Learner-Focused Feedback

Amy Tepper has served as a teacher, administrator, and program director in various K-12 settings and startups to include virtual, homeschool, blended, and public schools. She held the position of Executive Director of a Sylvan Learning Center, opened an alternative 6th-12th school in Okaloosa County, FL, and later was actively engaged in Florida high school redesign and career education reform, providing technical assistance across the state. Amy had the opportunity to collaborate with a team of parents to develop the Ohana Institute, an innovative blended school, focused on global citizenship and discovery learning, serving as Director in its first year. As a consultant, she provided instructional and administrative coaching at an international school in Panama, before joining ReVISION Learning Partnership in 2013. Amy has since completed countless classroom observations through work as a peer validator evaluating practices in Newark and New Haven schools, and in providing embedded, ongoing support for instructional leaders and teachers in the areas of high quality observation, feedback, and teaching and learning across Connecticut.

New strategies for feedback that supports a culture of learning.The skill set required for observing why students are learning and how teachers influence that is a difficult one to master-yet it's essential for driving school change and growth. With this companion to the best-selling Feedback to Feed Forward, observers in any role-leaders, coaches, and teachers themselves-will improve their ability to identify desired outcomes, recognize learning in action, collect relevant evidence, and develop supportive, and effective feedback. Features include:· Nineteen strategies for learner-centered, learning-focused observations· Authentic classroom examples· Observer think-alouds· Stories from the field with "Give-It-a-Try" tools and "Stop and Think" questionsFollow-up steps specific to each role

List of Online ResourcesFeedback to Feed Forward StrategiesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsChapter 1: Why Observe for Impact? Building a Culture of Learning Building a Culture of Observation and Feedback The Skills of Observation Teachers as Learners Leaders Leading Learning What's AheadChapter 2: What Do You Need to Understand About Learning? Understanding the Concept of Learning Overarching Goals for All Learners Our Three Goals Cautions for Observers How the Brain Works Identifying Learning in Action Recognizing Impact on Learning Determining Causal Attribution Give It a Try What's AheadChapter 3: How Can You Prepare for Evidence Collection? Preobservation Planning Planning Your Tools Planning by Using Expectations Planning to Interact With Learners Planning Using Learning Goals Planning Based on Disciplines Planning Based on Standards Give It a Try What's AheadChapter 4: How Can You Adapt Evidence Collection Upon Arrival? Your Goals as an Observer Adapting 101: The Basics Metacognition in Motion Making It Count Timing Is Everything Using the Learning Goals Foundational Understandings Student Ability to Meet Expectations Give It a Try What's AheadChapter 5: How Can You Adapt Evidence Collection as a Lesson Unfolds? Observing for Learning Observing for Causal Attribution and Impact Observing for Good Struggle Adapting During an Observation Adapting Based on Active Engagement Student Notes Mid-Lesson or End-of-Task/End-of-Lesson Reflections Adapting Based on Tools and Resources Adapting Based on Discourse Give It a Try What's AheadChapter 6: How Do You Cultivate a Culture of Learning? Building a Culture of Learning Developing Feedback About Impact Building Trust Making a Culture Shift The Six Steps Final ThoughtsStrategies ListList of FiguresReferencesIndex