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Getting Started with

iObservation

Feedback Cycle with Domain 1

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Welcome and Introductions


Norms

• If you think it, say it

• Ask questions

• Take care of your neighbor

• Take care of yourself

• What is said here stays here; what is learned here leaves

here

• Be present

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Materials



Group Goals

• Take a moment to think about what you want to take away from today’s training

• Confer with your learning group

• As a learning group decide on a learning goal to share with the whole group

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Lesson Segment Involving Routine Events

Design Question 1: What will I do

to establish and communicate learning goals, track student

progress, and celebrate success?


to establish or maintain classroom rules and procedures?

Lesson Segment Addressing Content


to help students effectively interact with the new knowledge?


to help students practice and deepen their understanding of new

knowledge?


to help students generate and test hypotheses about new knowledge?

Lesson Segment Enacted on the Spot


to engage students?


to recognize and acknowledge adherence and lack of adherence

to classroom rules and procedures?


to establish and maintain effective relationships with students?


to communicate high expectations for all students?

The Marzano Framework organizes 9 design

questions into three lesson segments:


What is iObservation

iObservation is an interactive web-based learning system that helps monitor and

support effective teaching. It allows administrators and teachers to store evidence and foster growth of professional

practice, through the use of research-based strategies to ultimately increase student learning.


Why iObservation?

Practicing with iObservation will…

• Help you become more familiar with the observation process

• Help you construct feedback that is more authentic and relevant to teachers

• Help organize informal and formal feedback loops

• Translate observed evidences electronically to a scale score

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Purposes of Teacher Evaluation

Formative

Shape, form

or improve

teacher

practice

Summative

Quality

Assurance

Sources of Evidence


System Functionality


Building

Administrator

Building

Manager

Building

Observer

Observer

Learner

Organization

Administrator

Organization

ManagerOrganization

Observer

Can only see feedback they have given or

received**

Can give and see feedback that has been given to anyone

in building**

Only sees their own observation data

CAN NOT give or view feedback (Manages

accounts –can create, delete, assign forms, update roles in Building)

Can see all building feedback and manage

accounts**

CAN NOT give or view feedback (Manages

accounts –can create, delete, assign forms, update roles in ALL

buildings)

Can give and see feedback that has been given to

anyone in ALL buildings**

Can see ALL feedback and manage ALL

accounts**

** Self and Peer observations are strictly confidential

Peers

Peers

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Overview of iObservation

• My Profile– Password

– Notification Settings

• Themes

• Home

• Observations– Preview Forms

– Conduct

– Saved Drafts

– View Completed

• Collaborate

• Conferences

• Discussions

• Resource Library

• Quick Start Guides

• Videos

• Teacher Activities


Sign on to the System

Open your internet browser:

Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer

Type this url into your internet browser:

www.EffectiveEducators.com

Sign in with the username and password on

the Professional Development Training Site

and User Information document


My Profile

My Themes

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My Profile/My Themes - Highlights


Home Page Tab


Home Page - Highlights

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Resource Library Tab


Now it’s time to “discover” the Resource Library for

yourself. Take a brief stroll through the Library and

explore the various types of resources available.

Consider the ways you might utilize a few of them

in your school. Record your thoughts on the next slide.

Discovery Walk


Resource Library - Highlights

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Observation Tab


3 Types of Observations

• Self Observation – observations conducted by users on themselves

• Peer Observation – observations conducted by users with the same role or the same level on the hierarchy

• Teacher A observation on Teacher B

• Standard Observation – observations completed by a user with a role that is different than the role of the user being observed

• Central Office or Building Administrator/Observer observation on Learner

Self and peer observations are private to the learner unless they choose to share them.

Administrators only see the frequency of self and peer observations.


Observations - Highlights

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Collaborate Tab


Collaborate

• Pre and Post Conferences are preset lists of questions for teachers and administrators to preview, reflect, respond to and/or discuss.

• Leadership Conferences are preset lists of questions for school leaders to preview, reflect, respond to and/or discuss.

• Conferences are private conversations between 2 people.

• Discussions are conversations between 2 or more people with no expectation of privacy.


Collaborate - Highlights

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Practical Application

The iObservation overview and exploration is complete.

Now let’s practice by running through scenarios

you see everyday, practical applications.


Scenario 1:

Video Observation

You have scheduled time this morning to do some Walk-throughs and you are able to keep to the schedule!

• Determine if your walk-through will be evaluative or not

• If you check evaluative and you want to give additional feedback only for growth…leave a comment in the comment section with no rating or start a separate form and do not check the Evaluative box.

