teacher plays with the
 Attends the morning assembly children
 Deals with attendance issues 30 mins The teacher asks the children
 Does bus duty what they like and share it with
 Meets with parents/guardians their friends in the class
 Deals with disruptive behavior 10 mins The teacher checks on children
 Lesson preparation for bruising, cuts, unusual
 Playground/break duty marks, mosquitos’ bites nappy
 Deals with administration rashes, temperature and head
 Attends a meeting lice.
 Marking work 15 mins The teacher cleans up the
 Plans with colleagues classroom and wash the
 Tidies up the classroom children hands before snack
 Takes learners to other classes time
 Class teaching 1 hour Class teaching
 ? 10 mins Lesson preparation
 ? 1 hour Attends a meeting
 ? 15 mins Marking work
 ? 10 min Tidies up the classroom

Reflection
Write a summary of what you believe the main roles and responsibilities of a teacher are.

 What surprised you?

 What shocked you?
 What delighted you?