2019

LESSON OBSERVATION
Preservice teacher Date Notes for users:
Monique Eggers 24 May 2019
School/site Name and role of observer: It is beneficial for pre-service teachers
SUIS Hongqiao campus Gavin Lock-Teacher Mentor to be observed and given written
Number in class/group Year/group/ability information feedback at least once per week
29 Grade 2 (P2A) during Professional Experience
Professional Experience Course Week of placement: placements. The AITSL Standards
Week 2/Day 10/Lesson 20 provide focus for observation and can
Lesson/topic focus Observation focus (standards/target(s)) stimulate professional dialogue
Writing: Formal Letters second lesson S2 Know the content and how to teach it around strengths and developmental
needs.

Previous targets (achieved/still to be achieved - link to Graduate Standards (AITSL) where appropriate)
Have students put away everything on their desks at very start of lesson. S4 Create and maintain environment. Achieved
Model again/give students more time when eliciting examples. S1 Know students and how they learn. Achieved

OBSERVATION Links: APST

focus areas
-remind students which lesson this is S1
-elicit what we did last writing class S3
-begin PPT S2
-review worksheet from last class with 4 types of sentences S5
-introduce this lesson’s content: present continuous tense S2
-elicit definition of present continuous tense S2
-elicit examples of present continuous verbs S2
-write down to be verbs on board: am/is/are S2
-elicit examples of subject/verb agreement S2
-elicit explanations on different methods to conjugate -ing verbs S2
-teaches trick about vocalising vowels & consonants S1
-explain worksheet on OHP S3
-handout worksheets S3
-set time limits S4
-remind students to write name on worksheets S1
-students complete worksheet S2
-put worksheets in middle of table and put everything away S4
-has students hand in worksheets and others put belongings away in desks S1
-play message and check comprehension of task for last big write S1
-give instructions and concept checks about task to discuss in pairs formal letters S1
-co-teacher explains in L1 S2
-ss discuss formal letters in pairs S1
-elicit responses to come from previous task S2
-explain language used for formal letters S1
-co-teacher translates S2
-give instructions to discuss example letter in groups S1
-circulates to monitor groups S2
-elicit responses about missing items from example letter in PPT S2
-move on to explanations of connectives S2
-elicit ways to connect shorter sentences S2
-finish PPT and elicit connectives and example sentences S2
Strengths of the lesson (link to Graduate Standards (AITSL) where appropriate)
S2 Strong understanding of content combined with a good understanding of how to communicate this knowledge to
students (Level 4). Evidence of well-structured learning sequences (Level 4).

Developmental targets arising out of this lesson (link to Graduate Standards (AITSL) where appropriate)
Try to vary whole class/group/pair/individual work for activities. S3 Use broad range of strategies – level 5
 Australian Professional Standards for Teachers – Graduate Level Overview

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE Standard 1: Know students and how they learn

