To: All Faculty and Staff ~ «FirstNAME» «LastNAME»

From: Carolyn Prager, Dean of Academic Affairs

Re: Classroom Observations and Annual Professional Development Plans

Date: September 1, 2011

Classroom Observations

In the next few weeks, I will be dropping into classes to conduct classroom observations. A copy of the observation forms used in English/ESL and non-ESL classes is attached.

The criteria for teaching observations criteria are based on the Institute’s Standards of Good Practice in ESL Teaching and the Institute’s English-in-Context: Teaching English in Computer Education. Given the school’s primary emphasis on teaching English language skills in all classes, non-ESL faculty as well as ESL/English faculty should review these standards.

In the event that I do not stay for the entire class period, I will also ask you to complete a lesson planning form that describes how the portion of the class I observed fits into the overall lesson plan for that session.

Annual Professional Development Plans

Following the observation, I will schedule a meeting for us to discuss the observation and to develop an annual professional development plan.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you

Attachments: (some will follow shortly

English Class Observation Form

Non-ESL Class Observation Form

Standards of Good Practice in ESL Teaching

English-in-Context: Teaching English in Computer Education