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How To Make Lesson Observation Meaningful


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Holly Gardner

Holly Gardner is TT Editor, as well as a Freelance Publisher. She has been working with @TeacherToolkit for over 6 years - since she published his first book in her role as Senior Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury Publishing. Since then, she left her day job,...
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How can you conduct a lesson observation so that it actually improves teaching?

Observing other teachers is one of the privileges of being a middle leader, writes Zoe Paramour, teacher and author of How To Be An Outstanding Primary Middle Leader and writes: What should you look at in a lesson observation? And how often should you be observing teaching?

How often should you observe teachers?

It’s widely accepted that low stakes drop-ins are more useful for everyone than one high-stake observation a term. Drop-ins should not be used to catch members of staff

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11th March 20192nd March 2023 by Holly Gardner
Posted in Basic Account, CPD, Leadership (Senior), Review (Sponsored)Tagged Bloomsbury Books, Bloomsbury Education, Carte Blance, checklist, Coaching, Feedback, focus, how to be an outstanding primary middle leader, lesson observation, middle leaders, observation, Product Review, Teacher Development, Zoe Paramour

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