Week 1: School-Based Assignments for Student Teacher

Dear Student,

The purpose of these school-based activities is to get yourself familiar with the school community by getting
to know your classroom, your students, and the school’s resources, and by reflecting on your experiences.

Observation of School Environment and Activities

Note: Check Lists for below activities are attached with this assignment and also available on LMS
Lesson section.

1. Log of Daily Activities

2. Inventory of School Resources: This sheet will help you learn more about your school
And familiarize you with the various resources that are available for you and the children.

3. Cooperating Teacher Interview Protocol: It is important that you get to know your
Cooperating Teacher well so that both of you can work together productively.

4. Interview a Child/Children: With permission from your Cooperating Teacher, interview

a child or group of children to learn about the school from a child’s perspective.

5. Community/Co-Curricular Engagement: Talk to various people at the school to find out how the
school works with the community members and what co-curricular programs are provided.

6. A separate sheet for cooperating teacher is available at the end of the assignment with title “Activity
6”. It has list of all activities you will perform at school in first week, take print and get it signed by
your cooperating teacher at the end of week and upload/insert scanned copy at the end of assignment
file.

7. Upload all observation forms on LMS in soft form against assignment no.2.
 VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN

M.A. Jinnah Campus, Defence Road Off Raiwind Road, Lahore

Website: www.vu.edu.pk

Week 1:

Activity 1: Log of Daily Activities Date: ____________

Task: Complete the following log of a school day indicating how you were involved during your time at
school. Note down all the activities of a day and reflect (share your views) on your experience.

Take five prints of Activity 1 only, one for each day (Monday to Friday)

Time/ Name of the person What did you do? Describe what you learned about teaching
period you worked with/assisted (observe, assist) & learning
Reflection: Share how this daily log activity is helping you to familiarize with the school environment.
 Activity 2: Record of School Resources

It is important to complete an observation of school resources to familiarize with the school setup .Two
checklists of school resources are provided to you for this purpose.
Part - A

Observe the following materials in school and prepare the checklist-I.

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Checklist-I

Item Available/ Comment

Not Available
School handbook regarding school policies
Dress code

Map of school with locations for the following

(attached the scanned copy)
 Classrooms
 Staff room
 Playground/s
 Library
 Laboratory/ science room
 Canteen
 Hall
 Drinking water arrangement
 Toilets
 Boundary wall
 Any other
If school does not have one, draw a map and
attach a scanned copy.
 Part-B

Each school has resources to provide to teachers’ support. Observe the resources in school and if a particular
resource is not available at your school; write Not Available (N/A) next to the item in column. In case if it’s
available, count and write in number.

Checklist-II

Resource Type Not Available If Available, write number

Library

Books for the teachers such as

guidebooks, textbooks etc.

Books for the students

e.g. story books, history books,
Islamic books etc.
Laboratory/Science Room

Mention the equipment available

for science experiments.
e.g. chemicals, jars, forceps.

Computer Lab
e.g. computers, monitors, LCDs,
printers etc.

Classroom Resources
Student desk and chairs
Teachers’ chair and table
White / Chalk board
Bulletin board
Any other
Teachers’ support material
Textbooks
Lesson plan preparation
guidelines

Sports Facilities
Sports kits, e.g. cricket bat, ball,
wicket, football.
Other Resources available (if any)
Reflection: Share your views how these material/resources are helpful for teaching

and learning process.

 Activity 3: Interview with the Cooperating-Teacher

Use the following ideas to know more about your cooperating teacher. You can also develop your
own questions if you want to.
a. Name: _________________________________b. Qualification: _______________

c. Teaching Experience: __________ years.

a. Do you prepare lesson plan regularly? Yes ------ No

How you keep a record of lesson plans?

b. What activities you use to engage your students in learning? (e.g. discussion, questions/answers, AV
aids)

c. How do you motivate students for learning?

 Reflection: Reflect upon the responses of the teacher and state how will you make your teaching more
effective?
 Activity 4: Interview with the student/s

With permission from your cooperating teacher, interview a student or a group of students to learn about the
school from student’s perspective.

Use the following ideas to know more about students. You can also develop your own questions if you want
to.

Number of student/s:__________________________________________ class:____________

a. What do you like the most in the school?

b. What types of activities do you like the most in the classroom?

c. What activities you don’t like in classroom or school?

d. Any other question: state __________________________________________________

Reflection: What did you learn about school from students’ responses?
 Activity 5: Community Engagement and Co-Curricular Activities

This assignment requires you to find out about the involvement of parents and other community members in
the school, as well as the students’ involvement in co-curricular activities in the school and the community.

1. Speak to your Cooperating Teacher and other school staff and find out how parents and
community members are involved in the school. Are they encouraged to be involved? What
impact does their involvement has on the school?

2. Find out what co-curricular activities i.e. sports day and debates are organized in the school?
What impact do these activities have on the students?
 VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN

M.A. Jinnah Campus, Defence Road Off Raiwind Road, Lahore

Website: www.vu.edu.pk

Activity 6: Co-operating Teacher Form

Checklist to evaluate Student-Teacher Activities

Dear Cooperating Teacher,

You are requested to please sign the following checklist, based on the review of these activities performed

by the student-teacher.

Sr.# Activity Performed Not performed

1 Log of Daily Activities

2 Record of School Resources

3 Interview with the Cooperating-Teacher

4 Interview with the Student/s

5 Community/Co-Curricular Engagement

Signature of Cooperating Teacher: ______________________________

School Stamp: ____________________________________

Date: _______________________________