• Save and Close, Finish, etc…


Conducting an Observation

Step 3

Identify Element

Step 2

Identify Design

Question

Step 1

Identify Primary Segment

now or

What am I

looking at right

now or

What am I

focusing on

now?

Lesson Segment Lesson Segment

Involving

Routine Events

Design Question Design Question

#1

Tracking

Student

Progress


#6Lesson Segment

Content

Lesson Segment

Addressing

Content


Enacted on the

Spot

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Classroom Visit


Scenario 1 Whole Group Talk


Scenario 2:

Video Observation

As you’re leaving one observation to walk back to your office, you have a few minutes so you stop

in to observe another teacher.

You begin your walkthrough but are unexpectedly

interrupted, so you save a draft of your feedback because you hope to finish the form as soon as the interruption is resolved.

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Step 3

Identify Element

Step 2

Identify Design

Question

Step 1

Identify Primary Segment

now or

What am I

looking at right

now or

What am I

focusing on

now?


Involving

Routine Events


#1

Providing Rigorous

Learning Goals and

Performance Scales


#6Lesson Segment

Content

Lesson Segment

Addressing

Content


Enacted on the

Spot


Scenario 2:

Interrupted Classroom Visit


Scenario 3:

Interruption Resolved

You have resolved the interruption. Do you:

• continue the observation using the draft you saved?

• return to the classroom and begin a new observation form?

• delete the saved draft and return to observe the teacher another day?

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Scenario 2 and 3

Whole Group Talk


Scenario 4:

Discussions Practice Activity

You have a new PD initiative beginning soon involving ‘Learning Goals and Scales’, so you would like to initiate a discussion as an introduction to upcoming PD using the Resource Library.

– Once you choose a video or article, please SHARE the resource in a NEW DISCUSSION directly from the Library with your table mates

– Remember to prompt them with open ended questions

– Table mates are then to reply by making a new post to the professional conversation



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Scenario 5:

Video Observation and Conference

You have scheduled time to conduct an informalobservation today. You conduct the observation and send your feedback to the teacher. The teacher then initiates a conference to ask questions or otherwise support his/her growth on the scored Element 17 – Helping Students Examine Similarities and Differences.



Step 3 Identify Element

Step 2 Identify Design Question

Step 1 Identify Primary Segment

or

What am I

looking at

right now

or

What am I

focusing

on now?

Lesson Segment

Involving

Routine Events

Lesson Segment

Addressing

Content

Design Question

#2

Design Question

#3

Helping Students

Examine

Similarities and

Differences

Design Question

#4


Enacted on the

Spot


Scenario 5 Steps

Choose a partner – One of you will play the role of the observer and the other will play the role of the teacher.

– Conduct an informal observation (view the video)–both of you practice completing the observation form. The Observer will click Finish, the Teacher will click Cancel

– Teacher Receives Notification (on landing page), will View Completed Observation and read the feedback provided by the Observer, and will Initiate a Conference with the observer to support his/her growth in the scored element

– Observer will continue the professional conversation by Posting a Reply in the conference

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Classroom Visit




What happens to all of the data I

am entering in to iObservation?

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Customer Service

For additional assistance, please contact

customer service:

• Email: [email protected]

• Phone: (877) 411-7114

• Hours: 8am - 5pm in all continental US

time zones; Monday through Friday

except holidays


Appendix

Getting Started with iObservation


What do we mean by look-fors and evidence?

Look-fors: In iOservation each strategy/element is known

as a look-for.

Example Evidence: There are two types under each

element or Look-for – Teacher and Student

Look-forExample Evidence

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What do we mean by scales?

Scales: In iObservation, scales can be used to measure professional

growth in using teaching strategies/elements/look-fors. To see the scale for each element click on the word scale. Then choose the level

you score the teacher on to enter the score on the form.

Scale


What do we mean by reflection questions?

Reflection Questions: In iObservation, reflection questions provide

guiding questions at each scale level to enable observers to engage learners in reflective dialogue, to refine their instructional practice and

reinforce progress along the growth continuum.

Reflection Questions


What do we mean by student interviews?

In iObservation, observers can record student interviews

during observations. They are found under each Design

Question on the Learning Map. When an observer has a conversation with the student, it should be documented here.

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Where do I add comments to an observation?

There are a few places you can add Comments to provide feedback to the

Learner. One place is on the element page itself right below the scale score for that element. You can copy and paste from the scale or reflection

questions to begin the conversation with the Learner, but the conversation

should not stop there.

Type Comments Here

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