Observation Record – Internship I
Winthrop University – Richard W. Riley College of Education
Internship I Intern: Lex Spears Mentor: La Toya K. Lowry
Observer: Content/Topic: Story Elements
 Supervisor √ Mentor  Site-based
ADEPT Domain (competencies below are
required to meet expectations of Internship I)
1.1 Creates standards-based lessons in
Planning
accordance with the requirements of
the discipline, including learning
objectives that are measurable,
rigorous, and align with the standards
1.2 Designs, selects, or modifies
2.1 Effectively communicates appropriately
challenging expectations to learners
2.2 Differentiates instruction to meet the
Instruction
needs of diverse learners
2.3 Demonstrates a thorough command of
the content taught and appropriately
addresses learner
questions/misunderstandings related to
the content
2.4 Measures student mastery by using
Environment
3.1 Maintains a physically safe
educational environment conducive to
learning
3.2 Maintains a caring, fair, and inclusive
environment
3.3
4.1 Creates environments
Effectively co-teaches that
with promote
the mentor
Professionalism
teacher
4.2 Establishes professional relationships
with school personnel and students
4.3 Demonstrates effective verbal
communication that is appropriate for
intended audience and uses standard
English
4.4 Demonstrates effective external written
(specific competencies vary by program area)
Content
 Presents content without error in
both verbal and written format
 Provides meaningful, content-
based feedback
 Attempts connections with prior
Specific strengths:
Maintaining a safe and fair environment for all learners to participate in
and fostering engaging activities that all learners can learn from.
Teacher candidate initials the statements below:
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Observation date: October 14, √ Announced
2021  Unannounced
Lesson Approach: □ Co-Teaching
√ Solo Teaching
Evaluative Comments (evaluate the candidate’s This Overall
performance based upon the criteria of each ADEPT Observation performance in
domain for the observation period AND the overall Internship I thus
experience thus far) far
Ms. Spears had accurate standards, measurable √ Satisfactory √ Satisfactory
objectives, and criteria of mastery for the assessment.
She also planned for an informal check-in to check for
student understanding of story elements. If students
needed more practice, she had a video prepared to  Unsatisfactory  Unsatisfactory
further demonstrate about characters, setting,
The learning objective was clearly communicated to
the students. The students were to identify characters,
setting, problem, and solution within a text. Ms. Spears √ Satisfactory √ Satisfactory
explicitly stated, "Today we are going to talk about
story elements. Story elements are the basic parts of a
story like characters, setting, problem, and solution."
She created a Flipchart with relevant and current  Unsatisfactory  Unsatisfactory
examples, like Odd Squad and Shrek, that garnered the
students' attention. She used a read aloud, "Miss
Nelson Is Missing," to make the learning authentic and
Ms. Spears fosters great collaborative learning and √ Satisfactory √ Satisfactory
social interactions in the classroom. For example, in
this lesson, she had students turn and talk to the
person next to them about which element card they
had. At another time, students used thumbs  Unsatisfactory  Unsatisfactory
up/thumbs down to show if they agreed or did not
Ms. Spears effectively co-teaches with her mentor
teacher. She demonstrates professional responsibility
and is receptive to constructive criticism from her √ Satisfactory √ Satisfactory
mentor teacher, university supervisor, and site-based
observer. She incorporates that feedback and uses
self-reflection to evaluate and improve her
professional practice.  Unsatisfactory  Unsatisfactory
Ms. Spears showed command of the content through √ Satisfactory √ Satisfactory
her engaging student activities. As stated earlier, she
had students turn and talk to the person next to them
about which element card they had. At another time,
students used thumbs up/thumbs down to show if  Unsatisfactory  Unsatisfactory
they agreed or did not agree. Yet another time, they
Required actions for improvement: None at this time.
Suggested actions for improvement: Begin to think of ways to
incorporate "student focused" technology in your lessons.
 ______ I received an explanation of the feedback from this observation during the post-observation conference.

______ My performance in the experience thus far has been discussed and I understand both my strengths and
required actions for improvement.

Date of pre-conference (required for announced observations) _______________________________

Date of post-conference ___________________________

Candidate signature Observer signature

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