• Home
  • ABOUT
  • Knowledge Base
    • About Writing
    • Content-Area Literacy
    • Digital Learning
    • English Learners
    • Equity & Access
    • Leading Professional Learning
    • Program Design
    • Teacher as Writer
    • Teacher Inquiry
  • Blog
    • Events & Opportunities
    • NWP Radio
    • Marginal Syllabus
  • Contact
  • NWP.org
  • Home
  • ABOUT
  • Knowledge Base
    • About Writing
    • Content-Area Literacy
    • Digital Learning
    • English Learners
    • Equity & Access
    • Leading Professional Learning
    • Program Design
    • Teacher as Writer
    • Teacher Inquiry
  • Blog
    • Events & Opportunities
    • NWP Radio
    • Marginal Syllabus
  • Contact
  • NWP.org

Demonstrating Teaching in a Lab Classroom

183 views 0

Author: Lisa Houk

Summary: Lisa Houk, a teacher-consultant with the Oakland (MI) Writing Project, details a structure in which “host” teachers provide opportunities for observation by “guest” teachers in a format that allows for preparation, facilitation, and debriefing.

Original Date of Publication: July 15, 2010


Excerpt

Read “Demonstrating Teaching in a Lab Classroom” in Educational Leadership

The lab classroom is an in-house professional development model that takes place in a host teacher’s room during the normal school day, framed by a preobservation meeting and a debriefing session. Like surgical theaters where doctors observe actual operations in progress to hone their techniques, the lab classroom provides an authentic opportunity for colleagues to see ideas in practice. Because the model provides for several sessions throughout the year, teachers have the opportunity to share and discuss the successes and challenges of their independent practice with their colleagues, continually improving.

 

Related Resources

  • Enabling Communities and Collaborative Responses to Teaching Demonstrations
  • Creating a Culture of Inquiry Through the Use of Model Lessons

Original Source: National Writing Project, https://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3213

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)
  • Click to print (Opens in new window)
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
Tags:professional growthmentor/thinking partnerteacher leadershipcoaching

Would you recommend this resource to others?

Yes  No
ABOUT

write.learn.lead. is a collection of resources, insights, and reflections from National Writing Project teacher-leaders. You can also find us at nwp.org and Educator Innovator.

SEARCH BY TAG
advocacy argument badge bibliography Building New Pathways to Leadership college/university community coronavirus dual language early childhood elementary environmental studies family grammar/correctness history immigrant journalism marketing math mentor/thinking partner middle/high school multimodal music new teachers on-demand writing online learning out of school literacies parent involvement partnership poetry policy reading reading/writing connection research revision school-year program social justice standards student samples study group technology testing video writing group writing process
NWP Logo
NWP ON THE WEB
NWP.org
Educator Innovator
The Current
STAY CONNECTED WITH NWP
Get more great resources on teaching and writing delivered to your inbox every month by subscribing to our Write Now Newsletter.
  • © 2020 National Writing Project. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use

 

Loading Comments...