The Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL) at CU Boulder offers free and confidential classroom observations for educators at all levels. Whether you’re a tenured professor, teaching professor, lecturer ...

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 ...

Classroom observation refers to occasions when learning and teaching activities are observed for a specific purpose by someone other than the normal class teacher and support staff Effective classroom ...

Short, unannounced classroom visits are the best way for principals to see representative slices of teaching (not the dog-and-pony show), give credible feedback to teachers, and be players in ...

Lately, it seems like adults are more eager to observe a lesson in my classroom than the students on my roster. From administrators performing unannounced classroom walkthroughs, to colleagues ...

Phyllis Doerr, a kindergarten teacher in New Jersey, wrote a piece last year that painted a picture of what young kids face in the high-stakes testing era. It said in part: So this is kindergarten. We ...