Videotaping+Observation+and+Reflection

Videotape Observation/Reflection ===The purpose of the videotape observation is reflection and analysis of your intern's teaching. While teaching, intern observations are limited because they are typically attending to so many other variables. ===

===Videotaping allows your intern to revisit their teaching and focus on a wider range of instructional decisions and student interactions with each repeated viewing. As a result hopefully they will develop a clearer sense of style, strengths and areas for development.===

===Interns should plan to videotape themselves two times during each of the 8 week placements. The videos should be of them teaching a lesson lasting up to 30 minutes or more. You, as their mentor teacher, or another intern may assist them with this. They should be sure to obtain permission from parents prior to doing this. We ask the interns to check with you about this protocol.=== ===Interns will take the first video home and view it the first time without any particular focus. They will write a Reflection Paper viewing the video. The paper should include an introduction/ background description of the class/ group of students in terms of the lesson content, relationships and management.===
 * ===Lesson Content/Instruction: Consider instructional clarity, consideration of students’ prior experience/knowledge, ratio of teacher instruction to active student engagement, pacing, modeling, assessment of student understanding, and individualization. ===
 * ===Relationships: Consider classroom climate, teacher responsiveness, motivational techniques, communication patterns, teacher-child interactions, peer interactions and individual children’s reactions and relationships. ===
 * ===Management: Consider provision of materials, instructional organization, directional clarity, and behavior management. ===

===The second video Reflection Paper will include all of the above as well as a comparison between the two videos and a conclusion of this experience explaining why this is a valuable Assessment Tool to determine growth as well as areas of need. ===