MCT/MST: Ebtesam Alzahmi Date: October 17, 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. I would encourage Alya to participate more and engage with school’s activities and other stakeholders.
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. 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 managed to move around the groups and monitor students while they were working individually on tasks. You managed to help the needed learners and reexplain the concept when needed. You managed to establish a good classroom management and the transition between activities was smoothly done. You managed to use the positive reinforcement strategies effectively in your class. 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: Good review of the task before students work individually it’s good that you started the activity as a group and then they worked on the second one individually. I would encourage you to create different activities as per the different levels of learners in your class. Try to in cooperate more differentiation when planning a lesson. 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: I liked how you were very smooth in your lesson, once students finish one activity you give me the second one and then the third and so on. Very well done Alya ☺ Well done correcting all of the students works while they were working on the task. 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: It would be great if you did an ending activity where you wrap up the lesson and review the concept very briefly.