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Model Observation Protocol: Candidate Self-Reflection Form

Directions: Following an announced or an unannounced observation, please use the form below to reflect on the
lesson. Submit the form to your Supervising Practitioner/Program Supervisor within 24 hours of the observation.

Observation Details
Date: 3/11/2020 Time (start/end): 2:00-2:20

Content Topic/
Writing topic sentences
Lesson Objective:

Type of Observation: Observed by:

Supervising Program
x Announced Unannounced x
Practitioner Supervisor

Reflection Prompt: What do you think went particularly well? How did this strength impact your students’
learning?
- We started the lessons with deep breathing which I think made the students calm down and start to focus
on the content that was about to be presented to them.
- Before the lesson started I explicitly stated the expectations and I included a laminated photo of what
whole body listening looks like.
- The students were engaged through the whole lesson which was showed through their engagement when
I asked questions.
- I paced the lesson well so that we got through a good portion of the lesson that I prepared in the short
time that we had.
- I used the I do/We do/You do lesson frame so I wrote a topic sentence on my own, we all wrote one
together, and then they wrote a few on their own.
- There was a show planned for the students to watch at 2:20 so the lesson was originally supposed to go
until 2:30 but I modified the plan so that we could get through some parts of the prepared lesson during
the twenty minutes we had.

Reflection Prompt: If you could teach this lesson again, is there anything you would do differently? How would this
have impacted your students’ learning?
- One of the students struggled with coming up with topic sentences about topics given without the
reasons that would come after a topic sentence.
- Once it was time to write them on their own, they could have used a little more support from me.

Essential Element
1.A.4: Well-Structured Lessons
1.B.2: Adjustments to Practice
2.A.3: Meeting Diverse Needs
Evidence: Where possible, provide one piece of evidence that you believe
demonstrates your performance relative to the Quality, Consistency or
Scope of each element.
- Provided visual aids to help reiterate the expectations that were
expected throughout the lesson.
- I did not plan to come up with reasons about the topic sentence that I
wrote myself as well as the topic sentence the students and I wrote
together but in the moment I felt that the students would benefit from
coming up with supporting evidence after the topic sentence was written.
- The students were pulled from the class and we were working in an
unfamiliar office to do this lesson so before the lesson started we did

2.B.1: Safe Learning Environment
2.D.2: High Expectations
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some deep breathing which I felt soothed them and helped them focus.
- I was able to direct their answers that may have not been what I was
looking for to answers that were what I was looking for in a way that did
not make them feel like they were wrong.
- When the students started to get a little silly I put my hand near them on
the table which indicated that the expectations are to pay attention and
stay focused.