Finally we get to teachers observing teachers - what Mark was writing about to begin with. These observations could be a one off, for a few days, or even through a full course. This could also be a team teaching situation buy to be honest, I think that's a different beast. If I'm team teaching a course with someone, true, I can learn from them if and when we do joint preperation and things like grading and yes, I can learn something by being in the room when they're leading some activity but it's not the same since at that time, my job isn't to observe, my job would be to do something else to enhance the lesson - direct student support perhaps.

Cervantes monument Taking time out from my observation blog posts to write up a trip report. For the past few winters, Devorah and I have been trying to spend a few days somewhere warmer. Not necessarily warm, but warmer. We've done San Diego twice then Charleston and last year Savannah. We were thinking of New Orleans this time around but we're going there for the CSTA conference in July so started looking around.

Following up on my last post, let's dive in to being oberved as a model for teacher improvement and teacher evaluation. Next time we'll look at the flip side - teachers observing for improvement. As I mentioned last time, I'm writing about New York City public schools but would be interested in hearing what things are like in other locations and other types of institutions. Evaluation and improvement - that's the line but it's rarely the case.