You will get feedback from a peer at least We want to develop a professional You will be assigned a peer observation twice a month. community where teachers feel confident partner for each two-week period of the and comfortable engaging in personal school year. During that time, you and your conversations about teaching with each partner will observe each it is up to – other. We will receive opinions from our you two when the observations will happen. colleagues but more importantly, we will After those observations, you will meet to have opportunities to engage in relevant engage in a conversation around those and specific conversations about our observations. Then during the next self-reflection… teaching. We grow by receiving feedback biweekly period, you will either have a new and from multiple sources, and peer feedback is partner or you will keep partners for a a vital part of this growth. longer period of time to allow repeated observations. You will receive unit plan feedback. We want to hit the big ideas with kids and When you complete a final unit plan (at feedback teach so that our material sticks with kids least two days before beginning that unit), in for the long-term. To do that, we need email that unit plan to Kimberly and your units that effectively develop an principal. Within 24-hours, you will receive understanding of big ideas. We think our written feedback from Kimberly and believe units are best when we co-plan them with sometimes from the principal as well. If you we others and then get an outside opinion of would like to meet with an instructional the logic of that plan. leader to talk further about the unit plan, please just ask for a meeting. The Because instructional leaders might ask to meet to talk about the unit plan.
Because we believe in feedback and self-reflection… You will get feedback from a peer at least twice a month. We want to develop a professional community where teachers feel confident and comfortable engaging in personal conversations about teaching with each other. We will receive opinions from our colleagues but more importantly, we will have opportunities to engage in relevant and specific conversations about our teaching. We grow by receiving feedback from multiple sources, and peer feedback is a vital part of this growth. You will be assigned a peer observation partner for each two-week period of the school year. During that time, you and your partner will observe each – it is up to you two when the observations will happen. After those observations, you will meet to engage in a conversation around those observations. Then during the next biweekly period, you will either have a new partner or you will keep partners for a longer period of time to allow repeated observations. You will receive unit plan feedback. We want to hit the big ideas with kids and teach so that our material sticks with kids for the long-term. To do that, we need units that effectively develop an understanding of big ideas. We think our units are best when we co-plan them with others and then get an outside opinion of the logic of that plan. When you complete a final unit plan (at least two days before beginning that unit), email that unit plan to Kimberly and your principal. Within 24-hours, you will receive written feedback from Kimberly and sometimes from the principal as well. If you would like to meet with an instructional leader to talk further about the unit plan, please just ask for a meeting. The instructional leaders might ask to meet to talk about the unit plan.