Lesson observations for 7 out of 10 teachers per school during 2nd week of October

Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, News

Part 1
Kunskapsgymnasiet’s systematic approach to improve teaching

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The principal and the deputy principal at each school will conduct observations during the second week in October and during the last week in April 2020. The aim is for at least 7 out of 10 teachers to be observed in each school during those weeks. The result from observation 1 will be analysed using BRAVOLesson. Strengths and areas for development will be defined and used in the work for systematic school improvement.

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Image. Graphs generated in BRAVOLesson for each dimension in an observation form – for analysis, reflection and improvement.

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The result of observation 2 in April will be used to see the progress in the quality of teaching identified in the areas for development in observation 1. In addition to these two observation sessions, continuous lesson observations will be conducted throughout the school year.

     – The overall aim of our school improvement work is always to increase the students’ learning and results. To achieve this, the aim is to develop our teaching together in a systematic and structured way, says Petter Enlund, Pedagogy and Development Manager at Kunskapsgymnasiet.

 

“… the aim is to develop our teaching together in a systematic and structured way.”

Petter Enlund, Kunskapsgymnasiet

 

This term the new way of working starts with:

  1. All principals and deputy principals receive their own accounts and an introduction to BRAVOLesson.
  2. Lessons have been recorded on video. The principals from all seven schools observe the videos together with the help of the BRAVOLesson tool to discuss and calibrate how they perceive what is the quality of the different dimensions of good teaching according to Kunskapsgymnasiet’s joint observation form.
  3. During second week of October lesson observations will be conducted at each school.

Already towards the end of Friday afternoon that week, all the principals and Petter Enlund have the opportunity to start analysing the statistics in BRAVOLesson. What does the teaching at each school look like and what does it look like overall?

     – The observations are intended to serve as a good basis for discussions about how to improve teaching at all our schools, but also between schools, between teachers and principals as well as between teachers and teachers, says Petter Enlund.

The next part about Kunskapsgymnasiet’s systematic approach to improve teaching will be about insights after October and their evidence-based observation form.

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BETT 2019 – New and smart features to systematically improve teaching

Jan 23, 2019 | Blog

During BETT in London on January 23-26, we are happy to show BRAVOLesson and the following news and smart features.

Welcome to booth F60 which we share with our English partner Derventio Education.

NEW! BRAVOLesson Analytics – statistics module for municipalities and organisations
The analytics module that is standard inside BRAVOLesson is now available for municipalities and organizations with several school units. This means that you can generate statistics on how teaching is developing for a school, for several schools or for all schools.

NEW! BRAVOLesson App – for iOS and Android
In January, we release the BRAVOLesson App which can be downloaded for FREE from AppStore and Google Play.
With the app one can, among other things, easily upload filmed video sequences or images directly to your own Video and Media archive in BRAVOLesson.

NEW! Save lesson planning related to lesson observation
We have made improvements to what was previously called My Video Archive and renamed it My Video and Media Archive. Now one can easily connect the teacher’s lesson plan to the saved lesson observation.

NEW! Notifications via email
For those schools and municipalities that have school licenses and accounts for all teachers, one can now choose to turn on notifications via email. Then the teacher / user gets a message and a link to BRAVOLesson when a lesson observation or video observation about them has become:
– planned
– saved
– changed

SMART FEATURE! Compare your views of what quality in teaching is
We also want to point to a smart feature to improve teaching together. If two teachers visit a colleague’s lesson, they in BRAVOLesson can set up an observation form each and after the lesson compare how their experience from the lesson.

See you at BETT!

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BRAVOLesson white paper – A guide on how to implement a systematic approach to improve teaching

Jan 23, 2019 | News

Leads to concrete improvements in teaching already during the first term

This guide is for schools, school districts and municipalities. It is about the core of school improvement: focus on improving teaching through lesson observations, collaborative learning and effective feedback to teachers.

It contains a plan that leads to concrete improvements in teaching already during the first term. A plan for how to implement systematics during two academic years with the goal of developing both teaching, student results and job satisfaction.

The guide deals with the key challenges for systematic ways of providing feedback to teachers:

  • Trust
  • Time & Priorities
  • Evidence-based systematics
  • The quality of the feedback

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2.12 Leadership in the classroom – an observation form by Marcus Samuelsson

Jun 11, 2018 | Template Organisation

BRAVOLesson initiates cooperation with Marcus Samuelsson, leg. teacher in craft and professor of education at the University Högskolan i Väst, Trollhättan Sweden. Marcus has researched the leadership of the classroom. Now we offer a package with his new evidence-based observation form in combination with three copies of his book Lärandets ordning och reda.
Price for the whole package 3,740 SEK per school, excluding VAT and shipping. The observation form can then be used in BRAVOLesson.
Click the button below for a sample of what it contains.
The basis of observation has the following elements: 1. Procedures, rules and procedures,
2. Relationships, 3. Teaching climate,
4. Expectations and motivation as well
5. Disciplinary interventions.
NOTA BENE! This only show parts of the first element.

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Teacher leadership in the classroom – New BRAVOLesson partnership with Professor Marcus Samuelsson

Jun 11, 2018 | Blog, News

Successful teachers manage to both teach their students to learn and to develop both knowledgeably and socially. Research shows that this success is the result of these teachers’ carefully planning, implementing and reviewing their teaching –classroom leadership.
Marcus Samuelson, leg. teacher in craft and professor at Högskolan i Väst, has researched successful leadership in the classroom. He has recently published a book with practical guidance for classroom leaders. He states there is always a leader in the classroom, if it´s not the teacher, then students take over that role.

New evidence-based observation form
Marcus and BRAVOLesson have now released a new evidence-based form for lesson observations and feedback to teachers. A tool that helps to develop teaching by focusing on the key characteristics of successful classroom leadership.

Package of three copies of the book and
the observation form inside BRAVOLesson
BRAVOLesson is now starting a collaboration with Marcus Samuelsson and together with him we offer a package with the new observation form in combination with three copies of the book Lärandets ordning och reda.
The observation form can then be used inside BRAVOLesson.

Check out parts of the observation form

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