DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF CLASSROOM OBSERVATION TOOL FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS BASED ON THE CAREER STAGE 1 OF THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS
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Many recent educational reforms prioritize teacher quality to improve student achievement. For this purpose, the Department of Education implemented the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST), a tool that defines the domains, strands, and indicators that provide measures of professional learning, and teaching competency of in-service teachers. However, there has been no classroom observation tool (COT) designed for pre-service teachers aligned with PPST. Feedback on teaching skills also plays an important role in promoting teacher quality. This study aimed to develop and validate a classroom observation tool that focuses on providing feedback on the teaching skills of pre-service teachers. This study employed a developmental research design. The classroom observation tool for pre-service teachers underwent different phases of planning, design, and development. Focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted for the try-out phase. Through purposive sampling, participants from FGD which comprised cooperating teachers (n=10), supervising teachers (n=2), and pre-service teachers (n=14) were involved in teaching internship programs. Responses were analyzed using thematic analysis. The results revealed participants found the classroom observation tool useful in identifying weaknesses and improving teaching practices and competencies aligned with professional standards for teachers in both face-to-face and online modalities. It is recommended that the tool be used by other teacher education institutions within the region.
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