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Teacher Evaluation System - Polk County School District

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Pre‐/Post‐Conference Guide<br />

Conference Guides for the Formal Observation Process<br />

(For the principal/evaluator and teachers to use in participating in the pre-observation conference)<br />

PRE‐CONFERENCE guiding questions for conversation about the lesson to be taught and observed<br />

These are not for written response.<br />

What is your lesson essential question?<br />

What data did you use to design this lesson? How did the data influence your planning of this lesson?<br />

How do you become familiar with students’ background knowledge, skill levels, experiences, and cultural differences?<br />

What difficulties or misunderstandings might students have?<br />

What are some of the ways you will make the learning relevant to students?<br />

How will you know if your lesson objective was achieved?<br />

How will you check for understanding throughout the lesson?<br />

How will student accomplishment be recognized?<br />

What teaching strategies will you choose to teach this lesson?<br />

What resources will be utilized? Why did you choose these strategies and resources?<br />

How are you planning to connect what the students will learn to what they have previously learned?<br />

Please explain any special situations or circumstances of which the administrator might need to be aware?<br />

The administrator will provide feedback on this lesson. Are there specific areas you would like the observer to look<br />

for/focus on?<br />

POST‐CONFERENCE guiding questions for conversation with the teacher<br />

Do you feel you successfully achieved the lesson objective? Why/why not?<br />

What data supports your answer to the previous question?<br />

What do you feel worked well, and what would you refine if you were to teach this lesson again to the same class?<br />

Based on student learning of your objectives, what are your next steps?<br />

Areas of Strength Share strengths of the lesson and provide examples.<br />

Use the Observation Feedback Form‐ This form will be printed as well as emailed to the teacher providing specific<br />

feedback from the formal lesson observation.<br />

Areas for Improvement /Growth<br />

Share areas for development and provide specific examples from the observation and recommend actions to improve<br />

instructional practice.<br />

Prompt the teacher to talk about one or more area of strength you want to reinforce.<br />

Elicit feedback to explain why the skill is critical to student learning.<br />

Closing Comments<br />

As you reflect over this formal observation cycle, what ideas or insights are you discovering about your teaching?<br />

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