Third year teacher here, first year at my current school. My principal came for a semi-unannounced observation (she gave me a heads up about an hour before). I teach ESL for 3-5th grade.
Third year teacher here, first year at my current school. My principal came for a semi-unannounced observation (she gave me a heads up about an hour before). I teach ESL for 3-5th grade. Overall I felt like the lesson went well, but it seemed like she thought the questions I asked students at the beginning of the lesson were too easy. So she inserted herself into the lesson. I had to pause multiple times because she kept turning my quick turn and talks into longer class discussions, which I didn’t plan for. This got me a little frustrated because we didn’t get a chance to complete the partner work at the end of the lesson, which is where I was hoping she’d get to see more in depth discussions between my students. Now I’m worried I’ll get dinged on my observation for making the lesson too easy, when my plan was to save the in depth questions for the end of the lesson, which she didn’t get to see. Is this typical for an observation? Am I overreacting? Has this ever happened to you? Please let me know! I’d love to get some different perspectives on this. submitted by /u/Scary-Act-9611 [link] [comments]