Teacher observation guide
What Distinguished Teaching Evidence Can Look Like
Understand the difference between hidden teacher intention and observable evidence of rigorous, responsive student learning.
Answer first: Strong observation preparation makes important learning evidence easier to see without turning the lesson into a performance.
High-impact principles
- Teacher intention matters, but observers score what becomes visible.
- Student reasoning, discourse, revision, ownership, and formative evidence make quality easier to recognize.
- Artifacts should connect to the learning goal, not exist as decoration.
Use this with your framework
Choose the framework your administrator actually uses, then apply these principles to its exact components and local evidence rules.