Different observation tools are available to suit various needs. Policy makers in states from coast to coast are demanding more rigorous teacher evaluations that lead to real improvements in ...

Instructional leaders need to know what is happening when the bell rings and the door closes — in every classroom, in every building, every day. And the best way to do that is through careful but ...

When David D. Perlmutter wrote about peer evaluations of teaching last fall, he presented the practice as a rather lonely and combative undertaking. He described top-down, high-stakes classroom ...

Teachers who participated in a year-long study comparing video-recorded and in-person classroom observations found the video observation process fairer and more useful overall than in-person ...

The Faculty Teaching Fellows are an ACM-funded cohort of faculty at St. Olaf, Carleton, and Luther Colleges, practiced in peer observation of teaching, who can provide compassionate, low-stakes, ...

Our research found significantly higher student performance at schools that measure fundamental school quality factors and boast high levels of student engagement. What effect does student engagement ...

Our Faculty developers have extensive experience in education and can offer an outside perspective to instructors to assist in assessing their teaching. A classroom or online course observation can ...

Every week my daughter says a different observer takes notes on what the teacher is doing. Should I be concerned the teacher is in trouble? Probably, but not in the way you’re thinking. Observations ...

The Brandeis Center for Teaching and Learning helps to connect faculty with colleagues on campus in the spirit of continuous improvement in our teaching and learning. It is expected that the benefits ...