1.1: Physical, social and 1.2 Understand 1.3 Students with diverse 1.4 Strategies for teaching 1.5 Differentiate teaching 1.6 Strategies to support
intellectual development how students linguistic, cultural, religious Aboriginal and Torres Strait to meet the specific full participation of
and characteristics of learn and socioeconomic Islander students learning needs of students students with disability
students Graduate level: backgrounds Graduate level: across the full range of Graduate level:
Graduate level: Demonstrate Graduate level: Demonstrate broad abilities Demonstrate broad
Demonstrate knowledge knowledge and Demonstrate knowledge of knowledge and Graduate level: knowledge and
and understanding of understanding of teaching strategies that are understanding of the impact Demonstrate knowledge understanding of
physical, social and research into responsive to the learning of culture, cultural identity and understanding of legislative requirements
intellectual development how students strengths and needs of and linguistic background on strategies for and teaching strategies
and characteristics of learn and the students from diverse the education of students differentiating teaching to that support participation
students and how these implications for linguistic, cultural, religious from Aboriginal and Torres meet the specific learning and learning of students
may affect learning teaching. and socioeconomic Strait Islander backgrounds needs of students across with disability.
backgrounds the full range of abilities
PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE Standard 2: Know the content and how to teach it
2.1 Content and teaching 2.2 Content 2.3 Curriculum, 2.4 Understand and respect 2.5 Literacy and 2.6 Information and
strategies of the teaching selection and assessment and Aboriginal and Torres Strait numeracy Communication
area organization reporting Islander people to promote strategies Technology (ICT)
Graduate level: Graduate level: Graduate level: Use reconciliation between Indigenous Graduate level: Graduate level:
Demonstrate knowledge Organise curriculum, assessment and non-Indigenous Australians Know and Implement teaching
and understanding of the content into an and reporting knowledge Graduate level: Demonstrate understand literacy strategies for using ICT
concepts, substance and effective to design learning broad knowledge of, and numeracy to expand curriculum
structure of the content learning and sequences and lesson understanding of and respect for teaching strategies learning opportunities
and teaching strategies of teaching plans. Aboriginal and Torres Strait and their for students.
the teaching area sequence Islander histories, cultures and application in
languages. teaching areas.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Standard 3: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning
3.1 Establish 3.2 Plan, structure and 3.3 Use teaching 3.4 Select and use 3.5 Use effective 3.6 Evaluate and 3.7 Engage parents/
challenging learning sequence learning strategies resources classroom improve teaching carers in the
goals programs Graduate level: Graduate level: communication programs educative process
Graduate level: Set Graduate level: Plan Include a range Demonstrate Graduate level: Graduate level: Graduate level:
learning goals that lesson sequences using of teaching knowledge of a Demonstrate a range Demonstrate Describe a broad
provide achievable knowledge of student strategies. range of of verbal and non- knowledge of range of strategies
challenges for learning, content and resources, verbal strategies that can be for involving
students of varying effective teaching including ICT, that communication used to evaluate parents/ carers in
abilities and strategies. engage students in strategies to support teaching programs to the educative
characteristics. their learning student engage improve student process
learning
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Standard 4: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments
4.1 Support student 4.2 Manage classroom 4.3 Manage challenging 4.4 Maintain student safety 4.5 Use ICT safely, responsibly and
participation activities behavior Graduate level: Describe ethically
Graduate level: Identify Graduate level: Demonstrate Graduate level: strategies that support Graduate level: Demonstrate an
strategies to support inclusive the capacity to organise Demonstrate knowledge of students’ well-being and safety understanding of the relevant
student participation and classroom activities and practical approaches to working within school and/or issues and the strategies available
engagement in classroom provide clear directions. manage challenging system, curriculum and to support the safe, responsible
activities. behaviour legislative requirements. and ethical use of ICT in learning
and teaching.
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Standard 5: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning
5.1 Assess student learning 5.2 Provide feedback to 5.3 Make consistent and 5.4 Interpret student data 5.5 Report on student achievement
Graduate level: Demonstrate students on their learning comparable judgements Graduate level: Graduate level: Demonstrate
understanding of assessment Graduate level: Demonstrate Graduate level: Demonstrate Demonstrate the capacity understanding of a range of
strategies, including informal and an understanding of the understanding of assessment to interpret student strategies for reporting to students
formal, diagnostic, formative and purpose of providing timely moderation and its application assessment data to and parents/carers and the
summative approaches to assess and appropriate feedback to to support consistent and evaluate student learning purpose of keeping accurate and
student learning. students about their learning. comparable judgements of and modify teaching reliable records of student
student learning. practice. achievement
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT Standard 6: Engage in professional learning
6.1 Identify and plan professional learning 6.2 Engage in professional 6.3 Engage with colleagues and 6.4 Apply professional learning and improve
needs learning and improve practice improve practice student learning
Graduate level: Demonstrate an understanding Graduate level: Understand the Graduate level: Seek and apply Graduate level: Demonstrate an understanding
of the role of the Australian Professional relevant and appropriate sources constructive feedback from of the rationale for continued professional
Standards for Teachers in identifying of professional learning for supervisors and teachers to learning and the implications for improved
professional learning needs. teachers. improve teaching practices. student learning
PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT Standard 7: Engage professionally with colleagues, parents/carers and the community
7.1 Meet professional ethics and 7.2 Comply with legislative, administrative 7.3 Engage with the parents/carers 7.4 Engage with professional teaching
responsibilities and organisational requirements Graduate level: Understand networks and broader communities
Graduate level: Understand and Graduate level: Understand the relevant strategies for working effectively, Graduate level: Understand the role of
apply the key principles described legislative, administrative and organisational sensitively and confidentially with external professionals and community
in codes of ethics and conduct for policies and processes required for teachers parents/carers representatives in broadening teachers’
the teaching profession according to school stage. professional knowledge and practice.