Observation task 2 : Roles and responsibilities of

the teacher
Focus: On the teacher

Objective

For student teachers to begin to understand the diverse nature of

teaching by observing a teacher for the day.

Procedure
Using the following checklist, observe the teacher throughout the day and
write down what her/his roles and responsibilities were, and how long was
spent on each.

Checklist

What the teacher

did..

Signs in and out

Attends the morning
assembly
Deals with attendance issues
Does bus duty
Meets with parents/guardians
Deals with disruptive
behaviour
Lesson preparation
Playground/break duty
Deals with administration
Attends a meeting
Marking work
Plans with colleagues
Tidies up the classroom
Takes learners to other
classes
Class teaching

Time
spent

4minut
es
7minut
es
5minut
es

Roles and responsibilities

She goes to the administration
every morning to sign in and
out.
She collect the kids and
organized their places.
She takes the attendance
every morning, and let them
stick their names on the board
to know who is absent.

15seco
nd

Yes, she let them make two

lines, line for whos going to
the bus and the other for the
car.

2minut
es

Yes she meets their parents

and shares the kids problems
if it was.

3minut
es
5minut
es

Yes, she is so strict about it

and she can control them.
She prepares it very well and
short time to avoid their
boredom.

Till now no.

5minut
es

They are so kind and lovely

you can deal with them easily
and comfortably

5minut
es
1minut
e

Yes she attends all the

meetings
Yes, she marks them and
awards them with any activity
they love and prefer and she
helps them when they do
mistakes.
Plane for the next lesson and
what kind of activity she will
do with them.
The class room is so neat and
everything is close to her the
attendance board, the centers
and the games.
No, her learners stay with but
while shes absent they take
them to others classes.
She shows them videos with
music to entertain them and to
understand the lesson very
well.

1houre

3minut
es

2minut
es
4minut
es