Classroom Observation Form Classroom: 220 Teacher: Sam Fladd, Date: 10/4/2016, Time: 9:30am-10:00am, Activities/Lessons: Moming Meeting and Reading Group, Observer(s): Genese Neal Scoring Guide: ‘© 0 = Indicator not demonstrated ‘* 1 =Indicator partially demonstrated © 2=Indicator fully demonstrated Para-Professional/Assistants: Zach Powell, Sabinus, Sandra Ahoy Score ‘Comments ‘Classroom Environment and Schedule is posted with corresponding visuals individual student schedules are 2 accessible and individualized to meet the needs of each student Students checked their individual picture schedules in between a ~Lesson objectives are clearly 2 posted and align with lesson plans SR : = clutter-free in all areas ia small room, but Sam does a nice job keeping an organized space! “Individual reinforcement systems 2 (cg. token boards, checklists) are accessible and visible to students at all times Students were able fo take breaks as needed and earned aecording to their behavior plans. ~PEC’s and AAC devices are NA readily available and students are encouraged/expected to use them for communication ‘All students in the classroom are verbal Bulletin boards are updated and 2 contain current and age appropriate information Classroom Operation Schedules are checked at the end of 2 each activity before transitioning to the next activity ‘There was a bulletin board with the current vocabulary for that week’s topic and lessonsudents are fully engaged and involved with leaming “Transitions between activities are smooth ané efficient -Academic data is collected throughout the lesson ‘Students were engaged, but there were opportunities to incorporate others during morning meeting. Kai answered all of the | questions, ‘Try rotating through different students. ‘All students knew what activities were ___| coming up and transitioned nicely. Tdidn’t sce staff marking whether or not students were answering correctly regarding capitalizations and punetuations. Is there a way to incorporate this into the worksheets or books in order to assess their knowledge? Let’s train IA’s on recording prompts on worksheets as well, Instruction -Instructional strategies are individualized and specitic to student needs | Visuals are utilized to support student learning -Instruction and corrections (e.g, cerrorless, no-no-prompting) are implemented to ensure progress and learning ‘Visuals were incorporated in the text and provided with vocabulary related to the lesson -Positive feedback is provided for correet responses Jkesson:pl fycinsteuotional strategies and are followed Lesson objectives are developmentally appropriate based ? funetioning levels -Oral instructions are paired with picture icons and/or words that the students can read Instructional pace is appropriate for student needs -Checks for understanding are conducting frequently throughout the lesson “Schedules of reinforcement are ~Technology (@.g., Ipads, Smart Boards) is incorporated throughout the lesson to enhance mul Is there a reinforcer that can be incorporated for correct answers and skills separate from the BIPs? ‘The interactive Smartboard was used regularly in each part of the lesson. It helped‘means of representation, expressio and explanation Instruction is differentiated to meet | 2 the individual needs of the students T students to remain engaged and allowed for some kinesthetic learning. are imbedded throughout the lesson -Opportunities for social skills are 1 | Maddy was present to facilitate an earning imbedded in the lesson system for when JF nicely asked KP to give him space. Try having students pass out papers or work in pairs to facilitate social skills, -Opportunities for communication 2 | All students had an opportunity t0 answer di ig the lesson Behavior Management lassroom rules are posted in a ? positive manner with corresponding visuals Was not sure if these were posted or not. Criteria for eaming reinforcers is 2 clearly defined for individual students Specific behavioral praise is provided to students to reinforee {arget behaviors -Reinforcers are varied and 2 individualized “Appropriate interventions are used | 2 for behavior management -Behavior data is collected 0 throughout the lesson/activit Behavior data sheets were blank for the s mean they didn’t have | Para-Kducators/Assistants -Inter-staff communication is 2 respectful of students and limited in content to classroom issues and instruction Staff are very respectfil to each other and to the students at all times | ~Support staff delivery instruction 2 cues and prompts effectively and delivery reinforcement as needed Even when staff (Zach) did not jump in right away to provide prompts for DR, Sam quickly directed him to do so and he followed | through. “Support staffare actively engaged [2 with the students and provide praise throughout the lesson Staff were attentive to the students and their needs. They provided assistance with work when needed and praised them for correct answers and staying on task. Overall Seore (Average) 181 Additional Comments anc/or Recommendations: * Try using different students to answer during morning group‘The review of the objective before starting the lesson was great. Have a student read the lesson objective to the class. ‘The on-going vocabulary books are fantastic! ’s were all allocated appropriately according to the IEPs Sam did a nice job floating in between students and instructing Zach to prompt DR to start his work and modeling how to do that Try starting the lesson with a more formal review of the definitions of punctuation and capitalization. As the students were reading, staff’ were having them verbally identify or point to the punctuation and capitalizations. Try having the students circle each item in different colors, so they can easily understand the difference, It was a great use of time giving some of the students a previously mastered file folder game related to the lesson when they finished their work before everyone else to prevent down time, Nice strategy! ‘The review of capitalization and punctuation before the worksheet was great. Nice review of the worksheet as a whole group at the end Try using the closing time to review capitalization and punctuation definitions once more _ (same as opening) The vocabulary word wall had vocabulary and pictures related fo the lesson Lesson plan was on Sam's desk Maybe try incorporating a mini schedule (written out) of each activity within the lesson