ED Source – Jean Madden-Cazares
“When it comes to promoting teacher effectiveness, classroom observations of teachers are critically important, but sadly they have become rote, and the opportunity to provide teachers serious feedback and next-level growth is underutilized. Too often we hear teachers and administrators complain about outdated observation methods where an administrator schedules only one time a year to watch a lesson, checks a list and reports on the teacher’s performance. Think about it: As educators and support professionals, how often do we hear our teachers report that their administrator is often in their classroom, and really knows them and their students? Not often enough. Teachers in general are skeptical that occasional and cursory observations mean that their supervisors are knowledgeable about their skills as an instructor and understands the needs of students as learners.”(more)