The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) at CU Boulder offers free and confidential classroom observations for educators at all levels. Whether you’re a tenured professor, teaching professor, lecturer ...

Different observation tools are available to suit various needs. Policy makers in states from coast to coast are demanding more rigorous teacher evaluations that lead to real improvements in ...

When it comes to promoting teacher effectiveness, classroom observations of teachers are critically important, but sadly they have become rote, and the opportunity to provide teachers serious feedback ...

Our Faculty developers have extensive experience in education and can offer an outside perspective to instructors to assist in assessing their teaching. A classroom or online course observation can ...

Classroom observation refers to occasions when learning and teaching activities are observed for a specific purpose by someone other than the normal class teacher and support staff Effective classroom ...

For many teachers today, classroom observation no longer feels like professional support. It has become a moment of performance, something to be rehearsed, perfected, and survived. Lessons are ...

Ralph Krauss works in digital innovations at Pinecrest Academy of Nevada, a group of five charter schools in the Las Vegas area, and Academica Virtual Education, a support service for virtual schools.

Joy Hamm has taught 11 years in a variety of English-language settings, ranging from kindergarten to adult learners: One idea for making teacher observations a learning opportunity rather than a ...

When something is used for more than one purpose, it loses it power. Three examples can be found in lesson plans, observations/evaluations, and PowerPoint ...