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Instructions for Classroom Observation Form

The Classroom Observation Form is simply a structure in which to record your observations when you serve as a peer reviewer for a colleague. More room is given to description to record concrete examples of both the librarian's and the students' activities during the period. By showing on what you base your evaluation, these descriptions strengthen your assessment of the librarian's teaching and provide useful feedback to the librarian. The smaller "reflections" column is for quick notes about assessment points you may wish to return to when compiling the report.

Description

Record things chronologically;
follow flow of the class

In this column describe such factors as:

Reflections

In this column comment on things to follow up:
Physical environment if significant; things that stood out;
Students' arrival behavior; suggestions to make;
Librarian's and student activities and behaviors;
record in form of action/reaction, when possible.
E.g. When the librarian did..., the students did ...;
When the student did..., the librarian did...		 high quality events;
Methods librarian used; potential areas for development.
Significant statements and exchanges.

|Checklist for Procedures| Guidelines for Reviewers|
|Classroom Observation Form| Guidelines for Report|
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Last updated: Tuesday, 07-Feb-2006 12:21:49 CST

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