Solutions
The iObservation™ system offers powerful resources that strengthen the connection between standards, curriculum, and instruction. Our comprehensive solutions include:
Classroom Walk-Throughs
The iObservation™ system is a data collection tool for conducting short, frequent, formative classroom walk-throughs. It automates and systemizes the process in order for leaders to effectively and consistently implement classroom walk-throughs within their school or district.
Provide Focus for Instructional Leadership
- Rich content resources explicitly identify effective instructional strategies
- Guided questions help administrators and teachers engage in reflective thought and dialogue
- Online conferencing promotes ongoing conversations while offering maximum flexibility
- Walk-Through and Observation Forms provide content-specific language to offer focused and effective feedback to teachers
- Data Reports reflect trends and patterns to help make informed decisions and plan for differentiated professional learning
Save Significant Time
- Automatically schedule and manage daily classroom visits and data
- Web-based system offers easy and convenient access anywhere, anytime; offline capabilities available for locations without wireless connectivity
- Electronic system eliminates hassle and waste of paper documents and makes data retrieval easy
Advance Teacher Growth
- Teacher access to content resources helps communicate clearly defined expectations
- Transparent process builds trust between administrators and teachers
- Teachers receive immediate feedback that is relevant and specific
- Professional Growth Plans build teacher capacity by setting explicit goals and actions to accomplish
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Teacher Observations
The iObservation™ system also serves as a tool to assist administrators in conducting effective and efficient teacher observations that comply with district and state regulations. Using a centralized documentation and data retrieval system, the teacher evaluation process transforms into a painless and more meaningful experience for administrators and teachers.
Ensure Quality Compliance
- Automated reminders help complete observations in a timely and consistent manner
- Artifacts collected throughout the year are easily referenced and help provide relevant and meaningful feedback to teachers
- Convenient access to data and fast and easy document retrieval saves significant time
- District and state teacher evaluation forms may be digitized and customized to meet district needs
Create Alignment
- Observation process builds from frequent and formative activities throughout the year rather than being treated as an isolated event
- Centralized data collection allows leaders to align teacher observations with formative walk-through data
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Professional Development
The iObservation™ system is a comprehensive professional development tool for administrators, principals, and teachers. It weaves professional development into the daily practice of educators by creating focus around continuous improvement. The system offers three (3) distinct professional development applications: Professional Growth, Professional Development Evaluation, and Professional Learning Option.
Professional Growth
The system itself serves as a professional development resource for educators.
- Look-fors, exemplary videos, rubrics, coaching tips, and other content resources serve as professional growth tools
- Administrators and teachers share a common vocabulary and understanding of effective instructional strategies
- Feedback and conferencing system is based on immediacy and relevancy for maximum effectiveness
- Professional Growth Plans allow teachers to set goals and document their growth
Professional Development Evaluation
iObservation tracks and documents the implementation of professional development in the classroom and provides measures to evaluate the effectiveness of professional development programs.
- Look-fors can be custom-developed to determine the efficacy of professional development implementation in the classroom
- Quantifiable data measures the impact of professional development programs on instructional practice
- Data and artifacts collected help assess the extent to which professional development is applied in the classroom
Professional Learning Option
Optional online courses can be deployed within the system as a component of the teacher’s Professional Growth Plan to differentiate professional development.
- Classroom walk-throughs and teacher observations connect to a series of companion online courses featuring look-fors
- Each optional online course supports companion look-fors in the system
- Professional development and classroom application are integrated using job-embedded activities in the online courses
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