Sample school protocols1
Protocol for professional collaborative review of teaching and learning
Prior to the lesson
Whole -staff meetings to:
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Clarify the process
Confirm the focus of the process (the evaluation theme or sub-themes)
Develop/share/finalise the lesson reflection/review schedule
Confirm that the purpose of the process is school improvement
Agree the information that will be maintained and shared.
The teachers engaging in professional collaborative review of teaching and learning
meet to:
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Agree the lesson or lessons to be taught and reviewed or observed
Agree the time and length of the professional collaborative teaching period
Agree a time and venue for their review discussion and completion of the
lesson reflection/review schedule
Agree the focus of the review.
The lesson
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The lesson or lessons are taught and observed or reviewed.
After the lesson
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The teachers discuss the teaching and learning that took place with reference
to the criteria in the lesson reflection/review schedule
The teachers complete the lesson reflection/review schedule together
A record of information relevant to the area of focus of school self-evaluation
is maintained
Access to the completed lesson reflection/review schedule is restricted to
those agreed prior to the lesson
Relevant information to inform the school self-evaluation is extracted and
shared as agreed prior to the lesson
Aggregated information derived from all the lesson reflection/review schedules
on a particular evaluation sub-theme is used as agreed to inform the school
self-evaluation report.
School leaders should ensure that all aspects of the protocols are thoroughly discussed and agreed