Teacher-Assessment of Apprentice

Student Name ___ Catherine Mallory Date of Lesson _Spring 2018 __

Describe your observations concerning the following topics. Cite specific examples from the
teaching.

Assessment Considerations:
 aspects of instructional presentation (strategies, proximity, posture, pacing, etc.)
 interaction with students (speech, eye contact, communication, non-verbal, etc.)
 reaction from students

Observations of Teaching for discussion:

Ms. Mallory was very warm and welcoming to her students. They responded well to her
instruction and enjoyed adding input into her lesson. Ms. Mallory was relaxed yet professional.

What aspects of the lesson were successful? (include student achievement)

Ms. Mallory taught lessons that she had watched me model first. She was able to take students
through the sequence of a song from heartbeat to rhythm, to melody. The students worked on
solfege flashcards with her as well. She was able to help them fix mistakes in a kind and helpful
manner. When she led a movement lesson with 3rd grade, she was clear on modeling the
directions and had the students moving as they were learning.

Suggestions for instructional improvement? (Describe teaching strategies, presentational

changes, student/teaching interaction, etc.)
Overall, Ms. Mallory was skilled when teaching my students. I did notice that when having the
students sing flashcards to her, the students sometimes got it wrong but she told them they were
right and moved on. It’s hard for me to remember this as well-if you don’t like what you hear,
make them fix it.

Teacher Signature Heather L Augustine_

 Lesson Plan Template

Teacher Name____Catie Mallory_________________

Prior Knowledge (of students):
Freshman woman’s choir; had been working on piece for a few weeks and had a performance
the week after I taught.

Standards Being Addressed:

Pr.1.Ac Develop and apply criteria to select a varied repertoire to study and perform based on an
understanding of theoretical and structural characteristics and expressive challenges in the music,
the technical skill of the individual or ensemble, and the purpose and context of the performance.

Materials of Instruction:
The song “The Lamb and the Tiger” by Cynthia Gray
Piano

Lesson Sequence (lessons may have more or less activities as appropriate):

Transition: “Can everyone please get out ‘The Lamb’”?

Activity #1 Objective: Students will sing through the piece and fix dynamics, unisons and
pulse.
1. T: “Good morning class! I hope you are ready to sing today.”
2. Have Ss sing through piece once to get them familiar again with the song and T can
listen for mistakes.
3. T go over mistakes as much as needed
4. Rework and define page 5 measures 24-36
5. Go over the song again but count say the song on numbers
6. Have Ss sing the song again but only on numbers while having the students step on
the beat of 1 and 4 in a swaying motion to understand where the beat lies.
7. Ss will then sing m. 24-33
8. T will go over parts individually starting with sopranos then altos then combine the
parts.
9. Have everyone sing alto part to help altos solidify part in notes and rhythm.
10. Have parts sing again together and hold on the unison parts in m. 29, 32, 33, 37
11. Make sure that Ss understand the 6/8 feel of 123,123.
12. Work on phrasing of four measures so they have a better-connected sound.
13. Have Ss sing the song but only the melody line and point out that it passes between
parts. Remind them that whoever has the melody must be heard and to not over
sing if the harmony.

Assessment: Did the students fix the pulse, unisons, and dynamics?
3—Did
2—Attempted
1—Did not try

Transition/Closure: “Thank you for your hard work today! I will now pass it back to Mrs.
Stucky.”
Post-Lesson Self-Reflections
Teacher Name _______Catie Mallory________________ Date of Lesson 04/24/ 18

Focus of lesson ______Unisons, pulse_______ Date of Reflection 05/17/18

Describe in detail reflections concerning the following topics. Cite specific examples from your observation as
seen on the video recording and recalled moments experienced while teaching.

Assessment Considerations:

___ teaching pedagogy ___ comprehensive lesson plan

___ proximity to students ___ posture
___ communication through facial characteristics ___ nonverbal interaction
___ effective interaction with students ___ interactive class assessment
___ audible and articulate speech ___ use and accuracy of modeling
___ eye contact to all students ___ verbal/activity ratio
___ appropriateness of teaching strategies ___ positive leadership
___ conducting gestures ___ professional appearance

1. As I reflect on the lesson, to what extent were the students actively engaged? How do I
know?
I think they were very attentive. They responded well to my instruction and were very used
to new teachers coming and teaching one or two lessons. They took my instruction and
then put it into the next run through of the song.

2. Did the students learn what I had intended? Were my instructional goals and objectives
met? What is my evidence?
Yes I asked them after the lesson if they felt like they had learned or better understood the
pulse of the song and where they sang together and they responded that they had.

3. Did I alter my goals, strategies, activities, student grouping and/or assessment as I taught
the lesson for individual needs? If so, what changes did I make and why did I make these
changes?
Yes I did. It wasn’t so much for an individual need as it was my teaching practices weren’t
working in the moment. I had to change how quickly I went through things. This was
because I had under estimated how far they had come and they far exceeded my first plan.

4. Were my strategies and activities effective? What is my evidence?

I think my strategies were effective because they went on to have a better sound and
understanding of the piece. My evidence was verbal feedback.

5. To what extent did the classroom environment (Respect and Rapport, Culture for Learning,
Classroom Procedures, Appropriate Student Behavior, the Physical Environment) contribute
to student learning? What is my evidence?
My respect of them and their respect of new people was overwhelming. I was so lucky to
work with these women. They really wanted to learn and were open to learning from
 someone new. The teacher has made a very respectful, cooperative, open, and flexible
environment which made it very easy for me to jump in and teach.

6. Was my assessment effective and useful to my students and me? Describe an instance in
which my feedback positively affected a student’s learning.
Yes. At one point I said good job and gave specific feedback to the sound they made at the
time.

7. If I had the opportunity to teach this lesson again, what might I do differently? Why?
I might give more feedback and not pause as much as I did while teaching the lesson. I had a lot
of pauses that took away from teaching time and that saddened me because I wish I could’ve
done more with the class.