Direct observation of classroom performance can be a major intrusion that disrupts the very nature of the teaching moment. Methodologically, there are several practical questions about faculty ...

The principal of Banana Kelly HS in the South Bronx has faked classroom observations of her faculty, staffers charge. “She’s destroyed the integrity of the whole evaluation system,” an ...

Step 2: Observation Classroom Observation (face-to-face or online) The observer arrives well in advance. The instructor explains the process to students and introduces the observer. The observer takes ...

Evidence-based observations can stretch the thinking of teachers and principals, but as soon as point scales come to play, it cheapens the educational process. Classroom Observations Are Not About ...

Classroom observation is the bridge between the worlds of theory and practice. It can provide school directors and mentors with formative feedback for individual teachers.

As the rubber hits the road in the implementation of states’ revamped teacher-evaluation systems, new research illuminates a troubling source of bias. School principals—when conducting ...

Classroom observations — one of the most widely-used forms of teacher evaluation — might be setting teachers up to fail. Teachers might be at a disadvantage during classroom observation of their ...

Each observation consists of a 15-second scan of the classroom, starting with the teacher, and including a headcount of the students who are visibly not engaged with the teacher at that moment. All ...

Teach Primary is a free classroom observation tool that provides a window into one of the less explored and more important aspects of a child’s education: what goes on in the classroom.The tool is ...

Similar to the Observation Stage, candidates in this stage will also keep an ongoing log of their classroom experiences and connect theory to practice through their linked School of Education courses.