Observation Task 2 - Roles and responsibilities of the teacher

Focus: The MST

Objective: For student teachers to begin to understand the diverse nature of
teaching by observing a teacher for the day.
Procedure
1. Using the following checklist, observe the teacher throughout the day.
2. Write down what her/his roles and responsibilities were on the blank table, and record
how many minutes she spent on each activity.
3. Did the teacher do anything not on the checklists? Record what else she did.
4. What activities did you do/help the teacher with today? She gave me activity to review
the sounds with group of students .
Checklist What the teacher did…
Teacher roles and responsibilities. Time spent Roles and responsibilities…
 Signs in and out 5 min Sings in and out
 Attends the morning assembly 5 min Attends the morning assembly
 Deals with attendance issues 8 min Lesson preparation
 Does bus duty 2 min Deals with disruptive behavior
 Meets with parents/guardians 4 min Tidies up the classroom
 Deals with disruptive behaviour 6 min Play with students
 Lesson preparation 6 min Read story for the students
 Playground/break duty 2 min Marking work
 Deals with administration 5 min Takes learners to other
 Attends a meeting classroom
 Marking work 5min Meets with parents
 Plans with colleagues 1min Marking work
 Tidies up the classroom
 Takes learners to other classes
 Class teaching
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Reflection
Write a summary of what you believe the main roles and responsibilities of a teacher are.
•What surprised you? I was surprised of the teacher's roles and responsibility.

•What shocked you? what shocked me is that the teacher roles in the classroom are not just teaching
the student.

•What delighted you? what delighted me is that having all these roles for the teacher is a great thing.