Relationship Feedback, LPHS Walkthroughs

At our staff meeting last week, I shared with you the new walkthrough tool and the feedback that you would received as we observed classroom instruction.  Starting with this blog post, I would like to focus on one area of general feedback each week moving forward that are a direct result of these observations.  There are so many positives in our classrooms, and it is refreshing to see this!  You continue to do amazing work for our kids every day, so this is not intended to nitpick, but rather to continue to grown and learn together. 

This week, one area that we felt it was important to highlight was that of relationships. When you receive feedback regarding relationships, this does not only refer to your relationship with students. While that is important, please consider that "an urgency to develop relationships" can also refer to student relationships with each other, how everyone relates to each other in class, student comfort level when speaking aloud, feedback between student and teacher (in either direction), the list goes on. These types of relationships can be built through and benefit greatly from community circles. Healthy, positive relationships can strengthen everything from classroom discussions to peer interactions to helping students stay on task and productive during group work.  These types of student interactions appear in the "highly effective" column of the Danielson rubric, specifically domain 3.


Have a great week!