To prepare for the Assignment, write a letter to a principal/school leader** in which you:
• Introduce yourself and request to visit two different teachers at different grade levels
• Explain that you wish to visit the teachers' classrooms to observe the learning and teaching that takes place
• Assure the principal/school leader that your purpose is to observe, not to evaluate, the teachers
Once you have received approval from the principal/school leader, to complete the Assignment, visit the two different classrooms in that school at least two times each and:
• Record examples of effective learning and teaching based on what you have learned in this course
• For each example observed:
◦ Note why you think the students' behavior reflects effective learning and the teacher practice reflects effective teaching
◦ Support your examples with references to the research on learning and teaching
◦ Based on what you have learned, provide suggestions for improvement citing research to substantiate your thinking
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