The City School
Gulshan Campus C
Online Lesson Observation Form
Teacher: Subject/Topic:
School: Observer(s):
Learning Objective/s:
Dimension Standard Tier
Criteria measured by Performing Below Minimum Teaching Policy
each dimension are Standard
noted.
Participation
☐ Few students actively post their
Students ‘Learning and Wellbeing
responses when required. They
struggle to communicate with age
and level appropriate vocabulary.
Wellbeing
☐ The relationships amongst students
and with staff are not always
respectful, and incidents of bullying
are frequent
Instructional Plan
☐ Instructor changes the established
class session plan without prior
notification to students.
Sharing intended Learning Outcomes
☐ Instructor communicates no or
unrealistic learning goals for the
class session and/or each lesson
Teaching and Monitoring Students’ Learning
activity
Knowledge of Subject
☐ Instructor does not appear to
understand course content.
☐ Instructor teaches content devoid of
real-world scenarios and/or
examples.
☐ Instructor assumes unrealistic skill
level of students in the class.
Presentation Form
☐ Instructor displays a negative
attitude in tone and/or content.
☐ Instructor does not inform students
when sessions are being recorded.
Presentation Substance
☐ Instructor does not use, or uses
irrelevant, visual support for
presentation and/or
examples/illustrations.
Class/Sec: No. of students:
Designation: Date:
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
Performing at Minimum Teaching Performing at Proficient Level of Performing at Excellence Level of
Policy Standard Teaching Standard Teaching Standard
☐ Only some students ☐ Students are engaged ☐ Students are actively
actively post their and focused. Most of engaged and focused.
responses when students actively post Majority of students
required. However, they their responses when actively post their
struggle to communicate required. They responses when
with age and level communicate well, with required. They
appropriate vocabulary. age and level communicate
appropriate vocabulary. effectively, with age and
level appropriate
vocabulary.
☐ The relationship ☐ The relationship ☐ The relationship
amongst students and amongst students and amongst students and
staff are generally staff are mostly staff are respectful and
respectful and positive. respectful and positive. positive at all times.
There may be a few Bullying is extremely Bullying is extremely
incidents of bullying. rare. rare.
☐ The class session ☐ The class session ☐ The class session
demonstrates clear includes student includes instruction,
signs of planning and interaction with peers, formative assessment
organization, and content, and instructor. and reflection
follows a logical flow. components
☐ Instructor clearly ☐ Instructor clearly ☐ Instructor clearly
identifies realistic connects the learning identifies the learning
learning goals for the goals for the class goals for each
class session. session to the course instructional activity,
learning objectives. and connects them to
the course learning
objectives
☐ Instructor correctly ☐ Instructor answers ☐ Instructor ties current
answers questions questions confidently, content to topics or
about course-level clearly, and simply. knowledge from the
content. ☐ Instructor has students profession and/or more
☐ Instructor provides real- provide real-world advanced courses.
world applications of examples of class ☐ Where appropriate,
class session content. content or apply content instructor uses examples
to real-world scenarios. where their discipline
converges with other
disciplines in addressing
challenges.
☐ Instructor volume, pace, ☐ Instructor avoids ☐ Instructor is engaging,
and diction allow distracting mannerisms responsive, and
observer to follow the or speech patterns, such constructive in both
class session. as filler words and tone and content of
☐ Instructor utilizes nervous habits. their speech.
webcam feature.
☐ Instructor provides ☐ Instructor cites sources ☐ Instructor follows
visual support for for content discussed. accessibility best
verbal presentation and practices by verbally
uses concrete describing and/or
examples/illustrations captioning any images
to clarify content. used in presentation.
 Active Learning
☐ Instructor uses no active-learning ☐ Class contains at least ☐ Instructor uses active- ☐ Instructor uses active-
exercises. one active-learning learning exercises after learning exercises after
☐ Instructor has unrealistic exercise to apply no more than 30 no more than 15
expectations for active-learning course content. consecutive minutes of consecutive minutes of
exercises. ☐ Instructor monitors and lecture. lecture.
☐ Instructor uses active-learning manages active- ☐ Instructor is responsive ☐ Instructor requires
Assessing the Impact on Learning Outcomes

exercises that are not accessible to
everyone in the class.
Formative Assessment
☐ Does not use any formative
assessment methods (recap, wrap
up, mini-plenaries, questioning)
Quality of Feedback
☐ Instructor provides non-constructive ☐ Instructor provides
and/or discouraging feedback.
Progress in Lessons (Percentage of students making steady progress in relation to the learning objectives, and are successfully
able to meet the learning outcomes)
☐ More than 90% students
What went well….
Feedback
learning exercises. to student engagement students to submit or
and adjusts strategy present in-class work by
accordingly. end of class.
☐ Instructor facilitates ☐ Where appropriate,
student-led explanations instructor leverages
and/or discussions student use of electronic
technology to facilitate
active learning.
☐ Uses effective formative ☐ Uses effective formative ☐ Uses effective formative
assessment methods assessment methods assessment methods,
(recap, wrap up, mini- (recap, wrap up, mini- (recap, wrap up, mini-
plenaries, questioning) plenaries, questioning) plenaries, questioning)
that are linked with LO. linked with LO that helps
students gauge their
learning.
☐ Instructor provides ☐ Instructor leads
students constructive information to students students in structured
and encouraging about their performance reflection on class
feedback on how to on class activities learning activities.
improve their compared to a pre-
performance in class. established standard.
☐ More than75% students ☐ More than 61% ☐ Less than 61% students
students
Next Steps:

Outstanding Good Acceptable Unacceptable

☐ Across all ☐ Across all indicators, at least 75% are ☐ Across all indicators, at least 75% ☐ Across all performance indicators,
indicators, 61% or good or better. are acceptable or better. less than 75% are acceptable or
more are ☐ Students’ progress is at least 75% ☐ Students’ progress is at least 61% better.
outstanding and
the rest are good.