Questions for Post Observation Conferences

The questions which follow are to be used to guide the library media specialist's lesson planning, instructional implementation, and the appraisal team's post observation conference.

Lesson Components Assessment Classroom Management Commumication Directions Instructional Delivery Management of Learner Behavior Motivation Objectives Outcomes Pacing Questioning Resources Teacher & Learner Interaction Summary		Outcomes Why did you choose __________ for today's lesson? What other lesson's have been taught prior to today's lesson? What do you want the student's to be able to learn? How do you know that the students need to know this? (Pre-assessment activity) How would you have known if they had not met with success? How would you have known if they had met with success? How did you communicate the purpose of today's lesson to the students? Does this strategy promote success for all students? (multiple modalities) What activities supported the purpose for today? What did the group get from these activities? How did you know? When should you use modeling? _________(fill in strategy used) How did you use _________ as a teaching strategy? What would have made _________ more successful? How can you have the student's interact with each other? What strategy can you use?
		Motivation Why did you plan it? Were they motivated? How could you have motivated the lesson more?
Lesson Components Assessment Classroom Management Commumication Directions Instructional Delivery Management of Learner Behavior Motivation Objectives Outcomes Pacing Questioning Resources Teacher & Learner Interaction Summary		Instructional Delivery Did you establish a focus for this lesson? How? How did you communicate the objectives of this lesson to the students? Was this a successful strategy? How did you decide the sequence of information for this lesson? What strategies did you use to deliver this information? What questioning techniques did you use to promote learning? How would you adjust/modify this lesson for the next class? What did you do to provide closure for this lesson? Were the students actively engaged in the learning activity?
		Directions What worked? With what were you pleased? Were your directions able to direct the students to appropriate sources of information? Need to have the directions in mind before you make the assessment.
		Objectives Network with teacher to share teaching responsibilities prior to determining the objectives of the lesson, the grade program may have already covered parts of the lesson.
Lesson Components Assessment Classroom Management Commumication Directions Instructional Delivery Management of Learner Behavior Motivation Objectives Outcomes Pacing Questioning Resources Teacher & Learner Interaction Summary		Pacing Have you programmed yourself for success with this lesson? Can the objectives be met within the time constraints? Is pacing a problem because of one of these factors: clear purpose directions unreasonable expectations unreasonable student accomplishments not enough information in student's background of knowledge?
		Questioning How do you phrase questions to promote success? What level of questions did you ask? Did they require students to think and problem solve? How do you support answers from students? Do you use terms that make students compare or clarify their answers?
Lesson Components Assessment Classroom Management Commumication Directions Instructional Delivery Management of Learner Behavior Motivation Objectives Outcomes Pacing Questioning Resources Teacher & Learner Interaction Summary		Assessment Was the assessment aligned with the learning outcomes? What type of information did you get back? Was this a satisfactory way to assess this activity? Was your pre-assessment activity satisfactory? Did you plan for checkpoints throughout the lesson?
		Summary Did you have everyone's attention before beginning the summary? Did your summary aligned with the learning outcomes? Did you involve student\ input in the summary statement?
Lesson Components Assessment Classroom Management Commumication Directions Instructional Delivery Management of Learner Behavior Motivation Objectives Outcomes Pacing Questioning Resources Teacher & Learner Interaction Summary		Classroom Management Organizes instructional learning time Did you begin the instruction on time? How did you provide for transitions to minimize the loss of instructional time? Did you use the lesson time frame time effectively? How do your class rules/routines maximize learning?
		Management of Learner Behavior How did you establish clear, appropriate expectations for student behavior? How do you promote consistency when applying these rules/routines for all students? What kinds of reinforcement do you use to promote productive behavior? Is this reinforcement working for you?
		Resources Have you arranged the space so that all students could see and hear instruction? How did you use materials and equipment to support instruction? Does your spacing promote group interaction? Did you integrate technology in a meaningful manner?
Lesson Components Assessment Classroom Management Commumication Directions Instructional Delivery Management of Learner Behavior Motivation Objectives Outcomes Pacing Questioning Resources Teacher & Learner Interaction Summary		Teacher - Learner Interaction Have you created a positive learning climate? Have you established realistically high expectations for all students? Did you provide ample time for all students to respond? Were you courteous when interacting with all students? How did you provide individual or group assistance to students in this lesson? How did you connect the learning in today's lesson with student interests and experiences?
		Commumication Were your written directions clear? Were your oral directions clear? Were your explanations of directions clear? Was the written presentation grammatically correct and legible?