The series “Teacher Responses to Principal Feedback” is coming to a close. I hope you have found useful information in the series that encourages you to get out and visit your teachers and engage them in the practice of education. The previous article in...
Fifteen years ago, chalkboards, overhead projectors and oratory eloquence were the best tools teachers had at their disposal to communicate with students. Today, interactive touch screens and laptop computers are considered the bare minimum to effectively reach...
The beginning of a new school year brings many new opportunities to your school. The new school year brings new teachers, new students, new initiatives, and often new opportunities to learn and grow in your profession. Among the many opportunities for us this year was...
I have just read a most interesting article about “Fixing Classroom Observations” (http://tntp.org/assets/documents/TObservations_2013.pdfNTP_FixingClassroom). It proposes bringing the same focus and coherence to classroom observations that Common Core...
Article 5 of the “Teacher Responses to Principal Feedback” series will discuss findings that teachers responded to principal feedback of classroom observations by reflecting on their teaching. Reflection is a powerful tool for teachers and, when used...
At the end of every school year it is good practice to reflect on your eWalk templates and review if the data collected by these templates was relevant to your school and to your established purpose for conducting classroom observations. Be sure to do this soon after...
