Demonstrations of Teaching and Learning

A Strategy for Threshold Assessment

Standards of Teaching and Assessment

Three standards in the area of teaching and assessment

Planning Classroom Delivery and ManagementAssessment, Review and Evaluation

Planning

You consistently and effectively plan lessons and sequences of lessons to meet pupils’ individual learning needs.

Teaching

You consistently and effectively use a range of appropriate strategies for teaching and classroom management

Assessment

You consistently and effectively use information about prior attainment to set well-grounded expectations for pupils and monitor progress to give clear and constructive feedback

PERFORMANCE AND EVIDENCEPERFORMANCEMEET STUDENT NEEDSRANGE OF

APPROPRIATE TEACHING STRATEGIES

RANGE OF APPROPIRATE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

EVIDENCECLASSROOM

INTERACTIONVARIETY OF

TEACHING STRATEGIES

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

VARIETY OF TEACHING METHODS

start time A B elapsed time9:00 Introduction Lecture 4:009:04 Review Questions 8:009:12 New Work Videotape 5:009:17 Practice Discussion 2:009:19

Variety of Teaching Methods

Purpose: To see if teacher uses a variety of methods in teaching the curriculum

Use: Whenever the class is involved in curriculum-related activities

Teacher’s Interactions with Students

Purpose: To collect information on the teacher’s interactions patterns by recording on a seating chart each time the teacher speaks to an individual student

Use: When teacher is interacting with the whole class

Time Off Task

Purpose: To record a sample of all students’ attending behavior or non-productive use of time during the scheduled period

Use: Any time

CLINICAL OBSERVATION MODEL

PRE-OBSERVATION CONFERENCE

Discuss the goals and objectives of the lesson in student terms (context too)

Ask teacher to discuss what he/she would like to be observed

Ask the teacher to describe what they would like to learn about their class

Permit the teacher to change the lesson based on our discussion

Describe the entire process from pre-observation through post observation conference

Establish time for observation and post-observation

OBSERVATION

Arrive before class begins

Locate yourself outside of the students’ view but so you can see faces

Collect data not impressions

Write log notes on significant events

Don’t give opinions about the class at the end of the observation

Post-Observation Analysis

Summarize DataExamine notes on the logRefer to teacher requestsDetermine essential positive and limiting

elements of the classWrite out suggestions for improvement of

the class

Post-Observation Conference

Ask the teacher if this class was average or if there were any special qualities to the class

Ask the teacher what were the high points of the lesson

Ask if they would change anything

Post-Observation Conference

Present data to them and ask for their analysisAdd to the data analysis or offer a different

interpretationAsk if they would change anything and what

might they do differentlyMake suggestions or offer resourcesEstablish follow-up meeting or observation if

appropriate