Pre-Service Observation Anecdotal

Last semester for our FIELD STUDY 1, we are required to render a portion of our time to do pre-service observation. As the name of the activity itself we are required to observe teachers as they do their duties and responsibility inside the classroom. This activity also gives us the opportunity to have an idea as well as prepare ourselves for our on the job training by the following semester. Since we are still in the middle of a pandemic and the government are strictly imposing rules and policies against COVID-19. Therefore our college department in partnership with the school we will be doing our observation had strictly followed and obliged with the said rules and policies. Such as wearing face mask at all times inside the school premises, practicing social distancing as well as hand sanitation.

Since there are no students present at school due to the reason that the school shifted from face-to-face to modular distant learning. As a result our pre-service observation mainly focuses on classroom management as well as the daily routines and duties of our cooperating teachers. Moreover as a way to make a detailed observation aside from taking pictures for documentation purpose, we are also required to make an anecdotal for every time we go to school and make an observation. In total I had five anecdote records, which I would be sharing with you down below.

November 2, 2021

Today is the day that we will be meeting our cooperating teacher. We went to the school at 9:00am in the morning. By the time we are inside the school campus we texted our cooperating teacher that we had arrived. However since she is still on her way to school, she instructed us instead that we should look for her classroom and there we would wait for her.

It took us almost thirty minutes roaming around from building to building in hopes of finding the said classroom, but still we are unable to find it. That is why I and my partner had decided that we should wait for her instead besides the gymnasium. After another thirty minutes of waiting she had finally arrived. We greeted her a good morning and followed her, to our surprise the room which we passed by many times was her classroom. But we were unable to notice it since the signage was placed behind the close door.

As we entered the classroom we saw another teacher, which was a grade 8 teacher whom our cooperating teacher was sharing the said room with. After greeting the said teacher a good morning, we seated by the chairs in the middle of the room. After a short introduction of ourselves, she then taught us what we will be doing. Then we did a little work such as segregating the answer sheets and modules. Subsequently she gave us our first task which was checking the answer sheets for the subjects ESP and AP, then she send us home after.

November 12, 2021

Today was the second day, we went to school at 10:00am in the morning. By the time we arrived our cooperating teacher was already in the classroom doing her daily routine. After giving her the answer sheets that we had checked, she then told us to help in cleaning the classroom, which we did. Then after cleaning we were given the task to receive and segregate the answer sheets that the students’ parents and guardians had bought in. As well as giving them in return another set of modules that the students would be answering. After we successfully completed our task, our cooperating teacher had given us another set of answer sheets that we would be checking then she send us home.

November 18, 2021

Today was the third day, we arrived to school at 11:00am. Our cooperating teacher went outside the school for an errand. Thus she instructed us to just leave at her table the answer sheets that we had checked. Then we shall get the new set of answer sheets to be check from the other teacher she was sharing the classroom with. After getting the answer sheets, we then went home.

November 25, 2021

Today was the fourth day, we went to school at 9:00am. As we arrive everyone was busy since there would be a classroom evaluation by the following day. Our cooperating teacher had given us different task. I was given the task to input answer sheets scorers in the laptop, while my partner was given the task to arrange the students’ portfolio. It was already lunch time when we finished our tasks. Even though we know that we would only be doing half day work/observation every meeting, but today was an exception. It was our own free will that we decided to stay and help. Since we had noticed that our cooperating teacher was struggling a lot with many things at hand. After we ate our lunch we went back to the classroom and help them with the decoration. Our cooperating teacher was very grateful, for the things that they would be doing became somewhat easier since there are many people working hand in hand. After decorating, she gave us the new set of answer sheets that we would be checking, then she send us home.

December 3, 2021

Today, was the final day of our pre-service observation. First we returned back the answer sheets that we had checked last week. Then we asked our cooperating teachers for artifacts which we shall be needing as part of the requirements for the Field Study 1 and Field Study 2 subjects. Afterwards we thank her for the time-being that we are her pre-service teachers, then we bid our good bye.

"Though we are only able to meet for a short period of time, but still the things we had learned and the experiences we had made would surely become a great aid for us in the near future. Especially since our on the job training is just around the corner."

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