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Linking Observation Notes
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Importance of the
Observation Notes
1. Records teacher
performance
2. Guides observers in
rating teacher
performance
3. Provides evidence/
basis for coaching and
mentoring
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Activity Purpose
• To provide avenue for the raters to practice
linking observation notes with the COT
rating
• To capacitate the raters in looking for and
reporting on the key aspects of the
indicators in the observation notes
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Linking Observation Notes
with the COT Rating
PART A
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Activity Materials
1. Worksheets
• Each worksheet contains observation notes and space
for writing individual rating.
• There are 10 worksheets for this session.
• The focus-indicator for observation notes are selected
from priority indicators of RPMS 2019-2020 and 2020-
2021.
2. Classroom Observation Tool (COT) rubric
• This covers the rubrics for the 21 classroom observable
indicators of the Philippine Professional Standards for
Teachers (PPST).
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Front cover of the Classroom Observation Tool
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Source: Classroom Observation Tool (pg. 3)
BEGINNING
PROFICIENT
HIGHLY PROFICIENT
DISTINGUISHED
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Source: Classroom Observation Tool (pg. 10)
A. Indicator refers to the
observable practice of teachers
in the classroom. The language
of the indicators is taken from the
Proficient career stage of PPST.
B. Level Descriptions
refer to the descriptions of
practice for each level.
C. Features of Practice refer to
illustrations of specific classroom
practices at each particular level.
D. Clarifications refer
to the operational
definitions of selected
words/phrases used
in the rubric.
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Source: Classroom Observation Tool (pg. 4)
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Let’s try Worksheet #1.
1. Read the focus-indicator.
2. Review the COT rubric for the focus-indicator.
Indicator 1
(appendix page 12)
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Let’s try Worksheet #1.
3. Read the
observation notes.
4. Identify the notes
that correspond to
the focus-indicator.
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Let’s try Worksheet #1.
5. Review the COT rubric again.
6. Rate the focus-indicator based on the given
observation notes.
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Let’s discuss your answers.
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Do the other worksheets.
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Linking Observation Notes
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PART B
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Activity Materials
1. Worksheets
• This contains one rating sheet with 10 indicators
selected from priority indicators for RPMS 2019-2020,
2020-2021, and 2021-2022.
• It also contains 10 worksheets for writing observation
notes intended for 10 indicators.
2. Classroom Observation Tool (COT) rubric
• This covers the rubrics for the 21 classroom observable
indicators of the Philippine Professional Standards for
Teachers (PPST).
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Let’s answer Worksheet #1.
1. Review the rating for each indicator.
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Let’s answer Worksheet #1.
2. Review the COT rubric focusing on the rating and the
corresponding rubric level description
Level 8
Level Description:
The teacher applies high-level knowledge of content and
pedagogy within and across curriculum teaching areas to
empower learners to acquire and apply successful learning
strategies to assist in their development as independent
learners.
Indicator 1
Apply knowledge of content within and
across curriculum teaching areas
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Clarifications:
HIGH-LEVEL KNOWLEDGE
accurate, in-depth, and broad knowledge within and
across curriculum teaching areas
WITHIN CURRICULUM TEACHING AREA
inclusion of appropriately chosen intra-disciplinary topics
and enabling learning competencies within the curriculum
guide of a specific learning/subject area and grade level
ACROSS CURRICULUM TEACHING AREA
making meaningful connections and including appropriate
interdisciplinary topics and learning competencies cited in
the curriculum guide of other learning/subject areas in any
grade level
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Let’s answer Worksheet #1.
3. Write appropriate observation notes that correspond
to the rating.
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Let’s discuss your answers.
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Sample observation notes
The students showed learning from the lesson
through the plan for the play:
• Use of globe theatre adopted to the covered
court of the barangay
• Adapt the technicalities of the play: costumes,
music, musical instrument, language and use
it in this barangay presentation.
The teacher commented on the plan and the
students adjusted accordingly. One main
adjustment was for the play to become musical
play.
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Do the other worksheets.
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Linking Observation Notes
with the COT Rating
PART C
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Activity Materials
1. Worksheets
• Each worksheet contains 8-9 short observation notes
focused on a priority indicator for RPMS 2020-2021 (left
column), and space for writing COT rubric levels that
match the notes (right column).
• There are 7 worksheets for this session.
2. Classroom Observation Tool (COT) rubric
• This covers the rubrics for the 21 classroom observable
indicators of the Philippine Professional Standards for
Teachers (PPST).
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Let’s answer Worksheet #1.
1. Read the focus-indicator.
2. Read the observation notes (left column).
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Let’s answer Worksheet #1.
