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our classroom observation service has two components. first, a cft teaching consultant observes you teach during a class session of your choosing.\u00a0 second, you meet with the teaching consultant a few days later and discuss the class session observed.\u00a0 this discussion is not intended to be judgmental, but only as a supportive way to help you reflect upon your teaching, identify your strengths as a teacher, and consider possible areas for improvement.<\/p>\n
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any faculty member, graduate student, or post-doc teaching at vanderbilt can request a teaching observation.\u00a0 this is a free service the cft provides to the vanderbilt teaching community.<\/p>\n
(please note that teaching observations are required for participants in the cft\u2019s certificate in college teaching<\/a>.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the purpose of a teaching observation and consultation is to help you become a more reflective and intentional teacher.\u00a0 by observing one of your class sessions, your consultant will be able to discuss your teaching with you in very concrete ways.\u00a0 your consultant will help you reflect on the teaching choices you made during the class session and on your understanding of your students and their learning.\u00a0 your consultant will also help you generate ideas for different teaching choices you might make in the future to help you more effectively meet your teaching objectives.\u00a0 moreover, your consultant will be able to get a sense of your class as a student might see it and share that perspective with you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n if you\u2019re a faculty member, you\u2019ll likely meet with your cft liaison, a staff member with some familiarity with the teaching landscape in your discipline.\u00a0 if you\u2019re a graduate student, you\u2019ll meet with one of our staff dedicated to graduate student instruction with experience teaching here at vanderbilt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n on the day of the observation, your consultant will arrive a few <\/a>minutes before class begins.\u00a0 your consultant will sit in the back or side of your class and be as unobtrusive as possible.\u00a0 you may want to briefly explain your consultant\u2019s presence to your students, but this is not required.<\/p>\n during the observation, your consultant may be considering questions such as the following:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n a few days after the observation, you will meet with your consultant to discuss the class session as well as other aspects of your teaching.\u00a0 the consultation is intended to help you become a more reflective and intentional teacher, using the particular class session observed to provide concrete examples of teaching and learning processes to discuss.\u00a0 to that end, your consultant will likely spend much of the time asking you questions about how you approach your teaching, what you find challenging, the decisions you made before and during the class session observed, and your thoughts on ways you can better meet your teaching goals.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n to arrange a teaching observation, call the cft at 615-322-7290 or email juliet traub at juliet.g.traub@vanderbilt.edu<\/a>. it is helpful for you have identified a choice of a few dates for potential observations. observations are scheduled based on the availability of staff during the time that you request. staff are not available for off-campus observations.\u00a0we recommend contacting us as early in the semester as possible to get your most preferred choice of dates and times.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n if you have questions about our teaching observation service, call the cft at 615-322-7290.<\/p>\nhow will a teaching observation benefit me?<\/a><\/h2>\n
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