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Lesson observation: Advice before feedback...

Middle leadership
Clare Sarson explains how a simple change to the lesson observation process has improved dialogue about teaching.

 

I follow Doug Lemov (@Doug_Lemov), author of Teach Like a Champion, on Twitter and in early 2014 he posted a link to his blog which really made me evaluate my practice as a middle leader.

It was to a guest post on his blog by Katie Yezzi, his co-author of Practice Perfect and the founding principal of True North Troy Preparatory Charter Elementary School, an Uncommon School in Upstate New York. 

It concerned lesson observations and posed the idea that, rather than simply waiting for the post-lesson conversation to give feedback, it would be more productive to offer advice and collaboration prior to the lesson.

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