Observation Sheet Questioning

(Please complete this form for both primary and secondary professional experiences and
place in your ePortfolio)
Graduate Standards - AITSL
Professional Knowledge:
Professional Practice:
learning

1. Know students and how they learn

2. Plan and implement effective teaching and

Question Type
Yes, I tried to make simple questions
Do you feel your questions
were clearly structured and
readily understood by the
students?

yes
Did you use a variety of
question types?

They were linked with each other

What balances was there
between the various
questions types?

Consider both why and

when you made use of the
different question types?

To check the prior knowledge and to check whether the objective of

the lesson is achieved.

Distributing and Directing Questions

Did you recognise any
I use what, how and where questions because these patterns were
pattern in the distribution of needed to know there knowledge and what they have learned.
your questions amongst the
students? Consider
reasons for this pattern?

yes
How have you directed
questions to the group?

Not sure
Have you used wait time?

yes
Did you make eye contact
with the group as you
directed your questions?

Reactions to Students Responses

How do you deal with
correct responses? Do you
qualify any praise given?

How do you deal with

incorrect responses? How
do you deal with students
who stumble and grope for
an answer?

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I praise them by saying brilliant or saying great answer.

I simply say no that is wrong and ask other students if

anyone know the correct answer. And give the command to
students just to raise their hands who know the answer.

Yes in some situations for correct answer i ask further question.

What use do you make of
the students responses to
develop the teaching point?
Have you redirected any
questions in order to add to
an initial response?

no
Are you the only evaluator
of the students answers?

Overall Comments

The whole experience was great with primary kids. I have learned a lot of things for my
future career.

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Observation Sheet Management

(Please complete this form for both primary and secondary professional experiences and
place in your e portfolio)
Graduate Standards AITSL
Professional Practice:
1. Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
2. Planning for Effective Management

Was your lesson plan

effective for managing the
class?

yes

e.g. How did the students

react to your lesson overall
and to your planned
activities?

Students were quite happy and satisfied with the lesson. There
response was really good.

Did anything unexpected

happen?

No

Did you provide a variety of

activities?
Yes
Were you satisfied with
your timing, particularly for
the end of the lesson?
Did you feel you were able
to change things if needed?

Were you aware of

classroom procedures and
school disciplinary policy?
How much did you know
about your students?
How did your mentor
teacher maintain a safe
learning environment?
What strategies did your
observe your mentor
teacher using to maintain
this?

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Yes

I think i didnt need to change anything and i deliver the lesson as

planned.
Yes I observed everything the teachers do in the class.

Not at the beginning but During the prac i was able to understand
all the students or students with special needs.
As i was in PP, so my mentor teacher use some inspiring or
motivational things like giving them gold cards, smilies etc for
good behaviour good answers.

Maintaining a Positive Attitude in the Classroom

How did you demonstrate to By paying full attention during the lesson or otherwise as well.
the students that you valued Being with them and listening to them when they need me.
them, and enjoyed
Keeping a smiling face used soft voice.
learning?
e.g. Tone of voice, facial
expression, sense of
humour, introduction to
students and topic.
Which aspects of your
teaching style do you feel
helped you maintain class
attention?

Variety of activities

e.g. Variety of activities,

class or group discussion,
pace of lesson, interest at
class level.
Did the students know what
was expected of them?

Not sure. I ask them questions about the topic to let them know
what we will be doing today.

Were you able to redirect

energies of attention
seeking students? Did the
students have enough
to do?

Yes, i plan the time for each activity to keep the students engage.

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Dealing with Minor Misbehaviour

Were you aware of what
was happening in all parts
of the classroom? Did you
know what each student
was doing?

Did you take any action

when you observed poor
behaviour? Why? Why
not?

Did you use non-verbal

cues? e.g. Contact, pause,
gesture, movement toward
student/s concerned.

yes

Yes, i immediately ask that person to stop behaving like that.

Because that can disturb the class.

yes

Overall Comments

All students were well behaved and mannered except for 2-3 students. They were naughty
and need more attention to get them involved in the study.

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Schools as text looking at the whole school

Describe the school in terms of
its demographics, appearance
and resources (be general here
and do not name the school).

School was good, multicultural with all the required

resources to support the education of students.

What were the roles and

responsibilities of the teaching
staff you observed?

Teaching the class, problem solving, marking tests,

feedback to all students, roll call, maintaining discipline,
looking after kindergartens and pre-primary kids during
recess and lunch, behaviour management, catering for
diversity.

After discussion with your

mentor teacher describe how
policies and processes of
government, administration and
schools have an affect on the
work of the teacher?

Teacher needs to follow the instruction and curriculum

structure during their lessons. They needs to be very
particular with students with a limits of student teacher
relation.

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What did you observe non-teaching

staff doing to support teaching and
learning in the school?

Administrative staff and other like gardener are helpful

wherever needed. They support the teaching by
providing study materials and rules and regulations of the
school. Maintaining and implementing duties and
responsibilities of staff to create a safe environment for
students.

Students
You will have observed the
diverse nature of your classes.
How was this diversity
supported?

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All the kids were given same opportunities. Teacher was

impartial to all. There was no bias on any bases within the
kids. From time to time Kids were given lessons on
equality and sharing the things and be friends with
everyone.

Function of Schools
Did you observe the connection
of your schools with the broader
community? How did this
happen?

School always create a connection with the community so

as every student should feel equal and impartial. During my
prac there was an assembly. It was performed by students
with the help of teachers to recite poems, little dances etc
related with all the cultures. It makes a sense of the history
of Australia among students.

What do you think the function

of school is?

There are various functions of a school. It teaches, build

knowledge, teaches punctuality, discipline, manners, moral
education, overall development of students and personality
development.

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