Description:How can to strengthen the consistency and quality of instruction through a coherent and strategic approach to observation and feedback? By participating in this session, you will have the opportunity to reflect on your current approach to walkthroughs and practices with walkthrough tools supportive of the Common Core literacy shifts: academic language, complex text and use of textual evidence. Participants will practice observing and providing teachers with feedback through by oberving actual lessons.
Objectives: - Determine look-fors for quality lessons aligned to the rigor of the standards
- Engage in an instructional observation and practice feedback
- Reflect on your current approach for observation and feedback and teacher development opportunities
Credit Reflection Questions: Review the classroom observation instruments that you currently use at your school.
- How does the instrument reflect the shifts and expectations in the standards?
- How does the instrument focus on what students are doing? What the teacher is doing?
- How specific is the language about the expectations for how time is spent? The types of activities that students and teachers do?
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