Petah Kelsey 1st Observation Form
Petah Kelsey 1st Observation Form
Petah Kelsey 1st Observation Form
TPE 7: Teaching English Learners How did the candidate make adjustments
in the lesson for English learners? Can the candidate explain the differentiated
strategies based on theory?
TPE 10: Instructional Time - Do students have adequate time to practice and
apply what they learned? Describe the candidates use of instructional time (pacing
and carrying out procedural tasks and transitions).
further support and Ms. Kelsey moved about the class checking with
students, assessing understanding, and verifying that the experiments
went as planned. (TPE 11) As she moved about she gave positive
feedback and conformation on what the students were doing. She
provided guidance and support as needed, modeling the respectful
positive behavior that she expected from every student. Ms. Kelseys
lesson was very successful and very well received by the students.
Areas of Improvement (Please collect evidence during lesson
and connect it to the TPEs):
Students were totally engaged and involved in the experiment and had
many discussions about their observations, their predictions, and
results. Since the students were so involved it was more challenging to
keep them on task and progressing through the lesson in a timely
manner before leaving for music. (TPE 10) They would have loved to
stay longer and make further predictions with changes being applied to
the experiment. That being said the students continued to discuss the
lesson into the afternoon, asking how they could replicate it at home to
demonstrate to parents and siblings.
Next Steps (With the candidate, create 1-3 action steps for the
next observation based on the TPEs):
We discussed what the successes of the lesson were, how it might be
changed, and what shortcomings there were. The lesson was well
planned and executed, the one area where we will plan more
thoroughly in future lessons will be in keeping the students on task
more and adhering more closely to the time limitations. (TPE 10)
Signature
: Jane Freet