3. Rate each note from NO to level 8 (right column).
Use the COT rubric as guide in rating the notes.
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Let’s discuss your answers.
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Do the other worksheets.
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References
Department of Education – Bureau of Human Resource
and Organizational Development. (2019). Classroom
observation tool.
Department of Education – Bureau of Human Resource
and Organizational Development. (2019). RPMS-
PPST for SY 2020-2021 capacity building for raters –
worksheets.
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Presentation Slides prepared by
Dr. Jennie V. Jocson, RCTQ Deputy Director
jocson.jv@pnu.edu.ph
Donnadette SG. Belza, RCTQ Research Officer
belza.ds@pnu.edu.ph
Ma. Izella D. Lampos, RCTQ Project Officer
lampos.mid@pnu.edu.ph
Contact Us
Phone +63 2 53171768 Local 763/764
Telefax +63 2 53369755
Web http://www.rctq.ph/
Email rctq@pnu.edu.ph
Editor's Notes
Purpose of the Slide: To show the title of slide
Note to the Presenter:
Read the slide.
Purpose of the Slide: To highlight the importance of the classroom observation notes
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize that:
Although the observation notes form is not used as MOV for the classroom observable objectives of RPMS, the observation notes, when done properly:
Record teacher performance as it shows during actual teaching in the classroom;
Guide observers in rating the teacher as the notes serve as evidence of performance; and
Provide evidence or basis for coaching and mentoring teachers, especially on indicators that the teacher finds challenging.
Purpose of the Slides: To present the purpose of these capacity building activities
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize that:
This activity is intended to
(1) provide avenue for the raters to practice linking observation notes with the COT rating, and
(2) capacitate the raters in looking for and reporting on the key aspects of the indicators in the observation notes.
Purpose of the Slide: To show the title of slide
Notes to the Presenter:
Say that this is PART A of the session Linking Observation Notes with the COT Rating.
Purpose of Slide: To present the materials needed for the activity
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize that
There are 2 materials needed for this session: worksheets and COT rubric.
The focus-indicators for the observation notes are selected from priority indicators of RPMS Year 1 (SY 2019-2020) and Year 2 (SY 2020-2021).
All the worksheets and the rubric are bound as one and has been distributed to them during the registration.
The materials for this session can be found on page 3.
Purpose of Slide: To review some features of the Classroom Observation Tool (COT) rubric
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize that
1. the Classroom Observation Tool (COT) is an assessment tool that is used to measure classroom performance of teachers.
2. the COT Full covers the rubrics for the 21 classroom observable indicators of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST). This is the mother document of all COT subsets like the COT-RPMS rubrics that DepEd is using.
Purpose of Slide: To review some features of the Classroom Observation Tool (COT) rubric
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize that
The COT rubric addresses the continuum of practice stipulated in the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST). Thus, there are 9 rubric levels for each indicator. Levels 1-5 captures the Beginning career stage; levels 3-7 captures the Proficient career stage; levels 4-8 captures the Highly Proficient career stage; and levels 5-9 captures the Distinguished career stage.
For the transition years, DepEd decided on the default career stages: Teachers (Proficient) and Master Teachers (Highly Proficient). Proficient teachers are assessed using rubric levels 3-7 while Highly Proficient teachers are assessed using rubric levels 4-8.
The activities for the capacity building are intended to capacitate the raters on rubric levels 3-8 of the indicators.
Purpose of Slide: To review some features of the Classroom Observation Tool (COT) rubric
Note to the Presenter:
1. Note that the parts of the full COT rubric are similar to the parts of COT-RPMS rubrics.
Purpose of Slide: To show the priority classroom observable indicators for SY 2019-2020, SY 2020-2021, SY 2021-2022
Note to the Presenter:
Read the slide.
Emphasize that the capacity building activities will make use of the indicators from Year 1, 2, and 3 in the worksheets but focusing more on Year 2 indicators.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process of the session
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize the session process.
Tell the participants to turn their bound material to Worksheet #1 on page 9.
Emphasize that each worksheet for Part A looks like that.
Prompt them to read the focus-indicator for Worksheet #1 which is found at the bottom of the page.
Prompt them to review the COT rubric for that indicator. For this worksheet, it is Indicator 10 that is found on page 32 of the COT rubric (in the appendix).
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process of the session
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize the session process.
Tell the participants to read the observation notes and mark the notes that correspond to the focus-indicator. This will help them to rate the indicator later.
Give them 1-2 minutes to do the activity.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process of the session
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize the session process.
