iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation)

Teacher Issue: I chose this resource because teacher observations are always being improved and this resource gives 7 ways that teachers observations can be used more effectively in schools. This is important in our new schools and also with our new administrators that we have in the building so they can understand how to be a better observer of their teachers.

This is a must read for subject Coordinators, Principals, subject heads, and even teachers. Teacher Observation is an important way of giving feedback to teachers, that is over and above the feedback that students are likely to give. While observations might appear to be irksome, tedious and often invasive, the reality is that these observations make the teacher better, stronger, and more effective. There might be areas where a good teacher could work on and these could be turned into plus points. When I started to teach, everything was rather very traditional, the best, and most accepted mode was the Lecture Method, which the more enterprising teacher could enliven through discussions and brainstorming sessions. It was only after my Principal observed my classes that I realised that I could make each class more interesting by encouraging student led activities, divinding them into crews, allotting tasks to each one of them, and so on. All this feedback became possible through the quality of feedback that I was given by my senior. "Teachscape" is an important document that lays down guidelines and ground rules that an observer should adopt, and anyway, it makes good sense for teachers to go through them because they provide a valuable rubric for the teacher himself. In my school we use the Bob Marzano protocol which is in itself a comprehensive document. Filling it might take some time, but then as you get used to it, you can do a fair enough job!