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From https://sandymillin.wordpress.com

 

Sandy Millin writes, "Over the last 18 months, we have accidentally made video observations a ‘thing’ at our school. There was no grand plan – it just kind of happened, and I’m very glad it did!

 

"...Video observations are a shortcut in a lot of ways. They enable teachers to see and hear:

 

• the reactions of students to what they are doing, including who is not paying attention (and why?)

• their activity set-up and how effective it is

• how well students work with each other

• pacing

• which activities do and don’t work with a particular group

• how other teachers do things, particularly managing young learner and teen groups (it’s not always possible for us to organise peer observations)

• and much, much more.

 

"Overall, video observations have enabled us to provide richer professional development to our teachers, enabling them to see into a variety of classrooms, including their own. If you haven’t tried it with your own teaching yet, I would highly recommend it."

 

Read the full blog post at https://sandymillin.wordpress.com/2019/01/22/setting-up-video-observations/