MCT Observation Feedback Form

Grade Level: Grade 2 Subject: Science (integrated lesson)

Trainee’s name: Maryam Rashed School: VIPS
MST (mentor’s) name: Ms Kimone Date: 30 October 2019

The MST (Mentor School Teacher) will use this form to formally observe the trainee’s performance and to give feedback based on the
selected teaching competencies.

Commitment to the Profession

Comments:
- Maryam’s demeanour is very professional, as always.

Planning for Learning

Comments:
- Lesson plan is complete and was sent in advance. 21st century skills: now excellent 😊😊
- Excellent choice of video!
- Excellent 1st worksheet (supported by pictures and by starter activity).
- Second worksheet was not supported as well by the teaching. However, this activity is appropriately
differentiated.

Managing Learning
Comments:
- The lesson was started very assertively – great!
- The students are extremely well behaved during the learning activity (they even encourage each
other to whisper when they speak!!!)
- Maryam reminds students that they have 2 minutes left to complete the worksheet.
- Maryam effectively uses many strategies to manage behaviour (not sure about encouraging them
with promise of chocolate though! – It’s a strategy, but not one that should be used too often!!)
- “Class class” ; “Yes yes” – works great!
- Students listen to Maryam and immediately adhere to her requests.
- Plants/cups are well managed: Maryam asks students to place them in specifics spots.
- Maryam STOPS the lesson (good!) and corrects behaviour of a few students who are being loud.
Maryam does a very good job regaining order 😊

Implementing Learning
Comment:
- “What did you learn from the video?”, asks Maryam.
She receives many good responses. Well done.
- Maryam repeats the key brainstormed information and sends students back to their groups.
- Make sure you get the students SPEAKING as much as possible (every time there is an opportunity for
them to speak in English).
- Maryam gives clear, concise and well sequenced instructions.
- Students are given a worksheet to do. Maryam says “if you have a question, raise your hand and ask
me”. Great.

See back
 - The worksheets seem to be level appropriate: not too easy and not too challenging either. The
pictures displayed on the screen (at the front of the class) are a great help 😊😊😊
- Repeat instructions more than once, and also ask students to repeat them.
- Hands on learning activity: students are super happy and excited to be planting seeds.
- 2nd worksheet was lacking some teaching. There was a learning opportunity to be exploited there - an
opportunity for higher order questioning and higher order thinking. The concept of prediction could
have been better exploited.
- Try to PUSH the students more!! Ask high order questions. Introduce challenging concepts (like
‘prediction’) and support students to make sense of these concepts.
- No plenary????

Assessment
Comments:
- Maryam says she will adequately assess students according to the worksheets

Reflection on Practice
Comments:
- Maryam was able to reflect on the challenges experienced during her lesson. We decided that she
would try to ‘push’ (or stretch) the students a bit more whenever there is an opportunity to do so.

A few spoken English errors were heard. For example:

- “First put the seeds, then the cotton balls …… and then few water” (say instead “… and then a little bit of
water)
- “Why you don’t be quiet!” (say “Why don’t you be quiet?”)