Effective Observations in School: Enhancing Professional Relationships and Learning

1. exemplar day

2. Exemplar day in school… Effective Professional Relationships and how they impact on Teaching and Learning. Hammersley, M. and Atkinson, P. (2004) building on the work of Mac and Ghaill (1994) state that those collecting data by participating in the daily life of those they are studying, are participant observers

3. Observe how teachers and otheradults in the classroom work together, specifically during the start of a lesson and in the plenary

4. Learning Edge Exemplar Visit Reflection Form • You may make four observations, you may make more or you may make less • Observations will be around how teachers work with support staff – there are some points to consider on the form. If your class does not have support staff working with them consider how the class teacher organises her class. What do they do? • Reflections -considering your observations, decide on what impact the relationship and the organisation of staff /classroom has on children’s learning • Finally – what impact has the day had on you as a Learner? • Exemplar Visit Observation Reflection Form – can be used as evidence towards your Teacher Standards’ Portfolio

5. Teacher Standards’ Portfolio • Decide the way in which you are going to present your TSP • Ensure that you are able to present this at tutorials (bearing in mind that some tutors bring i pads) • A Reflection Writing Frame and supporting notes – this is under Teachers’ Standards on LE (the form talks you through the process) - to be used for each piece of evidence (remember one piece of evidence may be relevant to more than one standard) - in the RWF there is an example that you can work with.

6. PED1010 PPD Observation

7. Standards 8 personal and professional conduct

8. Professionalism – Maintain professional behaviour at all times

9. Learning for you… • To understand the • importance of observing • pupils in the classroom • To know how to observe • purposefully

10. What is the purpose of classroom observation? To get to know each pupil To check everyone is behaving appropriately assessment Keep pupils safe

11. Why – we observe What – is the purpose Who – is it for

13. Write down what you just saw… Why did you think that happened?

14. Did it happen because I did not like her scarf…? She borrowed my pen but did not return it…? Promised to meet me for coffee and did not turn up…?

15. In the context of classroom observation what do you think these mean? Description Interpretation Judgement describing what you see interpreting what you see making a judgement on what you see

18. Watch this and follow the instructions…

19. We have looked at the Why, What and Who…let us know look at How…

20. How do we record observations? • Practise writing down what you see or hear…

21. How do we record observations? • Remember the ‘dangers’ of misinterpreting what you see…

22. How do we record observations? • Consider the dangers of being judgemental , or recording feelings, or emotions…

23. When you observe in school… Decide who you are going to observe and how often

24. When you observe in school… Always note the date and time

25. When you observe in school… Decide upon the focus of your observation

26. Remember! • Record only what you see • Put your observations into context…

27. Directed task… Read the article by Linda Hargreaves ‘Seeing clearly: observation in the primary classroom’ Independent Reading… See Learning Edge

29. Remember… never make an assumption, interpret what you see or make a judgement without putting your observation into context…!

30. Hargreaves, L () ‘Seeing clearly: observation in the primary classroom’ Carroll, M. & McCulloch, M. (2014) Understanding Teaching and Learning in Primary Education London: Sage p.36-37 MacBlain, S. (2014) How Children Learn London: Sage p.65-67