ABSTRACT
As the previous chapter will have indicated, there are four key elements to training for classroom observation: the establishment of agreed criteria for effective learning; briefing for classroom observation; the observation itself; and debriefing. In our experience, a total of one full day needs to be spent on this training for both appraisers and appraisees. We have often been told, or have ourselves observed, that not enough time and attention have been given to the detail of classroom observation in the early days of appraisal training. In some LEAs there has been an implicit assumption that this comes naturally, needing discussion only, not experiential training.
