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Department of Teacher Education & Learning Sciences

Elementary Education Program

Pre-Observation Form

Directions: This form is to be completed prior to every lesson that will be observed by the mentor
teacher or university supervisor. It is to be submitted no later than 3 business days prior to the actual
observation along with your lesson plans.

Name: Erika Stancil Date: 12/01

1. What is the topic of your lesson?


a. Entrepreneurs

2. Why are you teaching this lesson? What is your rationale for teaching it?
a. The students have two standards that need to cover entrepreneurs. They
need to be able to know why people become entrepreneurs as well as be
able to name some in the region.

3. What is your Teaching Behavior Focus? Why did you choose this?
a. My central focus is wait time, to allow more students to participate in the
discussion.

4. Why did you design your instruction in this lesson the way that you did? Why did
you choose this way of teaching the lesson (e.g., Was the idea from a methods
course? From your mentor teacher? Another source?)
a. I designed my instruction to allow for students to slowly learn the concepts
that surround entrepreneurs, then to put that knowledge into practice. I
ensured the students had time to turn and talk, to allow for students to
bounce ideas off one another, and I allowed time for students to share to
the whole class. This allowed students to take an active part in the lesson.

5. As you are thinking through this lesson, what do you believe will be the most
challenging part of this lesson for you when you teach it? Why?
a. The most challenging part of the lesson will be the timing. There is a
chance that I might end up running over each day, I would like to fit as
much as possible into the lesson.

6. How will you know if your learning outcomes for the students are met
successfully?
a. I will be assessing my students through the discussion, as well as written
responses to check their level of understanding.
7. How will your classroom management support the learning outcomes?
a. While my students will be allowed to take an active part in the discussion I
do not allow students to talk over one another, and everything the students
say must be respectful even if they disagree. This allows for a good
classroom community, in which all of the students feel comfortable
sharing.

8. List 1-3 areas which you would like for your observer to pay particular attention.
Why do you want your observer to focus on these areas?
a. The flow of the lesson
b. If I allowed too many or not enough children to answer a question
c. How engaged were the students

9. Is there anything else you would like your observer to know before the
observation?
a. Nothing else.

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