Learning from Each Other This form is to be completed once a semester. Observer:_____________________________ Department:_____________ Teacher:______________________________ Department:_____________ Class Title:_________________________________________ Date Observed:__________ Block:_______ Instructions: 1. Find a partner/colleague (may be in your own or another department). You will be observing one class session of your partner and vice versa. 2. You do NOT have to stay the entire period, but you should stay at least 30 minutes. 3. Record all your observations of great teaching practices on this form regarding the person you are observing. 4. This is NOT an evaluation of the teacher and is simply to be used so we can learn from each other. What great teaching practices did you observe during your visit? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
How might you incorporate some of the great methods you observed into your own teaching? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
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Make a copy of this form for the Change Coach, your partner/colleague, and keep the original form to present at our next Thursday Thirty session on April 9. We will use your observations to amend our OHS Best Practice Notebook.