Instructional Supervision and Evaluation

Lisbon
Session 1: 16 - 22 June 2025
Session 2: 2 - 8 July 2025

Online
11 - 17 July 2025

Hear what our participants have to say about the course: Manju Nair, John Simpson

Listen to Kelly Armitage answer the question: “Why should you take this course?”

Listen to Lianne Dominguez answer the question: “Why should you take this course?”

The research is clear.  The most influential factor on learning in the classroom is the quality of instruction. What is the role of the principal in ensuring that there is a quality teacher in every classroom, every day? This course addresses just that.  Participants will learn the skills related to the five facets of the supervision and evaluation of teaching and learning:  collecting evidence of effective teaching; interpreting the evidence; providing feedback; coaching based on reflection; evaluation/appraisal and accountability.

What will we learn?

How do international school leaders:

  • Design and lead a supervision, evaluation and professional growth process based on the International Standards of Practice for teachers and multiple sources of evidence?

  • Identify and communicate effective practices in planning, instruction, and assessment?

  • Ensure teachers take responsibility for professional growth and its impact on student learning?

  • Establish strategies and practices that will foster reflective practice as a route to improved teaching and student learning?

  • Differentiate supervision, evaluation, and professional growth processes for each staff member, with attention to cultural, linguistic, and teaching backgrounds?

  • Apply principles of social justice and anti-racism across all facets of growth, supervision and evaluation?

  • Utilize effective strategies for giving and receiving effective feedback?

  • Leverage the school learning community as an on-going and on-site professional growth program?

  • Incorporate student learning results as an essential data point in the supervision program?

  • Best approach the sensitive facets of evaluation/appraisal and their relationship to supervision?

  • Efficiently manage the supervision/evaluation/professional growth processes?

  • Apply strategies for all of the above in a variety of learning environments, including hybrid and virtual, with consideration of the rapid development of artificial intelligence?

The curriculum for all PTC courses is rooted in the ‘Standards of Practice for International School Principals’ and created using our design principles.