Educational Consultant: Carl Glickman Everyone knows that the key to helping schools and students achieve success is to help teachers grow professionally and improve the quality of their instruction. Here's a video series that explains and demonstrates exactly how you do that through teacher observation and feedback. Find out how schools use proven teacher observation and feedback techniques to help improve teaching and learning. See administrators, supervisors, and teachers working in a variety of ways to foster the development of their colleagues. And visit classroom observations, conferences, and team meetings to see how to implement the observation and feedback techniques successfully. In Program 1, Different Models of Providing Classroom-Based Assistance, explore four proven professional development models that use observation and feedback techniques. Discover how school leaders provide classroom-based assistance through these techniques. And understand the role teachers play in assisting other teachers' growth. Program 2, Observation Techniques, introduces you to two types of observation techniques that provide the data teachers need to analyze their classroom practices and take improvement steps. Learn the difference between qualitative and quantitative observation techniques and when each should be used. See examples of leaders and teachers working together effectively to improve instructional decision making. And discover how teachers can gather and analyze classroom data that informs their instructional practice. View Program 3, Approaches to Working Closely with Teachers, to explore approaches that school leaders use when working closely with teachers. Visit one-on-one conferences and study teams to see the interpersonal approaches, behaviors, and processes that ensure these interactions work effectively. Learn how to decide which approach is most appropriate for both teacher and leader. And understand how to assist a teacher in moving to a more autonomous mode of teaching.