Lesson observations

Policies Staff Well Being Teaching and Learning 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Graded Lesson Observations

1st Sep 20181st Sep 2018 John Dabell 882 Views 2 Comments Lesson observations, Measures of effective teaching project, Research, Robert Coe

Reading Time: 1 minute Is your school still grading lesson observations?

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Ofsted Research Teaching and Learning 

Six Models Of Lesson Observation

3rd Jun 20185th Jun 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2813 Views 0 Comments Amanda Spielman, Classroom Assessment Scoring System, Framework for Teaching, Generic Dimensions of Teacher Quality, International Comparative Analysis of Learning and Teaching, International System for Teacher Observation and Feedback, Lesson observations, Mathematical Quality of Instruction, Observations, Ofsted, qualitative, qualitative research, Quan, Research, Subjective

Reading Time: 4 minutes What do OfSTED want to gain from lesson observations?

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DfE Policies Teaching and Learning 

9 Teaching Ideas to Bin in 2018

1st Jan 201831st Dec 2017 @TeacherToolkit 14061 Views 23 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, Amanda Spielman, Appraisal, Assessment, banners, Bin, books looks, coloured pens, Data, Department for Education, Graded Lessons, Jarlath O’Brien, Lesson observations, letterheads, logos, Loic Menzies, Marking, MockSTED, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Performance-related pay, polarisation, Progressive, PRP, Richard Kennett, Senior Leadership, Teaching Ideas, Tom Sherrington, Traditional, work scrutinies, Workload, Yellow Box

Reading Time: 7 minutes What teaching ideas would you like to say goodbye to in 2018?

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Seasonal Teaching and Learning Workload 

Dear Santa

3rd Dec 201730th Nov 2018 @TeacherToolkit 6950 Views 3 Comments Appraisal, Book looks, Chartered College of Teaching, Coaching, Department for Education, DfE, Donald Trump, Graded Lessons, Lesson observations, Marking, Observations, Ofsted, Poll Everywhere, Purple Pen, The End of Average, Todd Rose, Work Scrutiny, Yellow Box

Reading Time: 6 minutes If you could give any Christmas present as a gift to teachers, what would you choose?

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Ofsted Research 

Attitudes to OfSTED

6th Aug 20174th Aug 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3455 Views 0 Comments gradings, Lesson observations, lesson plans, Ofsted, Research, School Inspections, Sean Harford, Senior Leadership, Survey, teacher attitudes, YouGov

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are teachers’ attitudes towards the school inspectorate, OfSTED? 

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

10 @OfstedNews MythBusters by @TeacherToolkit

11th Mar 201524th Mar 2015 @TeacherToolkit 4087 Views 5 Comments @OfstedNews, Graded observations, Lesson observations, Lesson planning, Marking, Mythbusting, Ofsted, True or False?

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is blog about the recent updates published by OfSTED on 11th March 2015. This document is commonly known as,

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Research Students Teaching and Learning Thunks 

What is the Point of Copying Lesson Objectives? by @rpd1972

18th Jan 20155th Feb 2015 @TeacherToolkit 7021 Views 11 Comments Action Research, Debra Kidd, Formative Assessment, Lesson Objectives, Lesson observations, MA action research, Summative Assessment, Teaching and Learning, Thunks, TTkitThunks

Reading Time: 4 minutes This is a blog about action research and the purpose of Lesson Objectives used in teaching and learning.

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Research Teaching and Learning 

Teachers and Lesson Observations by @DrMattOLeary

10th Sep 201431st Oct 2015 @TeacherToolkit 5418 Views 9 Comments Academic Research, classroom observation, Graded observations, Hawthorne Effect, Lesson observations

Reading Time: 4 minutes Why do teachers feel so strongly about lesson observation?

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@TeacherToolkit Leadership Ofsted Resources Teaching and Learning 

#BeyondLessonGrades by @TeacherToolkit and @LeadingLearner

22nd Jun 201429th Sep 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4388 Views 5 Comments Challabing, Lesson gradings, Lesson observations, Quality of Teaching, Reliability, Schools, teaching, Validity

Reading Time: 3 minutes It may be that 2014 will be seen as a pivotal year in changing how we judge the quality of

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@TeacherToolkit Teaching and Learning 

Getting it right: The value of observations by @TeacherToolkit (Part 2/2)

7th May 201431st Oct 2015 @TeacherToolkit 3223 Views 11 Comments Appraisal, Good teacher, Good teaching, judgements, Lesson observations, Ofsted

Reading Time: 3 minutes In April 2014, I raised “The importance of observations and ‘Getting It Right’ (Part 1)” and highlighted the open versus

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@TeacherToolkit Teaching and Learning 

Stepping away from observational judgements by @TeacherTookit

13th Feb 201412th Aug 2014 @TeacherToolkit 5745 Views 23 Comments Inspections, judgements, Lesson judgements, Lesson observations, Ofsted, Progress over time, Stepping away from observational judgements

Reading Time: 7 minutes Conundrum: If we are to truly move away from (one-off) lesson observation judgements – particularly, on teachers of individual lessons

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