As HLTA and as part of our professional development we need to observe how the teacher delivers a lesson in front the whole class. We need to put in mind what will be our personal objectives and points that we are going to observe and to keep records of how there have been covered.
Following the observation cycle we can outline four main steps which a linked together in an order to support future learning development. These steps are Observation, Assessment, Planning and Put in Practice.
Looking at the first one we can describe it as a process of watching and listening to children’s and young people behaviour and learning progress in class and how the teacher plans and delivers effectively the lesson to reach the set up targets and following the National Curriculum. …show more content…
Some of these skills are Looking, which means how we watch the teacher and the children as a individuals, what kind of emotions flows in them during a lesson and how they manage them, then Listening, which means to examine how teacher and children interact each other. On the other hand we can outline Recording, which means to make notes and to record the key points in each particular observation, then Being Objective, which means to be able to understand if some of the children or young people need special support. Last but not least we can point out Questioning and Thinking. Questioning is the ability to ask adequate and suitable questions which would confirm or clarify, or reject some of the ideas we gain after appropriate observation. Thinking is the process of evaluation of what we have seen which direct us to make a relevant assessment and further useful