Post-lesson conference

Guided Observation

During guided observation, students will have an opportunity to observe experienced teachers at work and to make connections with their learning during the first year of the methodology course.

At the beginning of the semester/year make sure that your students:

• know the schools where their guided observation is taking place

• are acquainted with their mentors (English language teachers at these schools)

• are supplied with the observation tasks and observation sheets at the beginning of each Unit

• are informed about the way their guided observation is assessed.

Pre-observation meeting

It is a part of regular routine for a teacher and a student teacher. Its purposes are to:

• allow the student to explain what s/he is going to do in the lesson

• look over the lesson plan

• discuss any possible problems

• agree on a focus for observation if necessary

• agree on anything connected with your presence in the classroom: where you want to sit, whether you will take notes etc.

• agree on the time and place for the post-lesson conference.

Lesson observation

• Leave all your preconceptions, preferences, and prejudices outside the classroom door. Go into the room with your mind clear of "baggage” and be ready to observe the student teacher on her/his own terms.

• Decide where to sit. If there is space, you may find it helpful to sit at the side to get a view of both student teacher and learners without having direct eye contact with anyone in the room.

• Remember that your students will not always teach in a way that you regard as ideal; try to keep an open mind about their style and decision-making.

• Don’t interfere with the progress of the lesson in any way; the student has to take full responsibility for the class.

• Take notes discreetly.

Post-lesson conference

The key purposes of the conference are to provide the student with an opportunity to reflect on the lesson, to evaluate her/his performance in the lesson and identify areas for improvement.

• Hold the meeting in a quiet place where you feel comfortable and where you won’t be disturbed

• Let the student ‘unload’ any emotions they are experiencing after the lesson. This will make it easier to discuss afterwards any concrete issues that need to be addressed.

• Throughout the conference, try to stay within the student’s world, and understand what is possible for her/him rather than imposing your own way of teaching.

• Throughout the conference, give the student your full attention and ‘keep the noise in your own head quiet’.

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