Feedback - Training

Dealing with Distractions While Using Video Models

Emily Doyle, Teachstone
Helpful tips for how to move through a coaching session while staying focused on the learning objective, such as basic strategies around how to keep the conversation productive, without falling into common pitfalls.

Measuring Training Success

Best Foot Forward Toolkit, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University
A rubric to evaluate a school's overarching efficacy of technology training including teacher, coach and administrator responsibilities, which also outlines standards that schools can use to ensure a video coaching program is operating successfully.

School Video Coordinator Site Visit Protocol

Shelby County Schools
A protocol for building a relationship with a school’s video coordinator, outlining important questions that can be asked to gain a better understanding of how the coordinator has managed the implementation of video coaching in the school, as well as the administration’s management of the overall system.

Guidelines for Providing Feedback

Jill Wood and David Allen, Kansas State University
Guidelines for providing effective coaching and feedback, including specific feedback scenarios and scripts that can be used before entering into real coaching situations.

Video Observation Training Sample

Best Foot Forward Toolkit, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University
A detailed outline of the classroom video observation training used in the Best Foot Forward project, in which teachers and principals used video as part of their teacher evaluation systems.