The Classroom Observation Log: The 4 P's | Teacher Strategy Vault
Watching a mentor teacher run a lesson is one of the most useful hours of your whole placement, if you actually capture it properly.
This is a simple 4-part template - People, Practice, Prompt, Potential - plus the daily and weekly pages that turn a stack of one-off observations into something you can actually use at the end of placement.
What's included:
The 4 P's framework explained (People, Practice, Prompt, Potential), with a prompt for what to notice under each one
A print-ready 4 P's observation template PDF, one per lesson watched, with room for a date and subject
A Daily Jottings page, 2 to 3 minutes at the end of each day
A Weekly Reflection page
A Placement Wrap-Up page,
A how-to-use guide with suggested copy counts for a standard 2-week placement, so you know how many of each page to print before you start
