1. EASY PEER OBSERVATION A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO LESSON OBSERVATION IN QUEENS’

2. WHY ME??

3. BOB “THE CAT” BEVAN GOALKEEPER, OLD WILSONIANS 3 RD XI

4. THREE TYPES OF OBSERVATION participant non participant systematic

5. Sex and drugs and Godfrey Buck.. You can usually pick up tip from any teacher you visit.

6. BENEFITS OF OBSERVING OUTSIDE YOUR OWN DEPARTMENT “Never turn your back on a kid with a knife.”

7. Everything changes….. You are watching an observed lesson. Behaviour of both staff and kids will change

8. The Do’s Be nice!! Turn up Be on time Don’t sit down Smile, Praise, Move. Talk to kids at the appropriate time Say thanks!

9. The don’t’s Not turning up Be late Interrupt the teacher Distract the kids Sit in one place criticise

10. Know what you want Ideally you would have an idea of what you would like to see – but this is not always essential

11. Want what you get Sometimes you will see things and get ideas that you were not expecting

12. Afterwards Two conversations, one within 24 hours, the other within two weeks.

13. FEEDBACK Better if questions are posed rather than to say what you think Ask why certain things happened

14. Now what?? I should do that… I could do that…. I will try that… I might try that….. That’s not for me…!

15. Questionnaire What you might want to look for

16. Barriers???

17. What do you see in the classroom Watch this (clip) Probably not the same as your peers..