RT ELmagazine: 'I got some of my best feedback from students. Each month, I invited 12 students to have lunch with me & tell me how I was doing. These 'focus groups' were some of the most valuable feedback sessions of my career.' —Robyn_Mindsteps
Robyn R. Jackson is a former high school teacher and middle school administrator and founder of Mindsteps, a professional development firm that helps educators understand and apply the principles of mastery teaching. She is the best-selling author of nine books, most recentlyYou've said administrators need to have"strategic conversations" with teachers.
If you give a truly struggling teacher a litany of feedback, one of three things will happen: the teacher will try to fixand end up frustrated and discouraged; the teacher will pick what to work on and attempt random improvements that will inevitably make things worse; or the teacher will become so overwhelmed by your feedback that she or he will give up.
You've stated that many masterful teachers defy our image of what a great teacher looks like in terms of interaction style, room setup, etc. Might leaders need to set aside conventional wisdom about"best practices" as they observe teachers?
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