Learner-Focused Feedback: 19 Strategies to Observe for Impact / Edition 1

Learner-Focused Feedback: 19 Strategies to Observe for Impact / Edition 1

ISBN-10:
1544368267
ISBN-13:
9781544368269
Pub. Date:
02/20/2020
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
ISBN-10:
1544368267
ISBN-13:
9781544368269
Pub. Date:
02/20/2020
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Learner-Focused Feedback: 19 Strategies to Observe for Impact / Edition 1

Learner-Focused Feedback: 19 Strategies to Observe for Impact / Edition 1

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Overview

New strategies for feedback that supports a culture of learning.

The skill set required for observing why students are learning and how teachers influence that is a difficult one to master—yet it’s essential for driving school change and growth. With this companion to the best-selling Feedback to Feed Forward, observers in any role—leaders, coaches, and teachers themselves—will improve their ability to identify desired outcomes, recognize learning in action, collect relevant evidence, and develop supportive, and effective feedback. Features include:

· Nineteen strategies for learner-centered, learning-focused observations

· Authentic classroom examples

· Observer think-alouds

· Stories from the field with “Give-It-a-Try” tools and “Stop and Think” questions

Follow-up steps specific to each role


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781544368269
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication date: 02/20/2020
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 256
Product dimensions: 9.80(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Amy Tepper has served as a teacher, administrator, and program director in various K-12 settings and startups to include virtual, homeschool, blended, and public schools. She held the position of Executive Director of a Sylvan Learning Center, opened an alternative 6th-12th school in Okaloosa County, FL, and later was actively engaged in Florida high school redesign and career education reform, providing technical assistance across the state. Amy had the opportunity to collaborate with a team of parents to develop the Ohana Institute, an innovative blended school, focused on global citizenship and discovery learning, serving as Director in its first year. As a consultant, she provided instructional and administrative coaching at an international school in Panama, before joining Re VISION Learning Partnership in 2013. Amy has since completed countless classroom observations through work as a peer validator evaluating practices in Newark and New Haven schools, and in providing embedded, ongoing support for instructional leaders and teachers in the areas of high quality observation, feedback, and teaching and learning across Connecticut.

Patrick Flynn has worked as a teacher, teacher leader, curriculum director, and executive program director in K-12 settings in over eleven different states. As the Executive Director of High Schools for Edison Schools and the Chief Academic Officer for Great Schools Workshop in Sacramento, CA, Patrick worked with building and district administrations in nine states to implement systemic high school reform. He has provided professional learning in the areas of transformational leadership, performance management systems, standards-driven instruction, and data-driven decision-making. Patrick is Founder and Executive Director of Re VISION Learning Partnership, providing professional development and support to districts and educational organizations in CT, NY, NJ, and LA since 2010. He has led several school improvement initiatives in rural and urban settings and internationally in the United Arab Emirates with the Abu Dhabi Education Council. He has presented nationally and internationally, including as a keynote speaker at the Forum on Big Data at the Tianjin University of Technology, in Tianjin, China. Re VISION Learning is highly sought after for its leadership in providing the highest quality professional learning opportunities for teacher, administrators, and district personnel.

Table of Contents

List of Online Resources
Feedback to Feed Forward Strategies
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1: Why Observe for Impact?
Building a Culture of Learning
Building a Culture of Observation and Feedback
The Skills of Observation
Teachers as Learners
Leaders Leading Learning
What’s Ahead
Chapter 2: What Do You Need to Understand About Learning?
Understanding the Concept of Learning
Overarching Goals for All Learners
Our Three Goals
Cautions for Observers
How the Brain Works
Identifying Learning in Action
Recognizing Impact on Learning
Determining Causal Attribution
Give It a Try
What’s Ahead
Chapter 3: How Can You Prepare for Evidence Collection?
Preobservation Planning
Planning Your Tools
Planning by Using Expectations
Planning to Interact With Learners
Planning Using Learning Goals
Planning Based on Disciplines
Planning Based on Standards
Give It a Try
What’s Ahead
Chapter 4: How Can You Adapt Evidence Collection Upon Arrival?
Your Goals as an Observer
Adapting 101: The Basics
Metacognition in Motion
Making It Count
Timing Is Everything
Using the Learning Goals
Foundational Understandings
Student Ability to Meet Expectations
Give It a Try
What’s Ahead
Chapter 5: How Can You Adapt Evidence Collection as a Lesson Unfolds?
Observing for Learning
Observing for Causal Attribution and Impact
Observing for Good Struggle
Adapting During an Observation
Adapting Based on Active Engagement
Student Notes
Mid-Lesson or End-of-Task/End-of-Lesson Reflections
Adapting Based on Tools and Resources
Adapting Based on Discourse
Give It a Try
What’s Ahead
Chapter 6: How Do You Cultivate a Culture of Learning?
Building a Culture of Learning
Developing Feedback About Impact
Building Trust
Making a Culture Shift
The Six Steps
Final Thoughts
Strategies List
List of Figures
References
Index
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