Pre-service Teacher Observation Notes and Feedback

Park Ridge State High School

Teacher: Lauren Poulton Lesson Observer: Deb Sparks Date: 11th September, 2017

Class: Year 12 History (70 minutes) Period: Three Day: Monday

Focus of Unit: Oppressed Groups in the Ancient Focus of the Lesson: The lives of children in ancient
World Greece and Rome .
RESOURCE PREPARATION (lesson plan, handouts, use of IT, other equipment)
Positive: Suggestions:
Power-point prepared with key notes
clear, concise notes for students to record Excellent work
and discuss
Preparation excellent
Handout ready for students with
information on children in Greece and
Rome
LESSON ORGANISATION (timing, pacing, momentum, chunking the lesson into parts, hook and/or
settling activity, use of explicit teaching cycle (I do, We do, You do, Check for understanding, ploughback-
re-teach)
Positive: Suggestions:
Learning Intention outlined both Keep on top of timing of activities. They need
knowledge and skills (to understand and to be packed up and ready to leave just before
to synthesise information.) the bell goes, especially if there is a class
Pacing and timing generally good for this directly after History.
lesson Be sure to allow time for reteaching and
Explicit teaching cycle used well clarifying understanding at the end of each
Began with video and note-taking (I do) learning segment
and moved on to set activity (We do)
Set students to TEEL paragraph task for
the You do phase

MASTERY OF SUBJECT MATTER (understanding of content, ability to explain, ask pertinent questions,
answer student questions)
Positive: Suggestions:
Good understanding of subject matter. You Well done very well prepared and made links
were able to answer student questions to existing knowledge discussed in previous
and elaborate where further explanation lessons with regard to children in ancient
was needed Rome
TEACHING STRATEGIES AND STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES:
Positive Suggestions:
PowerPoint was used to guide students Tick off Steps to Success as they are completed
through the lesson
Video on teenage life in Rome was a very
good hook in getting students interested
in the subject matter
Clarified understanding of video content
with students through discussion
Handouts used for note-taking and group
discussion
Retrieval Chart on board -organised into
topics (children in Rome, Children in
 Athens/ Girls in Athens, Boys in Athens
Students enjoyed writing their responses
on the board
COMMUNICATION SKILLS (command of language, fluency, quality of voice, audibility, suitability of
language to age and ability of students, questioning, clarifying of ideas, using verbal prompts and praise)
Positive: Suggestions:
Confidently delivered the lesson and Used your voice confidently!
clarified ideas and questions More positive reinforcement using praise
Excellent Learning Intention on the board that values the student responses is always
Used no hands up and called on students good
randomly to contribute
Used positive reinforcement sometimes
e.g. Lachlan
Reminded students of the importance of
risking an answer well done
Set students the task of writing a TEEL
paragraph using the information on the
board this is a good strategy in getting
them to first extract information and then
synthesise it into a written format
Set a time-frame for the tasks to be
completed and gave regular reminders
BEHAVIOUR MANAGEMENT:
Positive: Suggestions:
Reminded students to take notes when No behaviour problems this lesson
you noticed they were not on task
Used proximity well, moving around the
room and checking on student work
Reminded Jade thats enough when she
continued mocking someone for risking
an answer

DIFFERENTIATING FOR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS/INTERESTS/ABILITIES:

Positive: Suggestions:
A range of activities were provided where Well done!
students could work both individually and
in a group
GENERAL COMMENTS:
Students enjoyed this lesson great work Lauren. Keep working on your pacing of activities.
Well done!