Enhancing Professional Practice Series DVD, Dec/2009

Bring to life the components of successful teaching practice and classroom observation processes from ASCD's acclaimed book Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching with this three-part DVD set for teacher professional growth, performance assessment and professional learning programs. Video scenes from elementary, middle, and high school classrooms illustrate what successful teachers do in all four domains of effective practice, including:

? Planning and Preparation
? The Classroom Environment
? Instruction
? Professional Responsibilities

1. A planning conference in which the teacher and principal discuss an upcoming lesson, to include learning goals and standards addressed (Domain 1: Planning and Preparation).
2. A classroom observation by two observers who collect evidence around components of classroom environment and instruction (Domains 2 and 3).
3. Teacher reflections on the lesson taught through a conversation between the two observers who share the evidence collected.
4. Professional observers sharing evidence from classroom observation.