Great post another drawback of lesson visits is CPD given in schools and the need for some SLT to keep adding new strategies and wanting to see them in lesson visits.
I was observed by an ECT (we share some classes) because she needed help with lesson starts getting students settled and working etc.
We worked together on scripts, clear routines and strategies . All was going well until she was told by leaders that she should be trialling 5 other strategies that were introduced in whole school CPD. The ect becomes overwhelmed. It just makes me want to scream.
Exactly. My daughter is also training ECTs. The trick is to focus on only one thing, and to help them realise that this first thing will have most impact out of the list. Even the worst SLT will find this is reasonable. You are not publicly deriding what is in the list, so they have no cause for offence.
Great post another drawback of lesson visits is CPD given in schools and the need for some SLT to keep adding new strategies and wanting to see them in lesson visits.
I was observed by an ECT (we share some classes) because she needed help with lesson starts getting students settled and working etc.
We worked together on scripts, clear routines and strategies . All was going well until she was told by leaders that she should be trialling 5 other strategies that were introduced in whole school CPD. The ect becomes overwhelmed. It just makes me want to scream.
Exactly. My daughter is also training ECTs. The trick is to focus on only one thing, and to help them realise that this first thing will have most impact out of the list. Even the worst SLT will find this is reasonable. You are not publicly deriding what is in the list, so they have no cause for offence.