Informal Classroom Observations on the Go ─ Feedback, Discussion, and Reflection

Zepeda (educational administration, U. of Georgia) offers a resource for instructional coaches, curriculum coordinators, chair people, and school leaders on conducting informal classroom observations to support teacher skill development. It contains 51 adaptable tools for preparing for and framing observations; data collection techniques and approaches; observation tools related to Bloom's taxonomy, cooperative learning, interdisciplinary teaching, and tracking class routines, student behavior, and technology integration; and talking with teachers. In addition to recognizing the roles of other educators like coaches and learning support specialists, this edition adds 11 new tools and guiding indexes and has a new title, updated from The Instructional Leader's Guide to Informal Classroom Observations. The chapter on incorporating examining student work and other artifacts in postobservation conversations has been updated. All tools are also now available for free download. There is no index. Annotation Ac2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)