Writing up the observation

I’ve chosen to provide a narrative for each observation I do, listing the competencies that each paragraph addresses on the RIDE template. Then I paste each paragraph into the document for each competency. It’s somewhat of a messy process but I’m trying to steer the conversations away from the form and towards what is happening in the class meaning the narrative. Still, the conversation always comes back to the boxes because the more evidence that comes from the observation means less evidence that teachers have to produce on their own. While this process is about what’s happening in the classroom its also about making sure the boxes get filled in. When I complete my observations I email it as a draft to the teachers and then when we meet we talk about the class and I ask them to review the RIDE form to see if they think there might have been a box where I could have provided some evidence. How much of something do I need to see in order to note it in the box is one of the struggles I’m having.