Improving educational outcomes requires improving the consistency of effective instruction. Those who evaluate (principals, assistant principals, department heads) along with instructional coaches have proximity to influence teacher action and the power to create the conditions of support that teachers and students need to thrive.  Classroom observation can provide a school with a data-driven baseline of what's happening, what's not happening, and how often it happens across the disciplines and grades. This information can be used to validate proficient/exemplary teaching and to serve as data for goals for instructional practice refinement. Evaluators can influence professional learning only if they have a deep understanding of new instructional strategies and tenants of effective teaching. We will watch videos of actual classroom instruction, collaboratively use redacted examples of observations and practice how to provide consistent written feedback that offers praise and refinement. Sign Up Here