Strategies for Effective Cooperating Teacher Observations

Strategies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-45
Author(s):  
Jamie J. Brunsdon ◽  
Craig Parkes ◽  
Teri Schlosser
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 46-61
Author(s):  
Geoffrey K. Leigh ◽  
Cynthia Robinson ◽  
Steven Bernard Hollingsworth

Building on the increasing number of programs designed to enhance brain development, a program developed in Korea, Brain Respiration, was adapted to a school in Nevada. Classes were offered twice weekly to a class of fourth and fifth grade students with control group classes assessed in the same school. Self-report surveys, teacher observations, and standardized reading and math scores were used to determine effects of the program on the students. Some differences were found in the pretest for the survey and the observation, with control groups scoring higher. There were differences in some post-test scores, with treatment group children scoring higher when differences did occur. There also were differences in the reading and math scores, with control groups scoring higher than the overall treatment group, but not higher when compared to those actively participating in the program. Such differences are discussed as well as other issues possibly influencing the effects.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2a) ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Anggia Suci Pratiwi ◽  
Rikha Surtika Dewi ◽  
Asti Tri Lestari

ABSTRAK   Makalah ini merupakan hasil penelitian yang bertujuan mengimplementasikan psikoedukasi kesadaran fonologi di sekolah dasar. Psikoedukasi kesadaran fonologi merupakan pelatihan yang mengembangkan sensitivitas anak terhadap struktur bunyi. Psikoedukasi ini dilakukan sebagai upaya stimulasi dan optimalisasi terhadap potensi berbahasa yang dimiliki anak sesuai dengan tahap perkembangannya dan memberikan layanan, serta bimbingan yang dibutuhkan anak dalam melewati tahap-tahap periode sensitif yang dilaluinya dengan cara menggunakan berbagai aktivitas praakademik untuk mengembangkan kesadaran fonologi.                 Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode deskriptif. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah dengan metode observasi dan wawancara dengan guru. Observasi dilakukan di dalam kelas untuk melihat kesadaran fonologi anak. Upaya guru dalam pengembangan kesadaran fonologi anak didapatkan melalui wawancara dan pengamatan secara langsung. Setelah dilakukan observasi dan wawancara, selanjutnya dilaksanakan psikoedukasi kesadaran fonologi kepada siswa dan guru. Pemilihan metode yang akan digunakan dalam psikoedukasi pada anak dapat disesuaikan dengan tingkat usia anak. Deteksi aliterasi dan deteksi fonem tunggal relatif mudah bagi anak, yaitu untuk mengenali bunyi silabel awal yang sama (pada purwakanti) dan bunyi silabel akhir yang sama (pada sajak) dari kata-kata yang disajikan. Adapun teknik psikoedukasi dapat melalui lagu anak yang bersajak ataupun melalui kegiatan berpantun. Metode dengan tingkat yang lebih sulit yang dapat digunakan seperti metode deteksi fonem tunggal; di sini tingkat kesulitannya sudah meningkat, karena anak harus mengenali unit bunyi yang lebih kecil daripada silebel. Apabila keterampilan tersebut telah dikuasai, lebih lanjut anak dapat diberi pelatihan dengan metode yang semakin tinggi tingkat kesulitannya seperti metode ketukan fonem.   Kata Kunci: Psikoedukasi, Kesadaran Fonologi, Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini.     ABSTRACT   This paper is the result of a study aimed at implementing psychoeducation in phonological awareness in primary schools. Psychoeducation of phonological awareness is a training to develop children's sensitivity to the sound structure. This psychoeducation serves to stimulate and optimize the language potential of children according to the stage of development, to provide services and to provide guidance that children need to go through the sensitive stage in which they use various preschool activities to develop phonological awareness. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach using descriptive methods. The data collection technique in this study is the observation method and interviews with the teacher. Observations were carried out in the classroom to see the phonological awareness of the child. Teacher's efforts in developing children's phonological awareness achieved through interviews and direct observation. After conducting observations and interviews, then psychoeducation phonological awareness was carried out to students and teachers. The selection of methods to be used in psychoeducation in children can be adjusted to the age level of the child. Alliteration detection and detection of single phonemes are relatively easy for children to recognize, namely the same initial syllable sound (in purwakanti) and the same final syllable sound (in poetry) of the words presented. The psychoeducation technique can consist of children's songs which are poetry, or dance activities. More difficult level methods can be used such as single-phonemic detection methods; here the level of difficulty has increased as the child has to recognize a sound unit that is smaller than the silebel. If these skills have been mastered, furthermore the child can be given training with methods that increase the level of difficulty such as the phoneme knock method.   Kata Kunci: Psychoeducation, Phonological Awareness, Early Childhood Education


