COT-RPMS
OBSERVATION NOTES FORM
OBSERVER: ___________________________________________
December 4, 2019
DATE: __________________
NAME OF TEACHER OBSERVED: ___________________________
10:40 AM
TIME STARTED: __________
SCIENCE 10 / GRADE 10
SUBJECT & GRADE LEVEL TAUGHT: _________________________
TIME ENDED:
OBSERVATION 1
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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:
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11:40 AM
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1 . T h e t e a c h e r m a k e s r o u t i n e a c t i v i ti e s l ik e , pr a ye r , gr e e t in gs a n d c h e c k in g of
attendance.
2 . T h e te a c h e r o r ie n t s t h e s t u d e n ts on r u l e s a n d p r o p e r c o n d u c t i n s i d e th e c l a s s r o om .
H e u s e s be h a v i o r a l c h a r t i n w h i c h a d e d u c ti o n o f p o in ts e n s u e s w h e n a s tu d e n t
d o e s n ’ t f ol l o w r u l e s . A n o n - v i ol e n t a p p r oa c h of d i s c i pl i n e .
3 . T h e t e a c h e r c o n d u c ts a s i m pl e r e c a l l t o r e f r e s h t h e s t u d e n t s a b ou t th e pr e v i o us
l e s s on . T h e s tu d e n ts pa r t i c i pa t e b y a n s we r in g th e qu e s t i on s t h r o w n b y t h e te a c h e r
4 . T h e te a c h e r a d d r e s s e s t h e s tu d e n t a s “ M r . o r Mi s s ” w h ic h is u s u a l l y a p p l i e d to
c o l l e ge s t u d e n ts . T h e te r m is l e s s f r i e n d l y a n d t o o f o r m a l .
5 . T h e t e a c h e r s t a r t e d t o gr o u p t h e s t u d e n t i n t o 4 gr o u ps f or a n a c ti v i t y .
6 . T h e s t u d e n ts a c t i v e l y pa r ti c i pa te d i n th e g r ou p d y n a m i c s . I n th e a c ti v i t y , t h e
t e a c h e r u s e s a r i t h m e t i c a l c o n c e p t i n d e c o d i n g t h e w o r d s p r e s e n t e d . T h e te a c h e r t h e n
s t a r te d t o u n l o c k d if f i c u l ti e s b y s h a r i n g th e d e f i n i t i on o f t h e o b j e c ts o f t h e l e s s on .
7 . T h e te a c h e r h a s t h e m a s te r y o f t h e c o n te n t a n d u s e s d if f e r e n t ia te d a c t iv i t i e s l ik e :
d e c o d i n g o f w or d s , gu e s s i n g ga m e s , e tc .
8 . T h e te a c h e r e x pl a in s th e m e a n in g o f e a c h o b j e c t of th e l e s s on w i th t h e a i d o f v is u a l
a i d s p r o je c te d on s c r e e n u s i n g l e d pr o j e c t o r a n d P o w e r P o i n t . T h e e x pl a n a ti o n is
v e r y c l e a r th a t s tu d e n ts u n d e r s ta n d t h e l e s s o n v e r y we l l .
9 . T h e a c t i v i t ie s a n d d is c u s s i o n s a r e c h e e r f u l , e n j o y a b l e a n d l i v e l y b u t f a i l e d to
e l i c i t H i g h e r Or d e r T h in k i n g S k il l s .
1 0 . T h e te a c h e r a t t h e e n d o f t h e l e s s o n c on d u c ts a n a s s e s s m e n t t o e va l u a t e h o w f a r t he
students understand the lesson.
11. The class ended on time.
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Signature over Printed Name of the Observer
This form is part of the Classroom Observation Tool–RPMS, which was developed through the
Philippine National Research Center for Teacher Quality (RCTQ) with support from the Australian Government.