Oct.3 Pitpit Weekly Activity Log

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GONZALO M. PITPITBERTIE MIDDLE SCHOOL Week Beginning: October 3, 2011

NELA Internship Weekly Activity Log

Teacher

Observation

Teacher

Evaluation

Teacher

Meetings

Building

Meetings

District

Meetings

Community

Meetings/

Contacts

Extra-

Curricular

Events

Management

Tasks

Other

Monday Two (2)

Walkthroughs

with 7th Grade

Math and

Language Arts

teachers with Dr.

Peel.

Two (2)

Walkthroughs

with 8-B (Sci)

and 8-U (SS)

One (1) Post-

Observation

conference with

8-C (Spanish)

One (1) Pre-

ObservationConferee with

7-R (LA)

One (1)

Meeting

with the 7th

Grade

Family

(issues

includingentrance to

the building

and faithful

adherence

to CARE

time

None Contacted Mr.

Norman Cherry,

Vice-Chair,

County Board

of

Commissioners

None None Meeting with

Dr. Peel,

Executive

Coach

Tuesday NELA class. GCP/KIPP Pride Visit

Wednesday Two (2)

Walkthroughs

with 7-E (SocialStudies) and 7-

Lo (Science)

One (1) Pre-Observation Conf.

with 7-G

One (1) Teacher Eval/Obs. with 7-G (LA)

One (1) brief Post-Observation Conf. with7-G; per Mrs. Hardys

instruction

None None One (1)

Principals

Meeting atthe Central

Office

None None None Meeting with

Mrs. Hardy

on theAspiring

Leader Needs

Assessment

Thursday Three (3) One (1) Teacher- One (1) None None None None None None
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Walkthroughs

with 7-Cr, 7-E,

and 7-G

Evaluation/

Observation with

7-R

Meeting

with 7th

grade

Lang. Arts

teachers

for the

School

Improvem

ent Project

Friday Three (3)

Teacher

Observations

with 7-RO, 7-E,

and 7-Le;

Three (3)Walkthroughs

with 6-WR, 6-J,

& 6-C

One (1) Teacher

Evaluation/

Observation with

7-C (Lang. Arts)

None None None None None None Meeting with

Mrs. Hardy

the 7th grade

Lang. Arts

teachers;

School

ImprovementProject

*Reflection on this weekly log (include feedback from coach and mentor):

On Teacher Evaluation-

I have one concern with one teacher in my school improvement project. During our pre-observationconference, I told her the objectives of my visit the next day how she handles review session with her students;

that I want to see a lot of student engagement - group work/pair work during the review; and that I dont want tosee her administering the weekly test; and that the test could be administered after the review.When I observed her the next day, she did the exact opposite She started with giving the test! I stayed in

her class for few more minutes before I left.

How should I take this? This is what I am thinking: Hold a post-observation conference -using the 15-minobservation notes I gathered Friday morning. I will ask what her reasons were why she gave the test first before the


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review. I will ask her if she remembers the objectives of my visit, which I discussed with her during the pre-

observation conference. Then, I will schedule another visit with her.

On Giving Feedback (as part of the post-observation conference)

How should I take it when I try to offer suggestions for improvement and the other says, It does not work,?

In my conversations with two of the new teachers, they told me that their main concern is classroom management.I tried to offer some suggestions such as for example - using hand signals to signify their intentions One said,

That will not work; and the other said, I ask my students to raise their hand if they want to talk. Still, it does not

work.Another example How about calling their parents? One said, I did that but their parents are neither at

home nor pick up the phone. Another said, I did do that; however, these students still do what they want to do. I

have ring leaders in my classrooms and these are the ones I need to work on. Have you considered assigning leadership roles to these ring leaders? One said, No. I dont think that

will work. Another one said, But I dont think they are capable of doing it. I have reservations about that.

Our conversations were done in separate occasions. I tried to explain that the students theyre talking aboutare actually good ones in another teachers class; that means, theyre capable to behave themselves well. I added

that they are the adults in the classroom, and they should show firmness and consistencies in their dealings with

inappropriate behavior.I felt that I did not help them that much because they were not buying- in the suggestions I gave them.

Reflecting on this experience, I think I did not do it the right way. Like what Dr. Peel said, Do not tell them. Ask

them and guide them till they realize what they should do differently next time. Great advice!

On Data Analysis-

On my recent meeting with Mrs. Hardy about the school improvement project, we looked at the 7th grade

data based on the end-of-grade results the past few years. We concluded that 7th grade Language Arts is the


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weakest link. As part of my project, we will present the data again using the information from each teachers

class last year. Mrs. Hardy said that we will point out that the teachers did not help the school with 1) the overall

composite score; 2) growth; and 3) the group of students who either took the regular test for the first time or whocame from another state.

Overall, reading is a need. We cant afford for these students to be losing points rather than gaining growth.

Did we have teacher power? Did our students feel the teacher power? Great insights!

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