2013 ◽  
Vol 83 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Hill ◽  
Pam Grossman

In this article, Heather C. Hill and Pam Grossman discuss the current focus on using teacher observation instruments as part of new teacher evaluation systems being considered and implemented by states and districts. They argue that if these teacher observation instruments are to achieve the goal of supporting teachers in improving instructional practice, they must be subject-specific, involve content experts in the process of observation, and provide information that is both accurate and useful for teachers. They discuss the instruments themselves, raters and system design, and timing of and feedback from the observations. They conclude by outlining the challenges that policy makers face in designing observation systems that will work to improve instructional practice at scale.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth B. Hunter ◽  
Luis A. Rodriguez

PurposeRecent teacher evaluation reforms around the globe substantially increased the number of teacher observations, consequently raising observers' (typically school administrators') observational loads. The purpose of this study is to examine associations between observational loads and school administrator turnover, reported time use and strain.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses education administrative data from the state of Tennessee to examine the link between observational loads and school administrator outcomes of interest. The results present credible regression estimates that isolate variation in observational loads within schools over time and within observers over time.FindingsThe evidence suggests individual school administrators allocate a set amount of time to observations that is insensitive to observational load and seemingly assign observations to colleagues strategically. School administrator reports do not suggest observational loads are associated with negative unintended consequences on administrator strain or observer turnover.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the literature on teacher evaluation by shedding light on how the constraints posed by an evaluation system may affect the work of school administrators. It also extends the job demands-resources theory that describes worker responses to new job demands.


2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mariana Amaral-da-Cunha ◽  
Amândio Graça ◽  
Paula Batista ◽  
Ann MacPhail

Teaching perspectives in initial teacher education are useful analytical tools for exploring the development of professional identity and the supervisory practices of cooperating teachers working with preservice teachers on school placement. A case study design was employed with an experienced physical education teacher newly appointed as a cooperating teacher to a cohort of three physical education preservice teachers to examine how his professional identity was challenged by the demands of the new role as a mentor. Data were collected throughout a one-year school placement and included three semi-structured interviews and the cooperating teacher’s weekly journal entries. Analysis was informed by grounded theory coding procedures. Open codes were collapsed into three metaphorical axial themes: (a) the chameleon, (b) a tailor-made cooperating teacher, and (c) the liaison of relations. To perform his new role as a cooperating teacher and surpass the emergent supervisory challenges in developing a pedagogical relationship with his first cohort of preservice teachers, the cooperating teacher called upon his educational perspectives on teaching physical education built on constructive, collaborative and inquiry premises, but ended up practising teaching perspectives echoing an apprenticeship model due to the preservice teachers’ personal characteristics.


1993 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth McIntosh ◽  
Sharon Vaughn ◽  
Jeanne Shay Schumm ◽  
Diane Haager ◽  
Okhee Lee

This study examined 60 general education teachers' classrooms, K-12, that included students with learning disabilities. The study examined how general education teachers' behaviors toward mainstreamed students with learning disabilities compared with their behavior toward students without disabilities, and the interactions between students, and between students and teacher. Observations using the Classroom Climate Scale indicated that few teacher behaviors and classroom practices were different for the two groups of students. However, differences were found in student behaviors. Overall, students with learning disabilities interacted with the teacher, other students, and classroom activities at much lower rates than did other students.


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