Part 3: Feedback for Teacher Development

To improve student academic achievement in your school, explicit feedback to your teachers is essential and must be directly connected to a goal or standard. Feedback should be collaborative and lead to clear action steps based on data and observation, while fostering a growth mindset. Effective feedback is a powerful tool for teacher development.

Directions:

Imagine you are the principal, and you have completed the observations of the teachers in the Part 2 case studies. You are now planning a collaborative feedback meeting for one of these teachers.Choose one (1) of the case studies to complete thePlanning Your Feedback Meeting table below.

NOTE: The table below is adapted from pages 166-169 of Leverage Leadership.

Planning Your Feedback Meeting

See It	See it: Success, Gap, & Model
See Success Provide your response below. Consider the following: What did you observe that was successful? Explain & give example(s). Be specific and detailed in your response. See the Gap Provide your response below. Consider the following: State how you would collaborate with the teacher to identify an area of improvement ("the gap"). Be specific and detailed in your response. See the Model Provide your response below. Consider the following: State how you would collaborate with the teacher to describe a "model" (i.e., best practice/exemplar) for the identified area of improvement? Be specific and detailed in your response.
Name It	Action Step: What & How
Name the Action Step (the What) Provide your response below. Consider the following: State how you would collaborate with the teacher to identify a high leverage action step. Be specific and detailed in your response. Punch it (the How) Provide your response below. Consider the following: State the action step (the one you identified in Part 2 of this assignment) clearly and concisely. State how you and the teacher will collaboratively determine how and when the action step will be implemented. Be specific and detailed in your response.
Do It	Plan, Implement, & Follow Up
Plan & Implement Provide your response below. Consider the following: State how you wouldcollaborate with the teacher to plan and prepare for implementing the action step. State what supports you may need to provide to the teacher as they implement the action step (i.e., planning time, observing a master teacher, etc.). Be specific and detailed in your response. Follow Up (Next Walkthrough Observation) Provide your response below. Consider the following: What evidence of progress with the identified action step would you expect to see during the next walkthrough observation of this teacher? What length of time should you give this teacher to make sufficient progress in implementing the identified action step before your next walkthrough observation? Be specific and detailed in your response.