Protocols - Feedback Models

Process and Guidelines for Video Observation (with Administrator)

Michele Wilson-Manos, Poway Unified School District
Provides teachers and administrators with specified roles and responsibilities for carrying out coaching sessions, and offers suggestions to teachers for how to request and seek feedback on their practice.

Process and Guidelines for Video Observation (with Peer)

Michele Wilson-Manos, Poway Unified School District
Provides teachers and peers with specified roles and responsibilities for carrying out coaching sessions, and offers suggestions to teachers for how to request and seek feedback on their practice.

Teacher Learning Process Graphic

Poway Unified School District
A framework for academic year coaching and professional growth plan with roles and responsibilities for both teachers and administrators. Follows a sequence by which schools can carry out their own teacher professional learning practices in a constructive manner.

Observation Options Overview

Poway Unified School District
This resource provides three options for teacher coaching models with and without video, providing teachers options for how they might like to approach their own learning. The document similarly breaks down each component of how the observation will operate.

Coaching with Video Vignettes

Best Foot Forward Toolkit, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University
This document details four coaching strategies using video clips (or vignettes) in a post-conference conversation. This document can be used by both teachers and coaches in order to better understand different methods by which professional learning can come from analyzing teacher video clips.

Teacher Rounds Process

Vivian Troen & Kitty Boles
A comprehensive background resource describing the Teacher Rounds observation process. This resource outlines Teaching Rounds practice and protocols, provides a step-by-step guide for how to implement a Teacher Rounds program, and how it can be aligned with existing professional learning standards.

Video Club Summaries

Best Foot Forward Toolkit, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University
A resource summarizing the research around teacher-led video clubs in schools. The findings highlight the specific ways in which video clubs can improve teacher professional practice and learning mindset.

Post-Observation Conference Protocol

Minneapolis Public Schools
This resource can be used by observers or district heads as a protocol to outline the structure of the coaching process and the feedback given to teachers. The protocol includes the different steps central to the coaching process and identifies who is responsible for each element.

Instructional Feedback Guidebook

Insight Advance
This strategy guide provides instructional advice for how to deliver effective feedback to teachers. It centers around language and successful coaching strategies, but also speaks to how teachers can solicit feedback for themselves. The guide revolves around professional teacher professional learning, and is not exclusive to video feedback.

Video Study Group Sample Meeting Agenda

SAAL Continua, West Ed
A sample meeting agenda for a teacher-led video study group, oriented around providing feedback around a teacher's personally identified learning goals, with supportive strategies peers can employ to keep conversations centered around the areas of growth.