Observation Forms
The iObservation™ system offers a wealth of rich content resources that identify effective teaching practices. Based on the research of national experts, observation forms provide clarity using explicit terminology, descriptions, and examples. Each form features:
- Exemplary videos that model effective instructional strategies
- Look-fors that define effective classroom instructional behaviors
- Rubrics that explain each level on the growth continuum
- Coaching tips that guide administrators to provide feedback appropriately scaffolded to teachers' progress along the growth continuum
- Evidence collection that allow artifacts such as lesson plans and student work samples to be filed electronically
- Comments section for feedback that is built directly into the form for convenience
Walk-Through and observation forms available in the system include:
- Research-Based Instructional Strategies
- 21st Century Secondary Reform
- Early Literacy
- Custom District and State Forms
Research-Based Instructional Strategies
These forms identify the high-leverage research-based instructional strategies based on the work of Danielson, Marzano, Pressley, Reeves, Thompson, and Wong. The forms or customized versions may be used by districts for both formative walk-throughs and more formal teacher observations. Each form includes resources such as video examples, rubrics showing levels of implementation, coaching tips, teacher and student evidences.
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Instructional Strategies K-12
- Setting Goals and Providing Feedback - The teacher helps students set learning goals and provides them with timely feedback about their progress.
- Activating Prior Knowledge - The teacher uses cueing, questioning, and advanced organizers to assist students in activating prior knowledge before presenting new content.
- Nonlinguistic Representations - The teacher provides ongoing instruction and explicit guidance in helping students create nonlinguistic representations for acquiring knowledge within or across a subject area.
- Identifying Similarities and Differences - The teacher provides ongoing instruction and explicit guidance in helping students to make comparisons and classifications and to create metaphors and analogies.
- Generating and Testing Hypotheses - The teacher provides explicit instruction in generating and testing hypotheses through a variety of tasks within various content areas.
- Summarizing and Note-taking - The teacher provides explicit instruction in how to summarize information for a variety of purposes and to take notes as a way of acquiring new information.
- Cooperative Learning - The teacher uses a variety of grouping configurations to organize students into groups to solve problems, check for understanding, complete a task, or accomplish a common goal.
- Comprehension Strategies - The teacher provides explicit comprehension instruction through modeling, guided practice, independent practice, and application to authentic reading experiences.
- Vocabulary - The teacher provides vocabulary instruction (reading, writing, listening and speaking) through multiple and varied exposures to new words over time and direct and indirect instruction.
- Writing - The teacher uses writing as a tool for thinking to solve problems, identify issues, construct questions, and rethink.
- Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition - The teacher regularly monitors the progress of each student and celebrates successes.
- Homework - The teacher uses homework for practice, preparation, or elaboration for instruction provided within the classroom.
Classroom Curriculum Design K-12
- Classroom Curriculum - The teacher's instructional decisions are based on the grade level expectations and individual needs of students within the parameters of the curriculum.
- Learning Environment and Learner Engagement - The teacher creates a learning environment that fosters individual and group motivation to encourage active engagement in learning, academic rigor, and intrinsic motivation.
Classroom Management K-12
- Routines and Procedures - The teacher develops, teaches, and reinforces classroom routines and procedures.
- Discipline Plan - The teacher designs, teaches, and consistently implements strategies that reinforce appropriate behavior and provide consequences for negative behaviors.
- Atmosphere and Relationships - The teacher provides a positive learning environment that fosters appropriate student to student and teacher to student interactions.
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21st Century Secondary Reform
Developed with renowned national experts such as Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson, Marc Prensky, Timothy Lucas, Dr. Fred Newmann, Dr. Nancy Dana, and Pamela Livingston, these forms support high school and middle school reform initiatives with a strong focus on integrating the use of technology and student engagement. Additionally, each form has companion online courses to provide additional professional development for teachers implementing the instructional strategies.
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Early Literacy
Based on the research of national experts such as Isabel Beck, Gay Su Pinnell, Irene Fountas, Timothy Shanahan, P. David Pearson, Louisa Moats, Michael Pressley, James Flood, Marilyn Adams, and others, the these forms define the essential elements of early reading instruction, oral language, writing, and assessment. They are connected to companion online courses that feature rich resources, instructional strategies, and tools to address current, research-based practices in early literacy, which can be immediately applied to the classroom practice.
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Custom District and State Forms
The iObservation system offers complete customization options that allow districts to digitize their current walk-through or observation form into the system in order to seamlessly incorporate existing language, focus, and initiatives. We also work with districts in developing look-fors that align with state teacher evaluations to connect formative assessments with summative observations. Additionally, the state teacher evaluation form itself may also be digitized so that the system serves as once centralized location for data collection and management.
Available State Forms:
Tennessee
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