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PATHWISE CLASSROOM
OBSERVATION SYSTEM
DOMAIN A: ORGANIZING CONTENT
KNOWLEDGE FOR STUDENT LEARNING
Domain A
Knowledge of the content to be taught
underlies all aspects of good instruction.
Teachers must use their understanding of
students and subject matter to decide on
learning goals; to design appropriate
activities and materials; to sequence
instruction and design or select evaluative
strategies.
Primary Sources of Evidence for
Domain A
Class Profile
Instruction Profile
Preobservation Interview
Criteria for Domain A
A1.
A2.
A3.
Becoming familiar with relevant aspects of
student’s background knowledge and
experiences.
Articulating clear learning goals for the
lesson that are appropriate to the
students.
Demonstrating an understanding of the
connections between the content learned
previously, currently, and in the future.
Criteria for Domain A [cont.]
A4.
A5.
Creating or selecting teaching methods,
learning activities, and instructional
materials or other resources that are
appropriate to the students and aligned with
goals of the lesson.
Creating or selecting evaluation strategies
that are appropriate for the students and that
are aligned with goals of the lesson.
Criterion A1
Prior knowledge of
subject
Skills
Motivation to learn
Developmental level
Cultural Experiences
Diversity
Beliefs & Values
Number of Students
Pretesting
Class Discussion
Observation
Home visits
Communicating with
parents/students
Involved with
students outside of
cla
Criterion A2
Lesson objectives or
learning outcomes
Distinguish goals
from activities
Knowledge, concepts,
facts, values
Rationale for
objectives
Modifications
Objectives visually
displayed
Lesson Plan
Plan for
individualizing
instruction
Articulation of clear
learning outcomes
Criterion A3
Sequence content
across lesson
Relate to content to
past, present, future
Fit current lesson with
the broad scope of the
discipline
Prerequisite learning
Connection of content
to past and future
lesson-unit plan.
Set and Closure of
lesson plan.
Chart of
skills/concepts
Curriculum guides
Criteria A4
Foster student
involvement
Variety of methods
Grouping for
instruction
Materials & resources
Appropriate
Alignment
Instruction Profile
Lesson plan
Grouping of Students
Strategies utilized
Connection of goals,
methods, activities,
materials and
evaluation.
Criterion A5
Alignment with
objectives
Appropriate &
systematic
Variety of
assessments
Provides information
about learning
Tests
Self evaluation
Peer evaluation
Anecdotal records
Portfolios
Products
Video-audio-taping
Checklists
Your Portfolio
DOCUMENT-Create a system/checklist to
show you are addressing each criteria in
the four domains.
WORK SAMPLES – Include as many
performance based evidences as possible.
[I did this, not my teacher.]
ORGANIZATION – Less is more – Be selective
in your portfolio work samples.
Reflections in your Portfolio
A short paragraph to explain “why I
chose this evidence for this criteria”
would be beneficial to include.