The document provides a summary of a cognitive coaching experience where the author taught an English class that was observed by their guide teacher and professor. [The class focused on listening comprehension using a movie and toys. Feedback from the teachers was positive, praising the author's language use, time management, and strategies. However, the author notes they could improve on calling on all student participants and feeling more confident in their teaching abilities.]

1. Cognitive coaching experience
English Teaching Professional Practicum
UCSC 2012
Brief description
Cognitive coaching experience’s stage shows how my performance as a teacher was in a class that
was carried out on October 29th at C.E.I.A. M.A.S.S., recorded and observed not only by the guide
teacher but also by the professor who was in charge of the lectures of the subject “Professional
Practicum”, and then what the feedback about my performance was in that particular class.
Cognitive coaching experience
I did nothing special that I had not done in previous
classes but wanted to follow the same modality as I
always do to prove to myself that what I had been doing
throughout the whole semester had been within the
parameters that a teacher experienced in professional
practicum could qualify my class as "good" at least. As
usual, I arrived 15 minutes at the classroom prior to starting
the class in order to install and make sure the necessary tools (notebook, extension cord, data
show, speakers and a surprise box) worked properly, and then when the recess finished, the guide
teacher and the observer-teacher entered the room. I let students know they should feel

2. comfortable because the presence of the new teacher was only and exclusively for terms of
practicum assessment so they should behave as they had been doing regularly throughout the
semester.
From the very beginning to the very end, students kept
a good behavior and respected not only the presence of
the two observer-teachers but also mine. They were
very participatory and collaborated with all the things
that were requested.
On the other hand, and based on subsequent comments
that both teachers made about my performance, I think my class was developed in an exemplary
manner, considering the profile of the students from that educational institution in which it had to
be carried out. Despite the planning of the class was geared towards other purpose with different
activities, I made several changes the previous day to make it more meaningful since I had been
informed that that was going to be the last English class of the year. The class was called
"choices", focused on listening ability based on a movie where the principal character faced a new
stage of his life and, as a result, had to throw away his toys; that is why I decided to use realia by
giving them different toys and transporting them to
the time when they used to play with toys and had
to do the same as the protagonist of the film.
During the class, the focus was mainly geared
towards the discrimination of sounds and listening
comprehension and then ends up with a final activity where

3. they had to make use of the realia and finally reflect on the stage that they were closing at the
time and the choices they had to make within the next few days.
By means of reflection and conclusion I can say that:
 Among the positive aspects of the class I can mention that there was good use of
language and time, good posture in front of students, good use of space in the classroom,
good use of strategies for understanding listening comprehension, appropriate
connection to the students and others.
 Among the negative aspects of the class I can mention that I think not having considered
the participation of some students when they raised their hands to comment on
something said during the class, I attribute this to my poor listening ability even in
Spanish. Another downside may be the fact that, despite demonstrating management
and confidence regarding to content and stages of the lesson, I felt that I was not doing
well and maybe that can have any effect on my upcoming classes as a future teacher.