Delivering Performance Feedback to Teachers Using Technology-Based Observation and Coaching Tools. (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rodgers, Wendy J.; Kennedy, Michael J.; VanUitert, Victoria J.; Myers, Anna Moriah
• Other Names: Boyle Joseph R. guest-editor.; Kennedy Michael J. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Intervention in school and clinic. Volume 55:Number 2(2019:Nov.)
• Page Start: 103
• Page End: 112
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: instruction -- personnel preparation -- professional development -- education -- training -- preparation -- teacher -- technology; Learning disabled children -- Education -- Periodicals; Problem children -- Education -- Periodicals; Behavior disorders in children -- Periodicals; Special education -- Periodicals; 371.9
• DOI: 10.1177/1053451219837640
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1053-4512

Abstract

Effective professional development (PD) for teachers should be directly and intricately linked to their teaching practice. One way to link PD to practice is for administrators or coaches to provide performance feedback based on classroom observations, accompanied by reflection and coaching. This type of PD can be time-consuming and difficult to manage in practice, but technology offers ways to facilitate performance feedback. This article highlights a multimedia observation tool capable of documenting teachers' instructional moves in real time with the intent of providing a teacher with unbiased, descriptive data used to fuel coaching conversations. Additional multimedia options are provided for observing instruction and providing critical performance feedback with the intent of improving student learning outcomes.