ALVERNO COLLEGE

SUPERVISORS OBSERVATION
OF SPE 615 Field Student
Check One: 1st Observation _X__ 2nd Observation ___
Date: 3/10915
Number of Students: 1
Grade: 3
Subject(s): Language Arts/Reading
Diverse Student Needs Represented: Hispanic Female
(ELL?)

Candidate: Ashlee Prudhomme

Supervisor: Pat Luebke
Cooperating Teacher:
School: Fratt Elementary - Racine
Disability Categories Represented: CD/SpL/OHI

Evidence (Candidate)

Planning and Preparation (AEA: Conceptualization/Diagnosis

WTS: 1, 7 DISP: Respect, Responsibility - CEC: 1, 4, 5, 9, 10)

Uses teaching resources and curriculum materials that are

appropriate in representing the ideas and concepts.
Plans instruction appropriate to students stages of development and
learning styles.
Links new ideas to familiar ideas and makes connections to students
experiences.
Provides opportunities for active engagement, manipulation and
testing of ideas and materials.
Knows how to enhance learning through the use of a variety of materials.
Values flexibility in the teaching process by monitoring and adjusting
plans and adapting instruction when necessary and appropriate.
Chooses appropriate teaching strategies, learning experiences, and
materials to achieve different instructional purposes and to meet student
needs.
Varies his or her role in the instructional process in relation to the
content and purposes of instruction.
Plans motivational instruction by relating lessons to students
personal interest.
Seeks to find ways to meet the needs of diverse learners

____Inadequate

____Emerging

__X__Proficient

You correctly utilized the SPE lesson plan format as you planned
your lesson. Strengths of you planning included your use of CCSS
and connecting your lesson to the standards, students needs and
accompanying accommodations/modifications, your identification
and use of academic language and your detailed description of your
instructional procedures. You included a timeframe for all activities
that accounted for each minute of the class session. This assisted the
student in maintaining focus on the activity.
Your essential question was broad, as appropriate, and connected to
the specific aim of the lesson.
One area that you may want to strengthen for future lessons is the
development and detail in your assessment of the lesson. You
assessed the students progress as the lesson progressed, but I wasnt
able to tell what you were going to do from your lesson plan.

____Distinctive

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Evidence (Candidate)

Planning and Preparation (AEA: Conceptualization/Diagnosis

WTS: 1, 7 DISP: Respect, Responsibility - CEC: 1, 4, 5, 9, 10)
Classroom Environment (AEA: Coordination/Integrative Interaction
WTS: 2, 3, 5 - DISP: Respect, Responsibility CEC: 2, 3, 5)

Shows respect for the diverse talents of all learners.

Uses knowledge about human motivation and behavior to develop
strategies for organizing and supporting individual and group work.
Is committed to the expression and use of democratic values in the
classroom.
Organizes, allocates, and manages the resources of time, space,
activities and attention to engage students in productive tasks.
Knows how to help students work productively and cooperatively with
each other.
Uses strategies of effective classroom management to promote positive
relationships, cooperation, and purposeful learning in the classroom.
Respects students as individuals with differing personal and family
background and various skills, talents and interests.

____Inadequate

____Emerging

__X__Proficient

Evidence (Candidate and Student)

The lesson took place at a table located in the hallway outside the
third grade classroom. I was uncertain if this is a usual spot for 1:1
work or if it was done for the observation. You interactions with the
student were respectful and enthusiastic. You utilized time
effectively, with all time used for productive work on the
assignment. You were well prepared, had all materials immediately
on hand for the lesson and worked with the student throughout the
observed time.

____Distinctive

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Evidence (Candidate)

Planning and Preparation (AEA: Conceptualization/Diagnosis

WTS: 1, 7 DISP: Respect, Responsibility - CEC: 1, 4, 5, 9, 10)

Instruction (AEA: Communication, Coordination, Diagnosis,

Integrative Interaction WTS 4, 6, 7 - DISP: Respect, Responsibility,
Communication CEC: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9)

Uses different representations and explanations of concepts when

necessary to accommodate students who approach learning from different
conceptual frameworks.
Uses teaching approaches that address different learning styles and
performance modes.
Uses instructional strategies that promote student learning for a range of
student abilities.
Encourages discussion.
Elicits samples of student thinking orally and in writing.
Values the development of students critical thinking, independent
problem-solving, and performance capabilities by using varied teaching
and learning strategies to engage students in active learning.
Modifies explanations when necessary to assist students
understanding.
Organizes, prepares students for, and monitors independent and
group work.
Recognizes the importance of verbal and nonverbal communication.
Is a thoughtful and responsive listener.
Communicates in ways that demonstrate a sensitivity to cultural and
gender differences.
Models appropriate communication strategies in conveying ideas
and information.
Supports learner expression in speaking and writing, and other media.
Knows how to ask questions and stimulate discussion in different ways.

____Inadequate

____Emerging

__X__Proficient

Evidence (Candidate and Student)

Your lesson was well-planned and well-executed. Your attention to

the details of instruction assisted the student in remaining on task
and attending to the necessary details of the lesson.
You elicited your students thinking through oral means when you
directly asked her questions and through writing when she
completed the flower using the skills designed in the lesson.
You modified explanations as necessary to ensure student
understanding of the concepts and skills she was to use in the lesson
and communicated with her effectively.

____Distinctive

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Evidence (Candidate)

Planning and Preparation (AEA: Conceptualization/Diagnosis

WTS: 1, 7 DISP: Respect, Responsibility - CEC: 1, 4, 5, 9, 10)

Evidence (Candidate and Student)

Assessment (AEA: Diagnosis/Integrative Interaction WTS: 8, 9

DISP: Collaboration, Communication CEC: 1, 5, 8, 9, 10)

Knows how to select and construct assessment strategies and

instruments.
Uses appropriate assessment techniques to enhance his or her
knowledge of learners, evaluate students progress and performances,
and modify teaching and learning strategies.
Solicits and uses information about students experiences, learning
behavior, needs and progress from cooperating teachers and the
students themselves.
Evaluates the effect of class activities on both individuals and the
class as a whole, collecting information through observation of
classroom interactions, questioning, and analysis of student work.
Uses classroom observation and information about students as
sources for evaluating the outcomes of teaching and as a basis for
reflecting on and revising practice.

____Inadequate

____Emerging

_X___Proficient

Assessment was present in several ways during this observation:

Your lesson specific activities designed to deepen student

understanding of the text.
You continually assessed the students progress and
understanding of her reading as she worked through the
lesson. You asked clarifying questions to the student in her
understanding, and checked the work she did.

____Distinctive
Evidence (Candidate)

Professional Responsibilities (AEA: Communication/Integrative

Interaction WTS: 10 DISP: Responsibility, Collaboration,
Communication CEC: 2, 5, 10)

Relates professionally and effectively with the cooperating teacher

and faculty.
Dresses professionally and consistently portrays a professional
demeanor.
Is enthusiastic about teaching.
Seeks out the cooperating teacher to support his/her development
as a learner and a teacher.

____Inadequate

____Emerging

__X_Proficient

You present yourself professionally in demeanor and appearance.

You demonstrated enthusiasm for the work through your ongoing positive
interactions with your student.

____Distinctive

Summary Statement:
Ashlee- You are undertaking a challenging position this year as a provisionally licensed special education teacher working in a bi-lingual
environment. You are consistently making progress toward your goal of becoming a licensed cross-categorical special education teacher. Keep
doing what youre doing. You are demonstrating exemplary levels of knowledge, skills and abilities expected at this point in your program.
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Overall Performance: ____Inadequate

____Emerging

__X__Proficient

____Distinctive

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