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    The document summarizes classroom observation notes from a science lesson on physics taught by Sara Nyitrai. Several positive aspects of Sara's teaching are highlighted, including her calm demeanor, clear presentations, movement around the classroom, and responsiveness to students. Some areas for consideration are also discussed, such as ensuring content is provided to students in an accessible manner, keeping student attention high given the amount of information, engaging visual learners more, soliciting more student responses, and reviewing a concept that seemed confusing to students. The observer thanks Sara and looks forward to discussing the feedback.

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    Classroom Observation Notes

    Sara Nyitrai
    20, 2016

    Science 30 (blk 1)

    Observation session #1

    April

    Topic: Physics
    Things to Celebrate

    Thanks for having me in your class today Sara.


    Your calm and consistent demeanor with the students establishes a solid
    learning environment.
    Powerpoints are clear and informativethey add to the lesson, as opposed to
    Being the lesson
    Good relation to the data booklet as a tool for assistance in problem solution.
    Explained how and when to access it.
    Good movement around the room for attention and accountability
    When you took the cell phone away from the student, it was very minimally
    disruptive, which is goodyou didnt give up your focus or authority and it
    was discreet. Good!
    Hannahs question relating to the +/- charges and the size due to the
    negative exponentvery clearly answered
    Responsive to student feedbackduring sample calculation, you
    acknowledged why the mass of +/- isnt theirs to know on the data booklet,
    and so provided that on the board. Good adjustment, and again, good
    circulation for one-to-one contact with students during calculation time.
    Your call back to focus was respectful and well-received. Theres clearly an
    air of mutual respect between you and the students.
    You consistently model what you expect of the students with respect to work
    processesshow the formula, include units, etc.
    You used a finger sign assessment as formative feedbackthis was good in
    that you had everyone commit, and followed it up with a rationalethis
    promotes accountability and a further check that the comprehension is
    actually what they perceive it to be
    Great catch on the conduction/induction mistakegood ownership of the
    error and well-received with the kids. No ego here, which is awesome!
    Good use of tech/multi-media on magnets. Also gave one active student a
    magnet and paperclip to play withon-topic distractions are great for these
    kids.
    Good review of assignments, timelines, and expectations. This included
    flexibility for those on Grad retreat.

    Things to Consider
    (This isnt the what went wrong segment, but rather suggestions, questions for
    my understanding, and things to consider as alternative approaches. But
    remember, these come from my parachute perspective on this particular lesson,
    which cant take into account past context or flow of a unit)

    Whats the content that is provided to students? In what manner? (I.e. are
    they given note packs, online resources, etc?)

    There was a lot of information todaywhile thats ok, anticipate buy-out from
    the kids, and find ways to activate their experiences even with short activities
    or changes to keep their focus and attention high
    How do you involve the visual learners a little more acutely? Other than
    notes on board, what visual reinforcements could be added for this type of
    learner?
    Your 2-sentence summary only saw one student response. Can more
    responses be acquired to heighten engagement and accountability? Did
    Rorys response satisfy the question you were seeking response on?
    Im not sure the description you gave of magnetic north actually being south
    stuckI saw a number of quizzical looks on faces, and after you put it out
    there, kind of dropped it. Id suggest this needs review or at the very least,
    clarification.

    Sara, thanks for welcoming me into your class today. It was a good lesson! Once
    youve had a chance to review and digest these comments, lets plan to spend 15 or
    20 minutes going over them, as a recap of todays observation.

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