How to prepare for a lesson observation.
Treat every lesson as though you’re being observed, and treat every observation as a normal lesson. Every lesson you give should be planned intricately, in line with the current curriculum and designed to give your students the best possible learning outcomes. Try to think of observations not as being judged, but as an opportunity to improve.
Don’t try to over-perform - when we hear we’re going to be observed, a normal reaction is to want to impress our observer with an all singing, all dancing lesson - when in actual fact this isn’t a true reflection on your ability as a teacher, instead plan your lesson just as you would any other.
If you know you’re being observed, avoid starting an entirely new topic and provide your observer with your lesson plan and any resources you will be using in the lesson so they’re able to get a full view of the work students are undertaking.
For internal observations, familiarise yourself with the guidelines your school will have set out so you know what your observers are looking for and the key components of a good lesson.
Don’t take feedback personally, it’s intent is to be constructive and remember any improvements your observer suggests will only help you develop as a teacher and enable you to provide a better learning experience for your students.
Three important purposes or areas where systematic classroom observation has been widely used:
1) description of instructional practices;
2) investigation of instructional inequities for different groups of students;
3) improvement of teachers' classroom instruction based on feedback from individual classroom or school profiles.
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