There are 3 main sections for the contents
- Tips, short articles, feedback language, and funnies!
- Observation tasks for groups and individual feedback – copiable
- Copiable handouts for setting up observations
| Assessing & Improving Open Class Feedback | How-to Article | Article looks at some of the issues new teachers have with open class task feedback and ways the lesson can be improved. |
| It ain’t a game!
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Tips | Repackaging games for better learner feedback |
| Elicitation Vs. Guess What I am Thinking! | How-to Article | Helping teachers to elicit from context and identifying the issues when they don’t draw fully on the context |
| Active Listening Skills for ESL Manager | How-to Article | Active listening is a key management skill which, allows you to build positive, more collaborative working relationships with all stakeholders, resolve conflict more easily, increase goodwill. |
| When observed lessons go wrong | How-to Article | Approaches and tips for assessing when things ‘go wrong’ in a lesson |
| How to improve trainee instructions | Tips | Tips for creating more effective task instructions |
| How to Set up Peer Observations | Tips | Considerations before launching a peer observation program |
| Teacher Talk | Feedback Ideas | Observer feedback Commentary Suggestions |
| Why Reduce High Teacher Talk? | Tips | Ideas for why teacher talk is often negative and tips the observer can give the teacher |
| Lesson Plan Funnies
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Some of the funny comments that have come up over the years | |
| Creating the best mindset for lesson observation | Article | How to create the best mindset for lesson observation |
| Observation tasks | ||
| Ranking skills | Copiable Hand out | A ranking task for observation, particularly for good for peer and group observations |
| Guess what I am thinking. | Copiable Hand out | Group feedback task |
| Spot the Difference | Copiable Hand out | Individual or group feedback task based on tutor reteach |
| Secret Feedback | Copiable Hand out | Group feedback task |
| Sensory group task | Copiable Hand out | This feedback task works best in a group feedback setting. It’s a little off the wall but can be great fun very illuminating too. |
| Useful Handouts | ||
| Reflective Feedback Handout | Copiable Hand out | The teacher’s self-reflection sheet is completed after teaching and before the feedback.
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| Sample formal lesson observation summary sheet | Copiable Hand out | Sample formal lesson observation summary sheet |
| Assessing the Lesson Quick Checklist | Copiable Hand out | The checklist helps you to cover all bases when assessing the lesson
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| Assessing the lesson plan – a quick checklist | Copiable Hand out | An invaluable tool for checking that the plan is complete, balanced and likely to be successful in practice
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| Setting up an Observed Lesson Checklist | Copiable Hand out | The free checklist helps you to cover all bases for a full and formal lesson observation.
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