Tell the participants to review the COT rubric again but focus heavily on identifying the rubric level that is appropriate to the notes they identified.
Emphasize that the levels they are expected to review are levels 3 to 8 to cover the rubric levels of the Proficient and Highly Proficient career stage.
After reviewing, tell them to indicate their rating on the worksheet,
Give them 2-3 minutes for this part.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process of the session
Notes to the Presenter:
At this point, facilitators may
Call several participants to give their ratings.
Process their answers carefully. Refer to the facilitator’s guide for the correct answers and explanations.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process of the session
Notes to the Presenter:
Tell the participants that you will do 2 more worksheets in plenary, and do the remaining worksheets in groups.
Say that the process for Worksheet #1 applies to all worksheets for this activity.
Purpose of the Slide: This is a title slide.
Notes to the Presenter:
Say that this is PART B of the session Linking Observation Notes with the COT Rating.
Purpose of Slide: To present the materials for the activity
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize that
There are 2 materials for this session: worksheets and COT rubric.
The focus-indicators in the rating sheet are selected from priority indicators of RPMS Year 1 (SY 2019-2020), Year 2 (SY 2020-2021), and Year 3 (SY 2021-2022).
The materials for this session can be found on page 19.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize the session process.
Tell the participants to turn their bound material to page 23 where they can find the rating sheet with 10 focus-indicators and their corresponding ratings.
Say that for Worksheet #1 on page 24, they will focus on indicator 1 which got a rating of 8.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize the session process.
Tell the participants that they should review the COT rubric for that indicator. It is Indicator 1 of the COT rubric on page 12.
Emphasize that they only need to review the level description that correspond to the given rating.
Emphasize that the level description expects “high-level knowledge…within and across curriculum teaching areas”.
Emphasize that the level description also expects the teacher to empower learners to become independent learners through the application of the teacher’s high-level knowledge of content and pedagogy.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
Lead the participants to the clarifications of terms found in the level description: “high-level knowledge”, “within curriculum teaching areas”, and “across curriculum teaching areas”.
Give them 1 minute to process the level description and clarifications.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize the session process.
Afterwards, tell them to write observation notes that correspond to the rating.
Give them 2-3 minutes for this.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
At this point, facilitators may
Call several participants to give their observation notes.
Process their answers carefully. Refer to the facilitator’s guide for the correct answers and explanations.
Purpose of Slide: To guide the participants in the correct answer for worksheet #1
Notes to the Presenter:
Say that this is a sample observation notes appropriate for Indicator 1, level 8.
Read the sample observation notes.
Explain why the sample shows a level 8. [This explanation is found in the facilitator’s guide.]
The students learned the requisite information on plays. The activity of the teacher is for the students to bring the learning to another level: adapt the learning to another play (in the barangay). After further review, through the guidance of the teacher, the students were able to further plan for the presentation. The new presentation is now a musical play. This shows the students became independent learners.
The sample notes support level 8 because when the students are able to adapt their learning to prepare another play, they are showing that they are empowered learners to acquire and apply successful learning strategies.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
Tell the participants that you will do 2 more worksheets in plenary, and do the remaining worksheets in groups.
Say that the process for Worksheet #1 applies to all worksheets for this activity.
Purpose of the Slide: This is a title slide.
Notes to the Presenter:
Say that this is PART C of the session Linking Observation Notes with the COT Rating.
Purpose of Slide: To present the materials for the activity
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize that
There are 2 materials for this session: worksheets and COT rubric.
The focus-indicators for this activity are selected from priority indicators of RPMS Year 2 (SY 2020-2021). Hence, there are 7 worksheets as there are 7 classroom observable indicators for RPMS Year 2.
The materials for this session can be found on page 34.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize the session process.
Tell the participants to turn their bound material to Worksheet #1 on page 38.
Tell them to read the focus-indicator.
Give them 1-2 minutes to read the observation notes found on the left column of the worksheet.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
Emphasize the session process.
Tell the participants that they have to rate each note from NO to level 8.
Emphasize that rating should be based on the COT rubric. For Worksheet #1, refer to Indicator 1 of the COT rubric on page 12.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
At this point, facilitators may
Call several participants to give their ratings.
Process their answers carefully. Refer to the facilitator’s guide for the correct answers and explanations.
Purpose of Slide: To prompt participants on the process in doing the worksheets
Notes to the Presenter:
Tell the participants that you will do 1 more worksheet in plenary, and do the remaining worksheets in groups.
Say that the process for Worksheet #1 applies to all worksheets for this activity.
Purpose of the slide: To show the reference used for this session
