Additional Forms for Teacher Evaluators to Use When Observing Teachers

Talk About Teaching

3a Communicating With Students

3b Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques

3c Engaging Students in Learning

Dr. Voltz’s favorite stems to use for reflective questioning. (The stems are the words in the bolded italics)

• How did you feel about the level of student engagement in this observation?
• What strategies have you used in the past to engage students in the questioning and discussion?
• What would an observation of questioning and discussion look like if 100% of the students were engaged?
• In your ideal class how would students demonstrate intellectual engagement?

3d Using Assessment in Instruction

3e Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness