I have been a teacher for 26 years, a Headteacher for 11 years and, at the age of 50, this much I know about helping OFSTED improve lesson observations.
Members of the Headteachers’ Roundtable are meeting with Sean Harford tomorrow, one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors and Ofsted’s National Director for Schools.
Here is a Twitter conversation I had with Sean a week ago:
And here is my letter to Sean…
Hi Sean
Now that we do not grade lesson observations, when it comes to performance management observations we can ask colleagues, ‘How would you like to be observed to help you best develop your teaching?’ That question alone changes the dynamic of the observation process. The consequences of that decision are outlined in my book.
Here is one thing, however, which we are trialling which is improving the observation process and is not in my book!
It goes without saying that…
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