We periodically create time at our school for teachers to observe our colleagues teaching, followed by reflection.

Soon, I hope to be posting more about what we do.

You might also be interested in The Best Posts & Articles About Videotaping Teachers In The Classroom.

In the meantime, however, here are some useful resources to help you begin to think about the idea (also, please tell me about resources I’m missing):

Open Your Door: Why We Need to See Each Other Teach is by Jennifer Gonzalez.

How to observe a lesson is from The Learning Spy.

#ObserveMe: No Teacher is an Island is from IRIS Connect.

#ObserveMe is from Robert Kaplinsky, and he has other useful resources.

#ObserveMe II: We Need Perspective is by Hope Teague-Bowling.

Guest Post: Guidelines For Teachers Observing Their Peers

THIS MAY HAVE POTENTIAL: TEACHERS DOING LOW-STATES OBSERVATIONS OF THEIR COLLEAGUES RESULTED IN IMPROVEMENTS FOR BOTH

Peer observation tasks / Walkthrus is from ELT Planning.