Transcript Positive Observations and Feedback

Positive Observations
and Feedback
Carla Meyer
University of Delaware
Today’s Agenda
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Icebreaker Activity
Observation Powerpoint
Brainstorming activity
Discussion
Video Clip
Feedback Powerpoint
Video Clip
Back in the School
What roles do observations play in your
school?
The Role of Observations
• Create a channel of open communication
between literacy coach and the teacher
• Assist the teacher to examine and improve
practice
• Track ideas and practices taken from
professional development into the classroom
• Enable effective school improvement
(Walpole & McKenna, 2004)
Challenges of Observations
and Feedback
• Brainstorm
• “Think” of all the challenges you face
during observations and feedback
• “Pair” with a partner to share your
challenges
• “Share” your challenges with the group
Positive Climate-The Key to
Professional Growth
• Never link professional development with
evaluation
• Never make documentation of observations
public
• Establish trust and identify goals in a preobservation meeting.
• Openly share observation and feedback
procedures and timeline.
(Walpole and McKenna, 2004).
Video Clip
• Scenario--You have established a positive
climate with Sarah, a teacher in your school.
She will be conducting a lesson in phonemic
awareness. During the pre-observation
meeting, together you established that she
wanted to focus on her explicit instruction.
Watch the following video clip and use the
observation data to create feedback for
Sarah.
Constructive Feedback
• Post-observation conferences should be
done in a timely fashion
• Comments include sincere, positive
feedback
• Do not test the teacher
• Remember to offer to help the teacher
(Walpole & McKenna, 2004).
Video Clip
• Let’s try again. Watch another clip of
Sarah teaching. Use the observation
data to provide feedback of Sarah. How
would frame your feedback to Sarah
differently?
Goal Setting
• “Think” of one concept from our session
you plan to take back to your school
• “Pair” to share your thoughts with a
partner
• “Share” with the whole group