Characteristics of differentiated Supervision

Masteral report presentation

1. CHARACTERISTIC OF DIFFERENTIATED SUPERVISION GINA M. DE GUIA CI-FALCON

2. What is Differentiated Supervision?

3. * Differentiated Supervision is effectively using evaluations to inform meaningful decision on teachers vary greatly in their skill set, and in their confidence, resulting in significant variation in teacher effectiveness.

4. * Differentiated Supervision recognizes the level of experience, the effectiveness, and professionalism of teachers as well as the intensity and time commitment of the formal observation process using the Danielson Framework for Teaching.

5. * Differentiated Supervision operates on the premise that teaching is profession; teachers should have a degree of control over their professional development and the power to make choices about the support they need.

6. Advantages Diffe rentiated Supervision

7. * Gives teachers ownership of goal setting as they reflect on the Danielson rubric to assess their practice.

8. * Matches teachers’ skill level and experiences with their professional development.

9. * Motivate teachers as professional to stretch beyond their current level of performance in a non-threatening environment.

10. Tool Options for Evaluations Description Strengths Cautions Classroom Observation Measures observable classroom processes Provides information about classroom activities and behaviors. Can be used for both formative and summative purposes. Important to choose a valid and reliable protocol; refers must be trained. Cannot assess teachers beliefs, intentions, or outcomes of lessons Instructional Artifacts Protocols used to analyze/measure quality of lesson plan, rubrics, student work. Can be good measure of instructional quality. Practical and feasible measure Limited research on reliability and validity, training scores can be costly Portfolio Used to document array of teaching behaviors and responsibility. Used to assess beginning teachers/teacher candidates. Can measure aspects of teaching not seen in single observations. Good tool for teacher self-improvement. Time-consuming and difficult to standard. Typically represents a teachers’ exemplary work.