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Skill
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Constructive Feedback
("It was Effective When, Next time try…")
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Accuracy
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Revisiting the exemplar to revise the criteria for success related to this objective
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Emphasizing the most important take-aways, including what, why, and how
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Give a clear, concise, and correct explanation of the skill.
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Clarity
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Stating the key point(s) directly
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Presenting key points using multiple modalities (e.g., visual, tactile, or oral communication) and in a format that is accessible to all learners (e.g., font size, color contrast, volume, speed)
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Explain or demonstrate the skill in the same way students will practice it.
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Show all the steps to demonstrate the skill.
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Show multiple examples.
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Emphasizing key points by punching important words and pausing before a key point to build drama and win attention
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Using student-friendly vocabulary
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Student Engagement
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Using multiple methods to recruit interest by making the content feel authentic and meaningfully connected to students’ varied experiences, interests, and identities
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Including more opportunities for student thinking and discussion before telling them information (e.g. turn and talk, everybody writes, wait time, cold call)
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Ensuring scholars have opportunities to synthesize the information in the key points
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Ensuring scholars interact with the key points using engagement techniques (call and response, everybody writes, turn and talk, etc)
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Note: If you are teaching an inquiry-based lesson, these look-fors still apply, they may just come after an exploratory activity, for example.
