MCT/MST: Ebtesam Alzahmi Date: October 31, 2018 Directions: The MCT and MST will use this to formally observe your performance during the Internship, offering you feedback based on the selected competencies for this semester. You should receive written feedback from your MST in weeks 2, 4, 6, 8 and the final week. You should receive written feedback from your MCT regularly throughout the internship. The MST & MCT feedback should be from different lessons.
Commitment to the Profession
Demonstrates consistent attendance and punctuality Accepts and respects school based authority structures, and complete reasonable request from school MST and leadership Is prepared and ready for each lesson Actively participates in a range of school activities Builds positive relationships with a range of stakeholders across the school community Accepts responsibility for resolving work based problems with a growing level of independence Demonstrates a positive attitude towards teaching and learning Comments: Alya Showed a great professionalism in her class and with her MST and students, her attendance record is good, and she is punctual on school time regularly. Alya seemed to be prepared for class, she planned the lesson well in advance with a lot of thoughts. She seemed to be motivated to teach and engage with young learners. She seems to demonstrate a positive attitude towards teaching and learning.
Planning for Learning
Has completed lesson plan for every lesson, printed and available to MST and MCT upon request Ensures lesson plans have sufficient detail to secure effective delivery Lesson plans are linked to long range and unit plans Learning objectives are testable and directly linked to curriculum outcomes Lesson plans have clear assessment which includes formative and/or summative activities Lesson plans are balanced securing lessons which are engaging, effective and student centered Differentiation has been incorporated into lesson plans where appropriate and needed Comments: Alya sent her lesson plan a day before her observation and the lesson plan was detailed. This lesson went very smooth and it was productive. But I would recommend Alya to include a clear section for summative and formative assessments in her lesson plan. And I would generally recommend Alya to assess learners formatively to be able to determine their understanding of the content. Managing Learning Uses cooperative learning as part of their learning environment Uses appropriate classroom management strategies to secure a safe and effective learning environment Establishes and manages classroom routines and transitions Comments: You seem to use a lot of cooperative learning as part of your learning environment. You also manage to use appropriate classroom management strategies that seemed to be very effective with your learners. Like I commented before, you manage to have a smooth transition between activities and class routines are well conducted. Your time management is also effective, but sometimes you need to be a better judge of time, I mean if you noticed that students needed more time in an activity and your time is up, then you have to make the decision whether to give them extra time or not depending on student’s level and needs. Implementing Learning Implements strategies which continually motivate and maintain an effective classroom presence Includes a range of student centered activities in the lesson Presents material which is accurate, meaningful and accessible to support student engagement and learning Sequences learning experiences logically Lessons are paced to ensure students are appropriately engaged and challenged Instructions are given at appropriate times within a lesson and are clear and concise Uses a variety of questions that fit appropriately within the lesson context Implements differentiated instruction to lessons taught Comments: Well done working on my precious comment, you seemed to be focusing on all of the students regardless where they were sitting (front or back). Alya, instead of asking students to wait for you to come to their tables and explain the activity, ask your MST to help. I was observing students and they seemed to lose interest while they are just waiting doing absolutely nothing for 4 minutes. Your MST noticed that, and she went to team 3 group and asked them to wait till you get to them and explain the activity. Then you went checking around other groups and you totally ignored team 3 group and they are still setting quietly waiting for you. The activities you had in this class were good, but I would recommend that you challenge learners to make sure they are learning and going beyond expectations. You managed to differentiate the activities as per group levels. I would recommend to you that you use the concepts of centers where students finish from one center and after a certain time they move to the following group and so on. Assessment Monitors purposively in relation to learning and behavior Utilizes a range of effective formative assessment strategies to gauge student progress Implements valid and reliable summative assessment strategies where appropriate Has organized a system to effectively record student data and information Constructive feedback is provided to students in a timely and appropriate manner Assessment data is used to inform planning and instruction Comments: Its good that you reviewed the lesson at the end and you played the game of correct or not, through questioning strategies. Reflection on Practice Reflects on wider educational matters such as ethics, morals, culture, historical contexts and how these impact student learning leading to change of practice Reflects on student learning Reflects on their own practice leading to improvement of practice Reflections are conducted and recorded consistently and are accessible to the MST and MCT Comments: Your lesson went smoothly, and the activities were good. Job well done ☺