Department of Teacher Education & Learning Sciences

Elementary Education Program

Formal Observation Reflection

Directions: Complete the reflection questions and submit your response to your observer prior to having a post-
conference to discuss the observation. If a conference is held immediately after the observation you will submit
your responses to the observer the following day via email.

Name: Kaitlyn Richard Date:11/15/17

1. To what extent were learning outcomes appropriate and achievable to your students?

The children were able to accurately define empathy and come up with different ideas
of how to show empathy in the classroom and at home.

2. How effective were your instructional strategies? What changes would you make in
your instructional approaches if you taught this lesson again? Why?
My strategies worked well, but if I had to do it again I would want to have a better way
to get the attention of the class.

3. Evaluate the effectiveness of your oral and written communication with students.
(Consider how well you communicated learning objectives, clarity of directions, use of standard English, quality of
questions and effectiveness of discussion techniques.)

I communicated well with the children. They always seemed to understand what I was
asking them and what I expected of them.

4. Evaluate the level of student engagement in your lesson . (Consider how you presented the
content/skills, the activities and assignments for students, grouping of students, and structure and pacing of the
lesson.)
The children absolutely loved the lesson. They loved getting to trace and make their
shoes and add it to the class poster!

5. How effectively did you use instructional materials, resources, and/or technology?
I used mostly basic art supplies for my lesson, but they were thoughtfully and
effectively used.

6. To what extent were your assessment strategies effective? What changes would you
make in your assessment approach if you taught this lesson again? Why?

I assessed the children by having them write an idea of how to show empathy and add
to the class poster. This way I was easily able to see which kids understood the idea
and which needed a little more guidance.
7. To what extent was your feedback to students accurate, substantive, constructive,
specific, and/or timely?
After adding their ideas to the class poster, we went through their ideas to see which
were correctly constructed and some that needed a little improvement. The ones who
needed some guidance we discussed in class how to make their ideas better!

8. To what extent did the classroom management and environment contribute to student
learning? (Consider your classroom procedures, your use of physical space, and the students conduct.)

It was important to make sure all kids were listening and engaging in the lesson, so
they got the big ideas!

9. Did you make modifications to your lesson plan during the lesson? If so, what were
they and what motivated these changes?
I did not make any changes to my lesson plan.

10. Was your Teaching Behavior Focus goal met?

Yes, I chose to focus on wait time, and I was able to meet this goal. I felt like it really
helped because I got to hear from some kids that I would not normally.