With time being an issue how can administrators still complete the full observation process for every teacher? The observation and rating is not the end of it. Administration needs to provide the necessary support for teachers to improve their instructional practices. There is a need for instructional coaches to support teachers. This year I have observed an increasing number of students enter the tier process and a high number of referrals. I can't help wonder if this is related to tier 1 instruction. Have other counties addressed these concerns? If so, how did they address them?
Monday, April 17, 2017
The Observation Process
The teacher observation assignment challenged me to reflect and examine on the observation model. The observation process consisted of a preobservation conference, lesson observation, and postobservation conference. This was spread out over a three day period and took approximately a total of two hours for each teacher. Thinking back on the process I realized that this is a long time when you consider the number of teachers an administrator has to observe. Each piece of the observation process is important and right because of time and other obligations parts are being left out. I have heard teachers complain about the scores they received. These teachers have said they don't know how to improve and that there is never any follow up conversations.
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I was very interested to read about the observational process also. I had no idea this process was supposed to be so involved.
ReplyDeleteI have never experienced an observation that was this involved, but I was very excited to read about it.
My assistant principal has only been in my classroom for a total of 20 minutes this school year and to be honest, I don't value the feedback too much because I don't really understand what it's based on.
I feel it would be much more beneficial to just observe one teacher a day using the model described in the text. The teachers need to value the feedback.
Also, when I did the conferences it did not take two hours. Maybe if you let teachers know you only have a set amount of time before you're moving on to the next conference it will be more focused. Unless, you needed the entire two hours?