Today we're happy to bring you an episode from Transformative Principal.
In this episode, Jethro D. Jones welcomes back Craig Randall to discuss the evolution of trust-based observations and its impact on improving teaching and learning. Craig shares insights from his podcast '20 Minutes of Teaching Brilliance (On the Road with Trust-Based Observations)' and delves into the challenges and strategies for writing and implementing effective educational practices.
- Nerding about the writing process.
- When the idea comes, you’ve got to take it.
- How Trust-Based Observations has evolved.
- You learn something new every single week.
- Coaching model vs. Trust-Based Observations
- We have blind spots, if we leave it to that model, we may not have the solution they need.
- Cumulatively add the activities to the lesson to show the most learning.
- Intensive training, really goes deep.
- Don’t offer suggestions until the fourth visit because we haven’t built enough trust.
- Asking permission to offer a suggestion.
- Observation form available on the web site.
- 9 areas of pedagogy hasn’t changed.
- Relational trust hasn’t changed.
- TBO is collective teacher efficacy in action
- How we lower vulnerability to get people to take risks is by building trust.
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