Build mentor - facing materials which include but are not limited to the topics of change management, stakeholder engagement, and instructional coaching; Create templates for coaching calls, protocols for grade level team meetings, intervention plans, professional development plans,
school observation protocols, on - site visiting protocols.
Not exact matches
We noted that few observers questioned their own consistency between classes and teachers and that few
schools had processes in place for observers to work together to design
protocols for
observation and feedback.
As a
school leader, how do you provide your staff with practice - based evidence and
protocols for
observation?
In this respect, evidence - based practice gives us the
observation instruments and recommended
protocols but the practice - based evidence of
school principals provides the know - how (Bryk, Gomez, Grunow, & LeMahieu, 2015).
School leaders should also have to have clear objectives for the program of
observation, and
protocols to keep discussion on track and to ensure that the time isn't wasted.
Make sure that all classroom
observations are in line with the
school's procedure and also with acceptable
observation protocols.
The NUT and NASUWT have also produced a lesson
observation protocol that they would like
schools to adopt.
I put on my Sherlock Holmes hat and went out to a few
schools to have some informal conversations with teachers about their thoughts on our (fairly) new
observation protocols.
Schools typically use it as a self or peer
observation tool and to supplement existing
school or district classroom walkthrough
protocols.
There should be clear standards and
protocols for
observations, perhaps in a
school handbook.