Assignment:
Out-of-Class Assignment: Teacher Observation
Let this observation be for 4th ELA....
Please complete one observation of teaching in a school. Meet with your building administrator to discuss your assignment. You will be using the observation/evaluation tool used by your district/building for teacher observations. You should observe in the classroom for a minimum of 40 minutes. Ask the teacher's permission to observe. Tell him/her that you are in a class where you are learning how to collect data on teaching. Be sure that the teacher knows you will be taking notes during your observation. Prior to your observation, conduct a pre-observation conference with the teacher and find out what the teachers says will be the objectives of the lesson. When providing feedback cite best practices of teaching based on the literature (cite references) and make this available to the teacher. Also during the post observation conference Provide a plan for continued improvement procedures and assistance with methods for long term professional growth.
Your paper will be organized as follows...
Title Page: Observation of Teaching
Introduction (1 to 2 paragraph minimum)
This brief section will be an overview of the assignment. This section should discuss research on the following topics: How to Pre-conference (observation) and Post-conference (observation) with a teacher, how to best actively observe classroom instruction as an evaluator, how to develop as an evaluator a professional growth plan for the teacher. (4 references minimum)
Pre-observation Conference This section will discuss your conference with the teacher regarding what lesson you will be observing.
Observation This section will discuss your procedures, observation tool used, and observation of the lesson.
Post Conference This section will discuss your analyzed data from the observation tool as well as instructional improvement.
Professional Growth This section will discuss and give suggestions for long term professional growth and best practices. This should also include research support and citations from your research findings for your suggestions.
Questions This section will discuss the following two questions: What do you think were the most important patterns in this teaching? What would you do differently on your next observation?
Summary (1 to 2 paragraph minimum) This brief section will be a summary of the important implications of this assignment.
References Support your improvement plan with at least five (5) scholarly references.
Observation Tools: Your original evaluation tool/handwritten notes for all meetings: Pre-conference meeting, Observation, and Post Conference meeting are posted. This includes tool/handwritten notes of your Pre Conference Meeting, your observation tool/notes, and Post Conference are to be posted.