Leadership
Improve the Quality of Teaching & Learning through Lesson Observation – 1 – What & Why?
See past the rehearsed 'observation lesson' to whether pupils are learning, and make observation something teachers find useful.
- 32 minutes
- 5 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Explain where lesson visits fit in an Ofsted deep dive
- Judge a lesson against clear criteria using recorded sample lessons
- Ask questions that show whether learning is happening, not just activity
- Weigh observation for performance management against observation for development
- Choose an approach to observation that suits your setting
About this course
Too many observations end up watching a performance. The teacher puts on the lesson they think you want to see, you note it down, and nobody learns much from it, least of all the teacher.
This first part of a four-part series helps you tell whether pupils are learning or just busy. That comes down to asking better questions. You'll practise them on five minutes of a hair and beauty lesson from our recorded sample lessons, where a warm class can hide what the teacher missed. You'll also be clearer about what observation is for in your school, and where lesson visits sit within an Ofsted deep dive.
The presenter has used lesson observation in school improvement work in primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities.
- For governors, middle leaders and senior leaders. All phases. England only.
5 modules
Open in order
- 4 min
Introduction
- 4 min
The position of lesson observation in the new framework
- 4 min
Critiquing approaches to lesson observations
- 17 min
Observing in greater depth
- 4 min
Expansive professional development