Tools for Peer Visitation
Three Kinds of Peer Visitation Tools
1. Ready To Go--These are resources that teachers can use right away that have already been created by someone else.
2. Some Assembly Required--These are resources to customize to your own needs. These may be resources that have already been created by someone else that you adapt for your own use.
3. Build Your Own--Instead of using one of the two categories above, you can always build your own data collection tools. (If you would be willing to share these, I would love to post them with your name(s) so that other teachers can contact you and / or use your original tools.)
Sample Ready To Go Peer Visitation Tools
This is a general observation report to record teacher / student speech and actions.
This form includes a few pre-observation questions, a report to record teacher / student speech and actions, and a few outcome reflection questions.
This form collects data on what you see and hear the teacher and students doing along with collecting evidence of student learning.
This is a form to collect data on teacher and student interactions with regard to caring, respect, and rapport.
This is a form to collect data on student behavior and the teacher's response to it.
This form collects data on expectations for learning, directions and procedures, content explanations, and use of oral / written language.
This form collects data on the quality of questions, discussion techniques, and student participation.
This is a form to collect data on activities and assignments, grouping of students, instructional materials / resources, and structure / pacing.
This is a form to collect data on assessment criteria, monitoring of student learning, feedback to students, and student self-assessment / monitoring of progress.
This form collects data on classroom activity transitions.
This form collects data on Time On-Task student behavior as a general class.