Learning Environment Notes: Classroom Appearance Classroom Appearance o Environment is child friendly, o How does the arrangement of the room organized, neat and uncluttered support learning? o Learning goals are displayed in large o What types of spaces do you have for print for all students to see: small group instruction, whole group o Essential Questions instruction, and independent practice? o Content boards o How does the way you are using your o Word walls space contribute to the success of your o Current K-2 sight words students? o K-5 Academic vocabulary o How does having a print rich classroom o Anchor charts enhance student learning? o Room arrangement encourages engagement and peer collaboration Classroom Management o What other classroom management Classroom Management strategies do you have in place? How do o Safe & orderly classroom you know they are effective? o Routines & procedures are evident o What are appropriate teacher o Transitions between activities and on responses to student misbehavior? campus o How do you prevent student escalation? o Teacher manages proactively o What procedures do you have in place o Time is used effectively & efficiently when students arrive in the morning, end of day, and if they finish work Classroom Culture early? o Student-teacher, student-student, student-parent, teacher-parent Classroom Culture relationships are evident and positive o How well do students work together? o Students are comfortable sharing o How confident are your students to ideas, questions, or needs take a risk, to try out ideas, and to make mistakes? o What does your body language communicate?
(Cambridge Language Education) Jack C. Richards, Thomas S. C. Farrell - Professional Development For Language Teachers - Strategies For Teacher Learning (2005, Cambridge University Press)