PEER OBSERVATION
Organization
Choosing your partner
Agreeing the format of the observations
Background
The observation
Follow-up
Confidentiality
Share ideas and suggestions openly and constructively to their mutual professional benefit.
Support a focus on improving the impact of learning
Peer observation can be
Formative
Summative
Bring benefits to the person doing the observation as well as to
the person doing the teaching
Topic principal
The purpose of observation is to learn from the observation experience. In order to do this, the observer cannot simply depend on memory. Procedures are needed that can be used to record information about the observation. We have made use of the following procedures, depending on the purpose of the observation.
Written narrative
Field notes
Checklists
Gives teachers an opportunity to learn from each other in a non-threatening environment.
A powerful tool for disseminating good practice throughout an experienced staff.
Cicle
Teacher
self-reflection
Pre
observation
conversation
Peer
observation
Teacher
and observer
reflection
Post observation
conversation