You don’t have to share any of the information that comes up outside the team. This is purely for the team to use to improve itself. What’s more, once the novelty of the boards wore off, the children took no notice of them. But teachers still felt obliged to use them for fear of being caught out in an inspection. One such colleague was showing his class a subject-relevant DVD. While they were watching he started writing on the objectives board. One of the children queried whether they would have to stop watching the film soon. “No,” he replied. “I’m just doing this in case a member of senior management comes in.” Did you all hear? Mr. Remmer, the gardener, has started taking care of a young girl!” exclaimed a young maid as she rushed into the house staff’s break room. Everyone in the break room turned to face her. Helen Tupper: I thought it was interesting as well. It's almost like it's a worry thinking, "What are they thinking about me? Are they think that I'm not doing the work?" just because they're maybe not with people as much, so some of that fear creeps in more.

An often neglected area of the process of all forms of observation is the post-observation conversation*. In establishing a culture where developmental lesson observations are used to develop the quality of learning opportunities alongside and not instead-of or as separate-from judgmental or graded observations, the challenge is to find the most effective way to ensure that every post-lesson conversation is about professional learning and not professional telling.Just as everyone in the break room agreed that the rumor had to be false, a maid standing by the window shouted, “Oh my, looks like it’s true! Take a look over there.” She pointed through window as she watched with widened eyes. I still haven’t made up my mind,” Bill repeated each time anyone asked him about the girl. “She can’t stay here, so I’ll have to think of another solution.” As he continued to delay making up his mind, spring turned into summer. When teams powerfully engage with improvement culture in a non-critical way, they start to motor. Sometimes with extraordinary results. To do this takes a bit of grit. The hardest part of what BAE systems did was not the conversation. It was the discipline to finish the meeting by 55 minutes past the hour. Think about that.

Bill couldn’t dispute her point. He knew nothing about children, and yet even he could clearly see that her clothes didn’t fit her anymore. At the end of the meeting, we had a debrief together. He was evidently satisfied: “So, what do you think about the meeting?”. As experienced teaching professionals with decades of school leadership experience, we understand the challenges and rewards of working in busy schools and we work hard to provide an excellent standard of service in everything we do.

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Sometimes it’s not easy to manage such people. There can be strong confrontations and different points of view. It’s ok, it’s part of the game. And by the way it can be very enriching for each other. This article is the eight part of a 12-part series featuring snippets from my new book, The Agile Secret. One challenge for many teams is that retros sometimes feel awkward. But you can get past this, to reveal the real nuggets:

Here at Twinkl, we have plenty of fantastic resources available to help support your teaching on this topic. For some ideas on where to begin, see our list of recommended related resources below: The girl showed up one early-spring day, riding in the mail coach. It was late afternoon, and Bill Remmer was busy planting rose seedlings. And even if you want to do one, how do you do it? In this episode, we talk about retrospectives, their value, and how to do them. And then we finish up with a retrospective of the podcast’s 2016 season. Three things you can do today During lesson observations, I prefer to draw attention to what has worked, and then consider how these strategies can be strengthened and applied in other situations. Follow me,” he said, shaking his head as he started to walk. “Let’s eat first, and then I can think things through.” His curt words were carried away by the evening breeze. Layla, who had been standing in the same spot since she arrived, started following behind him. At first, she walked slowly and tentatively, but gradually her steps became light and joyful.Plan your first retrospective with your team, if you are not already doing them. It’s not difficult, doesn’t take much time, and even if you don’t do it perfectly there’s a lot of value. Just then, the girl, who had been watching Bill quietly, said, “Excuse me, Uncle Bill. I’m not actually that young. I’ll be twelve in a few weeks.” She was being careful to speak in as mature a manner as she could, and had slightly raised her heels off the ground to make herself appear taller. And here’s simply how it works. If you’re reviewing something, whether for yourself or somebody else. You’ve got two columns on a piece of paper. You’ve got the positives, the pluses, the strengths, and you’ve got the EBIs. The things that you can specifically tell them an action for how to make it better. However, Bill just kept peeking out the window, barely listening. Layla was perched on a tree branch, watching the birds flutter about the treetops. During the past few months while she had been staying at the Herhardt estate, it had become clear that Layla was full of curiosity about the world around her. Flowers and herbs, birds and insects—whatever caught her eye would pique her curiosity and her wonder. systems that reflect and embrace the values of truly developmental and highly reflective professional learning