Quite happy that a couple of colleagues approached me about the mechanisms behind video analysis of classroom teaching. One was trying to introduce this manner of feedback to the rest of her team while the other was trying to coach a more junior officer under his guidance. I was more than happy to share the video analysis template with both of them and was delighted to find out from one that the mechanism was useful in guiding some self directed changes.
I believe the real change can only happen when it had been internalized. A reflection of what actually happened, not masked by any indirect modes of communication nor interpretation, revealed right as it is. Grasping a sense of reality which prompts one to ask questions, questions which will probably create a change in one's decision to do things differently in the hope of gaining a different, and more desirable outcome.
Video analysis is a mirror test that we must have the professional courage to face, with good confidence that it will help us align what we expect ourselves to be with what it actually meant in reality.
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Thanks for making that impact on peers, without having to wait upon any decree or mandate ;) this is the beginning if a new culture that will build a sustainable school.
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