Chapter 7
Managing School Leadership Teams
All-on-One: Feedback on Feedback at a Leadership Team Meeting
The lights have been dimmed in the classroom as a video is shown of a teacher and his department chairman.
“What was the goal of the Do-Now sheet?” asks the department chairman. The teacher responds, “It was to make sure class got off to a strong start, as far as management was concerned.”
The video pauses. Mike Taubman, chair of North Star High School's English department, has just watched himself giving observation feedback to a novice teacher. He's not the only one watching. On this Friday, the high school's department chairpersons are meeting to review each other's success at giving feedback and to hone in on what will make their coaching ...