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Observation Notes for Management Strategies
SOME THINGS TO LOOK FOR:
• How does the teacher establish and maintain a positive classroom climate?
• What are the expectations for studentbehaviour in the classroom, halls, lunchroom, on school property?
• List all the routines – particularly transitions from one activity to the next (don’t forget to list the full routine and isprocedure/purpose that YOU are responsible for in your Routine pages)
• Procedures for attendance, opening exercises, washroom, dismissal
• Describe the use of positive reinforcement
•What are the teacher’s methods of dealing with unacceptable behaviour?
• Quiet signal and other signals
• List effective discipline techniques
• Any student-directed management strategies(Add to these observations throughout placement as you see new management strategies in use.)




































InstructionalStrategies
SOME THINGS TO LOOK FOR:
• List all the ways that teachers can structure a lesson
• Consult the Ontario Curriculum Unit Planner (Teacher Companions – Teaching/Learning Strategies,and FE Handbook) for more info and ideas of things to look out for!
• Learning centres, discussion, lecturing, games, research, programmed learning etc.
(Add to these observationsthroughout placement as you see new instructional strategies in use.)Program Organization
SOME THINGS TO LOOK FOR:
• Program routines, subject integration, routines and teaching responsibilities for specialclasses
• Team teaching; role of teacher assistants and classroom volunteers
• Describe how the teacher organizes the program for learning (e.g., science program organization—how many weeks...