Each session will run for 45 minutes. The audience will serve as critical friends, offering feedback and constructive suggestions. Critical friends should feel free to take notes during the presentation. After the presentation, the facilitator will invite the critical friends to share positive things they saw in the lesson (warm feedback) and concerns or suggestion they have (cool feedback).

During each session a designated recorder will keep notes on comments and suggestions offered. We will distribute these later to the presenters, so that they have a record of the feedback and of important ideas and suggestions they might not have time to note themselves.

Session Outline

I. Introduction by facilitator

II. Teacher presentation: 25-35 minutes

• Briefly state the purpose of the learning experience
• State the learning standards and performance indicators assessed
• Explain the activities and materials used in the lesson/unit
• Show tools used to assess student learning
• Share samples of student work

III. Warm comments from critical friends

IV. Cool comments from critical friends

V. General discussion

VI. Summary by facilitator