Question.3849 - Discussion Post 5: Reflective Exercise Assume you are the leader of an outside team that has been asked to assess the work environment of a school that you hav not visited in the past. During the weeklong visit to the school you will have access to the school administrators, teachers, students, parents. Classrooms, common areas, a whole-school faculty meeting, meetings of various teacher groups, and school records. What questions about the school work environment will the assessment team ask school administrators? Teachers? Students? Parents? What will your team focus on during the classroom observations? Observation of common areas? Observation of the whole-school faculty meeting? Observations of meetings of various teacher groups? What school records will you review, and what specific data will you gather from those records? Read Part Two: Knowledge of the course text. The readings this week focus on several areas: traditional schools; dynamic schools; adult and teacher development within the school; and educational beliefs; teaching and supervision.
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