Education experts consider instructional rounds as one of the best tools to enhance the sharing of pedagogy skills and enhance collaboration among teachers in an institution or district. When leading instructional rounds, you focus should remain on learning instead of criticizing. In fact, you learn later that no feedback is given to the teacher under observation. Make observation and later compare the skills and methodologies used.
Participants stand to reap incredible benefits by participating in the observation and plenary debriefing. The reason you visit as a team is to capture as much as possible from the target teacher and also collect diverse views. The plenary debriefing session is used to report on individual observations and compare notes. When each teacher is making reflections on the day, he or she will also have learnt something.
Education experts advise that each teacher participates in one round at least once a semester. The leader of the team should be a colleague who is highly respected and has a history of producing exemplary work. You can use the instructional coach who is seasoned in the industry. Administrators can also take the lead but the purpose must remain to learn other than criticize the teacher under observation.
The success of such rounds depends on the willingness of teacher being observed to accommodate guests. This is why volunteers are the best teachers to be visited. They will conduct their lesson without any pressure. To enhance the capacity of the entire team of teachers, comparison sessions should be held involving the best teachers in the area.
The team making the rounds should remain as small as possible. Preferably, they should be between four and a maximum of six. Explain to your class that they will receive visitors. When students are learning in an environment with strangers, they will not respond naturally. However, when they are aware that learning is taking place, they will be supportive of the process.
Strangers or teachers getting into the class should cause the least disruption possible. If they make entry in between a lesson, they should avoid distracting the students. The best position is the peripheries where they do not interfere with teaching. Share the areas of observation to maximize the impact of your visit. One may observe interaction with students while the other focuses on use of learning materials.
The duration of the session should be 10-15 minutes. A lot of observations can be made over the period. The duration also allows the class to continue with planned work. Do not give the teacher a score using rubrics. Note down observable elements and use these observations to make notes. At the end of your session, remember to thank the students and teacher as you exit.
Keep observations made within the team. Even the comments participants will make during debriefing must remain within the group. The natural design of rounds is that even the teacher does not receive any feedback. However, some may ask for it. That is the only moment the feedback should be given. Pulse and Delta approach is preferred during evaluation because it helps you identify the strengths that can be emulated and weaknesses to be avoided.
Participants stand to reap incredible benefits by participating in the observation and plenary debriefing. The reason you visit as a team is to capture as much as possible from the target teacher and also collect diverse views. The plenary debriefing session is used to report on individual observations and compare notes. When each teacher is making reflections on the day, he or she will also have learnt something.
Education experts advise that each teacher participates in one round at least once a semester. The leader of the team should be a colleague who is highly respected and has a history of producing exemplary work. You can use the instructional coach who is seasoned in the industry. Administrators can also take the lead but the purpose must remain to learn other than criticize the teacher under observation.
The success of such rounds depends on the willingness of teacher being observed to accommodate guests. This is why volunteers are the best teachers to be visited. They will conduct their lesson without any pressure. To enhance the capacity of the entire team of teachers, comparison sessions should be held involving the best teachers in the area.
The team making the rounds should remain as small as possible. Preferably, they should be between four and a maximum of six. Explain to your class that they will receive visitors. When students are learning in an environment with strangers, they will not respond naturally. However, when they are aware that learning is taking place, they will be supportive of the process.
Strangers or teachers getting into the class should cause the least disruption possible. If they make entry in between a lesson, they should avoid distracting the students. The best position is the peripheries where they do not interfere with teaching. Share the areas of observation to maximize the impact of your visit. One may observe interaction with students while the other focuses on use of learning materials.
The duration of the session should be 10-15 minutes. A lot of observations can be made over the period. The duration also allows the class to continue with planned work. Do not give the teacher a score using rubrics. Note down observable elements and use these observations to make notes. At the end of your session, remember to thank the students and teacher as you exit.
Keep observations made within the team. Even the comments participants will make during debriefing must remain within the group. The natural design of rounds is that even the teacher does not receive any feedback. However, some may ask for it. That is the only moment the feedback should be given. Pulse and Delta approach is preferred during evaluation because it helps you identify the strengths that can be emulated and weaknesses to be avoided.
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