Observation Protocol

The Instructional Coach together with the New Educator set a clear focus of what they want to look at and pay attention to during the observation (Identify Desired State). This protocol is designed to help deepen the New Educator’s understanding of his or her practice. The Instructional Coach’s role is to note those events that relate to a particular aspect of the New Educator’s practice and to then act as an active listener as the New Educator works to make sense of those events.

In the Clinical Educator approach this takes place during Goldhammer’s process of:
• Pre-conference
• Observation
• Analysis of data
• Post-conference
• Analysis of conference

If you are coaching and are unfamiliar with the Continuous Improvement Process and how Goldhammer’s protocol fits in the process meet with your NESS School Liaison and/or complete the Clinical Educator Training offered by HRD.