VESSELS’ CLASSROOM OBSERVATION FORM ─ CTTA VERSION

Teacher: _______________________ Date: ________ Time: ______ Grade: ____ School: _________________

Subject(s): ______________________

FIVE-MINUTE TIME INTERVALS

Lesson: __________________

CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION					0-5	10-15	20-25	30-35	40-45	Comments
Minutes of Active Teaching
Primary Teaching Role (Ip, Fc, Stc, N)
Artful Learning® Stage (Ini, Be, Im, Le, N)
Primary Lesson Content (Ac, Art, Vir, N)
Student Relations (Co, Vs, Ind, N)
Type of Student Activity (Sa, Int, Pa, N)
Lesson Infusion (Art, Vir, Ac, N)
Ratio of Students On-Task & Off-Task

INTERPERSONAL INTERACTIONS
Student-to-Student(s) Negative Student-to-Student(s) Positive

Two-Way Fight	Physical Aggression	Physical / Provocation	Learning-Related But Disruptive	Learning-Related & Not Disruptive	Brief Cooperation (< 5 minutes)	Extended Teamwork	Relationship Building
Hostile / Verbal	Verbal Provocation	Nonverbal Disruption	Disruptive / Off-Task Talk	Non-Disruptive Off-Task Talk	Friendly Talk, Smiles, etc.	Solicited / Help	Voluntary Help

Hostile / Harsh / Demeaning	Courteousness Politeness	Praise or Encouragement	Anger Toward Teacher	Disrespect To Teacher	Learning Related & Disruptive	Learning Related Not Disruptive	Voluntary Help
Respectful Reprimand / Redirect	Friendliness Openness	Kindness or Affection	Disruptive Off-Task Talk	Non-Disrup-tive Off-task	Courteousness / Politeness	Friendly Talk / and Smiles	Kindness or Affection

QUALITY RATINGS

Poor - - - - - - - - - - - Good

Teacher’s Kindness and Respect
Students’ Kindness and Respect
Teacher’s Motivation and Responsibility
Students’ Level of Engagement
Positive Discipline / Problem Prevention
Caring Community

Ac / Art / Be / Bo / Co / Fc / Im / Ind / Ini	Academic content / Arts infusion / facilitation / Becoming stage of Artful Learning / Both arts and virtues Infusion / Cooperative learning / Facilitator, coach, helper, guide / Implementing stage Artful Learnin / Students Working Independently / Initiating Stage of Artful Learning	Ip / Int / Le / Ne / Pa / Sa / Stc / Vir / Vs	Information Provider / Interactive Teaching / Leading Stage of Artful Learning / Neither Arts nor Virtues Infusion / Passive, Quiet, No Interaction / Students Actively Participating / Stimulator High-Level Thinking / Virtues, values, character, etc. / Competition

INSTRUCTIONAL CODES

Notes:

Teacher-to-Student(s) Student-to-Teacher Negative & Positive