Longitudinal reports combine data from multiple observations to provide a view of teaching practices over time. Sharing : Users can eMail results to the teacher and any administrator; plan and ...

Step 2: Observation Classroom Observation (face-to-face or online) The observer arrives well in advance. The instructor explains the process to students and introduces the observer. The observer takes ...

As the rubber hits the road in the implementation of states’ revamped teacher-evaluation systems, new research illuminates a troubling source of bias. School principals—when conducting ...

Teachers who participated in a year-long study comparing video-recorded and in-person classroom observations found the video observation process fairer and more useful overall than in-person ...

Education; Teachers need to know classroom observations will be used to help them, not as a 'gotcha' - panel. Published: ; May. 17, 2012, 8:19 p.m.

Teaching observations are performances in a much more literal and direct sense than a normal day in the classroom. That’s why it is important to be prepared. The very presence of an observer is ...

The classroom-observation report came out of a unique high school club called Best Practices, founded in the fall of 2004 by 10 students at Lexington High School, in Lexington, Mass.

This report draws from decades of experience using observation in early childhood education, which has implications for administrative decisions, evaluation practices, and policymaking in K-12.

Black and male teachers in Tennessee consistently receive lower classroom observation scores than their peers, according to a new study from the Tennessee Education Research Alliance.. Black ...

Students and teachers engage in a personal dance; we do not teach classes, we teach students. Direct observation of classroom performance can be a major intrusion that disrupts the very nature of the ...

Classroom observations to rate teachers are shifting focus to students June 24, 2013 Bull Run Middle School principal Matthew Phythian (left) meets with Robert Knight, an 8th grade civics teacher ...