Teacher To Teacher Observation Form

Elementary

Name:                                                                                                                                    

Teacher being observed:                                                                     

Date:                                                  Grade/subject                          

Name of Substitute                                                                            

1.       List some classroom management strategies you observed.  (i.e. routines, ways to get student attention)

2.     What strategies did the teacher use to engage students. (i.e. response cards, response hand signals, centers.

3.     What effective teaching strategies did you observe?  (i.e. cooperative learning, doing the “Word Wall”, critical thinking skills, effective questioning techniques, author’s chair, etc.)

4.     What did you notice about the teacher’s relationship with the students?  Was there a positive feeling in the class?  What about a sense of humor?

5.      What about the learning environment helped students learn?  (Bulletin boards, room arrangement, student work, color, neatness, etc.)    

6.     What idea(s) did you learn today that could be used in your classroom?

7.     Did you observe anything that you felt was not effective?  Why?

9.  Please discuss any desires or needs that you would like for me to address.

Please pony this to:  Louise Tolbert, Claflin Center or FAX 641-4160

Don’t forget to include the name of your substitute!