Teaching · Special Education

Feedback that quotes the lesson back.

Rate what you saw on six practices and note the minute you saw it. The organizer writes glow, grow and one next step, each backed by evidence.

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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the New special education teacher kit, $39 for 31 items.

The observation

One observation per class and date. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · Special Education$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
Strengths and practices to grow with the evidence for each, and one agreed next step with a date to look again.
Who it is for
Special education leads, department chairs, peer teachers and instructional leaders observing special education classes.
Format
Browser form. One saved observation per class and date; printed for the teacher or as a blank form; CSV; export and import a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the New special education teacher kit ($39) and the Special Education toolkit ($99), and 2 more bundles. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Special Education space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
what you saw, minute by minute
Drawn for this page. Feedback lands when it quotes the lesson back to the teacher.

How to use it

  1. Ask the teacher what they want you to watch for.
  2. Take timestamped notes during the lesson and tag each one.
  3. Rate each practice only on what you saw.
  4. Talk it through with the teacher, glow first.
  5. Agree one next step and a date to look again.

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How to use the ratings

The six practices

They come from the high-leverage practices for special education: explicit instruction, many opportunities to respond, specific feedback, adapting for individual needs, positive behavior support and using data to make instructional decisions.

Evidence first

A rating with no note is an opinion. Ratings above “not seen” need a minute and a quote or action behind them, so the teacher can picture the moment.

What this is not

A formal evaluation. Use your district’s instrument for that.

Sources

  1. McLeskey, J., et al. (2017). High-Leverage Practices in Special Education. Council for Exceptional Children and CEEDAR Center.
  2. Archer, A. L., & Hughes, C. A. (2011). Explicit Instruction: Effective and Efficient Teaching. Guilford.
  3. MacSuga-Gage, A. S., & Simonsen, B. (2015). Examining the effects of teacher-directed opportunities to respond on student outcomes: A systematic review. Education and Treatment of Children, 38(2), 211–239.
  4. Hattie, J., & Timperley, H. (2007). The power of feedback. Review of Educational Research, 77(1), 81–112.

The example class and lesson are made up. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.