INSPIRE Observation Form

• Personnel

• Document No.

Instructor / Course Information

• Client / Site

• Class/Course/Module

Observation Information

• Audit Title

• Conducted on

  Date

• Number of students present

Observer Information

• Prepared by

• Observer Title

  Academic Dean

  Education Director

  Education Manager

  College President

  Trained Designee

• The classroom environment is welcoming.

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

Class Preparation

• Arrived 10 min before class.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Greeted each student by name

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Informed students of objectives for class

  on board at class start

  verbally

  agenda instead

  class already in session.

• Started on time and well prepared

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• NOTES:

Lesson/Lecture

• Presented the lesson in a logical manner

• Used examples to clarify or emphasize

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Example:

• Periodically restated objectives

• Explained key terminology

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Interspersed with student-centered learning activities

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Followed curriculum

• NOTES:

Instructor Response

• Please provide your comments, questions, or concerns here on this page off the printout.

Guided Practice

• Periodically checked for understanding

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Asked questions of all students

  Every student

  Most students

  Same students

  A few students

  no students

• Evaluated degree of understanding and reviewed, if necessary

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Number of questions by instructor

• Number of questions by students

• NOTES:

Instructional Strategies

• Used good questioning techniques

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Stimulated student participation

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Included all students in the lesson

• Evidence of thorough planning & prep

  Select Handouts ready Good flow Jumped around Used SMARTBoard Read from slides

  • Handouts ready
  • Good flow
  • Jumped around
  • Used SMARTBoard
  • Read from slides

• Addressing varied learning styles

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Applied student-centered learning activities

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Connected content to Career Application

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Maintained interest of the class

• NOTES:

Classroom Management

• Arranged room so students can see, hear, & participate

• Draw room layout

  Drawing

• Instructor moved about the room

• Used class time wisely

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Used motivation techniques

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Created a positive, supportive, learning environment

• NOTES:

Presentation Skills

• Displayed enthusiasm

• Used appropriate voice quality<br>(tone & quality)

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• Demonstrated a professional manner

• Spoke at an appropriate rate of speech

• NOTES:

Closure & Follow-up

• Summarized key points of lesson

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Related follow-up activities to lesson

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Asked relevant review questions

  Wow

  Great

  Good

  Barely

• NOTES:

Modes of Instruction

• Check any used in this lesson

  Select Cooperative Learning Demonstration Discussion Lecture Multi-media Resource Speaker Role play Small Groups Learning Resource Activity Other

  • Cooperative Learning
  • Demonstration
  • Discussion
  • Lecture
  • Multi-media
  • Resource Speaker
  • Role play
  • Small Groups
  • Learning Resource Activity
  • Other

• Other instructional mode used:

Overall

• End of observation

  Date

• Overall Rating of the Lesson

• Observer comments:

• Name of Observer:

  Sign

Instructor Response

• Please provide your comments, questions, or concerns here on this page off the printout.

Instructor agrees

• This was a scheduled/planned observation.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• All students were present.

  Off

  On

• How many students absent?

• I feel the observed lesson

  was as I planned.

  went well.

  could have been better.

• I would improve this lesson's

  Select time management transitioning closure student participation addressing objectives using SMARTboard

  • time management
  • transitioning
  • closure
  • student participation
  • addressing objectives
  • using SMARTboard

• My highlight from today

  Select class discussion question & answer recap informative lecture multimedia clip student participation SMARTBoard interaction

  • class discussion
  • question & answer
  • recap
  • informative lecture
  • multimedia clip
  • student participation
  • SMARTBoard interaction

• I will....

• Review the emailed observation

• Schedule a time to sit down with my observer

• Name of Instructor

  Sign

• This page is your immediate confirmation of the observation evaluation. You will receive a PDF copy of this evaluation. You are encouraged to make comments on your printout.

Instructor Response

• Please provide your comments, questions, or concerns here on this page off the printout.