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Collaborative Teaching

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Task

With a colleague, each identify a broad or specific focus for a peer observation. For example, a task-type, a classroom management technique or a type of technology that you wish to reflect on.

Consider:

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  • What evidence of learning did students generate?
  • How did the educator ensure that the students maintained appropriate focus?
  • How did the educator check students’ understanding?
  • What did you see?
  • How could you use what you saw to benefit your own teaching?

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Info

Initial Collaborative Discussion

You may choose to have an initial discussion pre- observation. Agree what the focus of each peer observation will be, and what, if, and how to record information in relation to the aspect of teaching and learning you focus on, for example:

  • what you notice
  • what you could do with what is noticed
  • alternatives to what is seen
  • what the effects of these alternatives might be
  • what the pros and cons of any alternatives could be.

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Watching Teaching

You may:

  • Attend with the freedom to step back and notice agreed aspects of teaching and learning, without the pressure of direct participation
  • Have the opportunity to look at teaching and learning from different perspectives
  • Have the time and space to become familiar with different teaching and learning environments and technologies
  • Optionally record your reflections and ideas in a way that has been agreed in advance between yourselves.

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Subsequent Collaborative Discussion

After the peer observation, you may choose to meet to discuss the session and how this could positively influence your own teaching. Decide if any follow up would be supportive and beneficial, for example:

  • Sharing links to VLE course pages and resources
  • Sharing alternative strategies
  • Watching another teaching session
  • Sharing ideas at a team meeting
  • More reciprocal collaborative teaching
  • Online or face-to-face training or demo led by another colleague or team.

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Reflective Tools

Where a reflective tool was used to collate ideas and reflections on the peer observation, agree:

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  • How and if it is stored
  • How and if it should be shared
  • Who it should be shared with e.g. you may wish to present a good practice idea at a curriculum team meeting

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Go Further

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Conduct a follow up peer observation while focusing on the following questions. Share your responses in the post-observation discussion.

  • What evidence of learning did students generate?
  • How did the educator ensure that the students maintained appropriate focus?
  • How did the educator check students’ understanding?
  • What did you see? How could you use what you saw to benefit your own teaching?

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