This bundle of apps supports teachers to coach one another on aspects of their classroom engagement. The bundle allows teachers to build their skills by:Finding an appropriate balance between classroom affirmations and commandsUsing explicit learning intentions throughout all stages of the lessonAnalysing types of feedback given to studentsExploring one students ability to stay on taskChoosing an appropriate ratio of teacher-talk-time and student-work-timeBuilding effective transitions between classroom activitiesEach app includes a video of the tool creator, Glen Pearsall providing an overview of the instructional strategy, a tool to observe a teacher in their use of that strategy and a visual form of feedback that can be used to have a rich professional discussion.

Engagement Coaching alternatives

Affirmations V Commands

Peer observation is a proven strategy for increasing your effectiveness as a teacher. Research has shown that focused, specific, data-rich feedback and collegial conversations lead to real improvement in practice. When every Affirmation or Command is captured and represented visually, the teacher has a clear view of the message that is being communicated to students.

  • size 56.9 MB

Learning Intention

Peer observation is a proven strategy for increasing your effectiveness as a teacher. See more on the video. See more on the video.

  • size 82.4 MB

Focus Task Time

Peer observation is a proven strategy for increasing your effectiveness as a teacher. Research has shown that focused, specific, data-rich feedback and collegial conversations lead to real improvement in practice. and to questions on assessment of student learning.

  • size 53.3 MB

Time on Task

Peer observation is a proven strategy for increasing your effectiveness as a teacher. Research has shown that focused, specific, data-rich feedback and collegial conversations lead to real improvement in practice. The teacher and coach should discuss before the session their ethical position on informing, or not-informing, the individual student who is being observed.

  • size 64.4 MB

Transition Scaffold Checklist

Peer observation is a proven strategy for increasing your effectiveness as a teacher. Research has shown that focused, specific, data-rich feedback and collegial conversations lead to real improvement in practice. Monitoring on a few occasions with interval between (e.g a week or more) should allow your colleague to demonstrate improvement.

  • size 71.1 MB

Feedback Audit

Peer observation is a proven strategy for increasing your effectiveness as a teacher. See more on the video. See more on the video.

  • size 59.3 MB