{"id":145,"date":"2016-03-01T12:59:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T19:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/?page_id=145"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:41:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:41:47","slug":"suggested-observations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/suggested-observations\/","title":{"rendered":"Suggested Observations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Trying to decide what to look for when observing your teaching candidate? A number of varied observation tactics are available here. Some are things you may already do, but some are not-always-obvious ways to help your teacher candidate improve their teaching strategies.\u00a0 Decide what works for you and your teacher candidate, and download an example from below to get started.<\/p>\n

Observation & Feedback Cycle<\/a><\/h3>\n

Suggestions for both school advisors and teacher candidates on how make best use of suggestions before, during, and after a lesson.<\/p>\n

Ideas for Observations<\/h3>\n

Ideas for Practicum Observations<\/a><\/p>\n

Observation Ideas- What Will I Focus On (EN-FR)<\/a><\/p>\n

Performance Checklist as a Formative Tool- Questions and Prompts (doc<\/a>) (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n

Types of Collaborative Teaching (doc)<\/a> (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Sample Observations<\/h3>\n

Observation No. 1 \u2013 Response Statements (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 2 \u2013 Control Statements (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 3 \u2013 Teacher Movement 1 (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 4 \u2013 Teacher Movement 2 (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 5 \u2013 Questioning (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 6 \u2013 Rules\/Routines\/Procedures (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 7 \u2013 Non-Verbal Language (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No.8\u00a0\u2013 Hot Spots 1 (<\/span>doc<\/a>) (<\/span>pdf<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

Observation No. 9 \u2013 Hot Spots 2 (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 10\u2013 Ideas on What to Observe in a Lesson (doc<\/a>) (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n

Observation No. 11 \u2013 Voice and Oral Communication (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 12 \u2013 Maintaining Appropriate Student Behaviour (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 13 \u2013 Record of Observations (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Observation No. 14 \u2013 Observation Form for Questions (Bloom\u2019s Taxonomy) (doc<\/a>) (pdf<\/a>)<\/p>\n

These observation suggestions can be useful tools to determine where your teacher candidate is performing well and where they may need to improve.\u00a0 Having a wide selection of observation types may also help you write your final report and will certainly give you and your teacher candidate a better understanding of their teaching style and classroom interactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trying to decide what to look for when observing your teaching candidate? A number of varied observation tactics are available here. Some are things you may already do, but some are not-always-obvious ways to help your teacher candidate improve their teaching strategies.\u00a0 Decide what works for you and your teacher candidate, and download an example […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11940,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-145","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11940"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1006,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions\/1006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/saresources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}