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You are a principal conducting an informal observation of Ms. Avery's eighth
grade history classroom. It is the last 10 minutes of class and upon entering the
classroom, you observe Ms. Avery seated behind her desk and the students
working independently on a worksheet pertaining to the Civil War. Approximately
one-third of the students are working independently, one-third are working in
pairs or small groups, and one-third are not working on the assignment at all. The
students not working on the assignment are using electronic devices, chatting
quietly or just sitting.
When Ms. Avery sees you enter the room, she stands up, tells the students that
they have five more minutes to finish the class work, and proceeds to move
around the classroom checking to see how far along students are on the
worksheet. With five minutes left in the period, she asks students to return to
their seats, which they do quickly, and she proceeds to go over the classwork in a
whole group setting. Ms. Avery asks students randomly to share their answers
and takes a few clarifying questions from the class. The students’ ticket out the
door is to write down on a scale of 1-4 how comfortable they are with their
understanding of the Civil War.
What clarification questions would you ask Ms. Avery? What constructive feedback
would you present to Ms. Avery?
I understand that an informal evaluation or walk-through is just a snapshot of that period, so I could have
missed all the really good parts of the lesson. A couple of clarification questions I would ask would be:
1. How does the worksheet pertain to her essential learning?
2. What were her expectations when it came to completing this worksheet? (What were her
C.H.A.M.P.S?)
3. With the exit ticket how will you apply that information to Answer the question of what will you do
with the students who don’t know the information and the what will you do with the students who do
understanding the information?
4. How much time did you give students to complete the worksheet?
I believe it would be hard to give true feedback with an informal evaluation especially since it is a
snapshot of the lesson towards the end of the period. I feel this way because Ms. Avery could of literally
just been walking around her classroom checking on students and checking for understanding.
Constructive feedback I would present to Ms. Avery would be don’t be alarmed with me walking into
your classroom, I don’t want to be that kind of administrator. (A good administrator should be checking
in and always going in and out of classrooms to build relationships with students and teachers.) Lastly, I
would suggest if she was doing an exit ticket to have the question be more specific to the content that
was taught in class.
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