Transforming School Culture through Lesson Observation

This book sets out a three-stage programme for lesson observation showing how a collaborative whole-school approach can transform the culture of the staffroom and improve outcomes for pupils.

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Christine Cunniffe is Principal of LVS Ascot, an independent co-ed day and boarding school. She has held positions as Head of Music/Head of Year in state comprehensive and grammar schools in Hertfordshire and Slough. Christine holds a joint honours degree in History and Music, MMus from University of Reading and MBA from University of Leicester. Christine is passionate about providing a fully inclusive education for all children in a safe and emotionally healthy environment.

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Part 1 1. What lesson observation is and current attitudes to it 2. What is school culture? 3. The psychological contract 4. The Emotional Environment Part 2 5. The three-stage model: an overview 6. Stage 1: The observation itself 7. Stage 2: Factors outside the classroom 8. Stage 3: Wider contribution to school ife Part 3 9. Leadership: knowing me, knowing you 10. Being prepared 11. Presenting the vision Part 4 12. Using the three-stage lesson observation data to build the self-evaluation form (SEF) 13. What's next? Afterword