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Teacher Feedback

I've been working really hard to make my teacher evaluations meaningful by providing a lot of critical feedback. I've been using reflective questions to promote critical thought about my feedback. For instance, when commenting on lack of an anticipatory set in a lesson, I posed the following question- "What alternative ways could Ms. Smith have facilitated this opejing phase of the lesson?" 

 

How do you give your teachers feedback via the written report? Do you directly present the feedback, or do you use some other means of letting teachers know what they need to improve?

Submitted by nramsey on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 09:30.
I've found that using the rubric developed by Charlotte Danielson helps a great deal in providing feedback that is focused and specific. We begin with the strengths of the lesson and what areas these strengths are in (planning and preparation, classroom environment,etc) We then list areas for improvement.(I believe that having a specific goal for any lesson taught is an absolute necessity and I find UbD lesson planning format very helpful. We provide the written feedback in a follow up meeting with the intern and mentor that is based upon discussion amongst all observers (usually at least 2).
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Submitted by Dr. Scott Taylor on Mon, 11/14/2011 - 14:18.
I'm working with my administrators on giving feedback. I am finding that some are not providing critical feedback at all. Do you and your team make it a practice to provide certain kinds of feedback?
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