| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (some color), color portraits |
| Contents |
Introduction: Getting from here to there -- Making the big decisions. Building support for better observer training -- Finding enough observers -- Deciding on training delivery methods -- Setting priorities for observer training -- Pre-scoring video. Understanding pre-scoring video -- Planning a pre-scoring process -- Getting the right video to pre-score -- Recruiting and training master coders -- Ensuring the quality of pre-scoring -- Building the knowledge and skills for observation. Knowing the rubric -- Collecting evidence -- Understanding bias -- Recognizing evidence -- Using criteria for rating -- Coaching teachers -- Organizing a training program -- Using data to improve training and support of observers. Collecting and using data from training -- Assessing observers to ensure and improve quality -- Monitoring your observation system -- Concluding thoughts: Getting it right |
| Summary |
"A practical, research-based guide for ensuring trustworthy classroom observations that provide teachers with meaningful feedback Better Feedback for Better Teaching is an essential resource for school, district, and state, leaders committed to high-quality classroom observations. This practical guide outlines the knowledge and skills classroom observers need to identify and help develop effective teaching, and explains how leaders can best facilitate the development of classroom observers. The best way to ensure high quality instruction in every classroom is to provide teachers with accurate, constructive feedback on practices proven to enhance student learning. Skilled classroom observers help teachers do their best work, so that they can guide students to their greatest potential. Better Feedback for Better Teaching provides helpful, reliable strategies from leading experts and practitioners involved in the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) project, which carried out one of the largest, most influential studies of classroom observations to date. Among the many topics covered, Better Feedback for Better Teaching describes how to: -Build a shared vision of effective teacher feedback among observers -Ensure a common understanding of a classroom observation tool -Train observers to collect objective evidence from a lesson, efficiently and free of bias -Leverage data to improve how observers are trained and supported This comprehensive resource includes helpful starting points, as well as tips to refine techniques and address new challenges. Each section combines clear explanations of key ideas with concrete, adaptable examples and strategies. Self-assessments are included to help you quickly rank current needs and find the most relevant solutions. Filled with valuable, practical tools, Better Feedback for Better Teaching helps educators cultivate high-quality classroom observations that improve teaching and learning"--Publisher's description |
| Notes |
"Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation." |
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"The MET project was launched in 2009 as a research partnership of academics, teachers, and education organizations committed to investigating better ways to identify and develop effective teaching." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 26, 2018) |
| Subject |
Teacher effectiveness -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Teaching -- United States -- Evaluation
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
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Teacher effectiveness
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Teaching -- Evaluation
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cantrell, Steven, author.
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Holtzman, Steven L., 1986- author.
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Joe, Jilliam N., 1976- author.
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Tocci, Cynthia M., 1953- author.
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Wood, Jess, 1985- author.
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, sponsoring body.
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Measures of Effective Teaching Project.
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| LC no. |
2016007269 |
| ISBN |
9781118702000 |
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111870200X |
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9781118701966 |
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1118701968 |
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9781118701997 |
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1118701992 |
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