HITS

Observation Classroom: Joshua Butler Date: 20/9/2018 Observer: Bek Pelar

High Impact Key Points Observation
Teaching Strategies
Setting Goals • LI & SC - Learning intention
• Links to explicit assessment criteria
Structuring Lessons • Clear expectations - Clear expectations for students
• Sequencing and linking learning - Scaffolding – students to work with teacher
• Clear transitions - Strong transitions between keying in and independent learning
• Scaffolding
• Questioning/feedback
• Formative assessment
• Exit cards
Explicit Teaching • LI shared - Worked example for class/practice
• Relevant content and activities - Class feedback
• New content explicitly introduced - Content relevant to students and learning intention
and explored - Referred to previous session “yesterday we multiplied, today we are
• Worked example dividing”
• Practice and feedback
Worked Example • Clarifies LI - Teacher models skills required for class
• Demonstrates task. Models - Uses worked examples to further skills, through second example
application of knowledge and skills
• Students use worked example as a
model
Collaborative • Students work together to apply - Having a variety of students contribute
Learning previously acquired knowledge
Multiple Exposures • Students have time to practice what - Time allowed for students to work on examples
they have learnt - Time to practice on assigned task through one note and printed hand
outs
 • Timely feedback which allows for
immediate correction and
improvement
Questioning • Planned questions
• Open questions
Feedback • Precise, actionable, specific - Owned the mistake and went over it with students so that everyone
• Use student voice to feedback on had the same understanding
teaching
• Questioning/assessment
Metacognitive • Teaching problem solving, study
Strategies skills, promotes self-questioning,
concept mapping, classroom
discussions
Differentiated • Evidence based group instruction - Working with individual students
Teaching • Individualised intervention and
supplemental instructions


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