The Second Step Program for all grades also contains
lesson observation forms that can be used to provide feedback for every lesson, and the elementary and early learning curricula include reflection logs and success story logs to document successes and challenges.
Not exact matches
In this resource you will find a fully editable
lesson observation feedback sheet /
form that links feedback to the Teacher Standards.
Glazer et al. (2006) reported that teacher leaders employed demonstration
lessons to introduce pedagogical techniques and then transitioned to other
forms of instructional support (such as classroom
observations) as teachers implemented these techniques in their classrooms.
We trained ourselves as observers to reliably document instruction in the
lessons we observed based on our modification of Newmann «s assessment of authentic instruction.313 We recorded what we saw and heard on an
observation form that included two main sections: 1) basic information about the context, details of the
lesson, how class time was used, how students were organized for instruction and learning, the kinds of technology used during the
lesson, and a description of any positive or negative features in the classroom; and 2) assessments of instruction using four of Newmann's five standards of authentic instruction: higher order thinking, deep knowledge, substantive conversation, and connection to the world beyond the classroom.
After the
observation, the observer summarized the
lesson by completing a summary
form that required a statement about each of these characteristics: overall impression, teacher instruction and teacher - student interaction, activities and materials, student engagement, classroom management, and classroom environment.
Lesson plans, reflection
forms, evaluation
forms and
observation forms were triangulated and used to verify the interview findings.
It can take many
forms including shared planning, peer
observation, collaborative work scrutiny, structured research
lesson study and / or collaborative action research.
The key to all of these things is the use of a wide range of evidence of which
lesson observations only
form a part:
This may come from professional instruction, formative
lesson observation or some other
form or source of feedback.
And when Ofsted practice changes (as with the move from
lesson observation to marking as a source of evidence on teaching quality), the workload is merely transferred from one
form of in school supervision to another.