Browse the list below to access resources for effective lesson observations and feedback. Ensure classroom observations help develop teachers, drive professional development and create improvements in teaching.
How do you make lesson observations work in practice? John Blanchard suggests protocols to ensure that when colleagues open their work to view and comment by others, it's done in a useful and considered way
Peer observation is a powerful way of enabling staff to take ownership of and responsibility for developing their teaching. Use these training materials to embed the practice with staff
What does useful feedback look like and how should you provide it? Ruchi Sabharwal provides middle leaders with questions to ask their team to aid development and ways to phrase feedback
Developing teachers, spreading good practice and effective quality assurance are still possible with ungraded lesson observations. Paul K. Ainsworth shows how
It’s still early days but lesson study is currently gripping Hawes Side Primary School. We spoke with Michael Shepherd, its headteacher, to find out more
Observation at its best is a valuable opportunity to work alongside another professional, examining how teaching can be developed further, says Karen Lockney