Programs: Visitation Day Program

Overview

Teachers need to witness effective teaching strategies in action, see classroom practice at its best and grow like other professionals.  Teachers experience a profession of isolation.  They read and attend workshops about new teaching strategies, but are not able to directly observe these in a concrete fashion. How many of us have wanted the opportunity to learn by observing other teachers?  Have you?…

Have you heard about a special curriculum in another district?  Are you a new teacher in the district? Would you like to spend part of a day with a highly respected teacher who teaches the same grade level as you? The Teacher Visitation Day Program is a professional development opportunity that is rarely available to teachers, but is yours for the asking from the Teacher Center.

 

To participate in the Visitation Day Program, you need to do the following:

  • Follow the standard procedures in your district to attend any staff development activity and gain approval from your building principal to participate.

  • Identify the teacher you wish to visit.  Contact and make your request to that individual, asking him or her to notify and gain approval from their respective building principal.

  • Establish a convenient day and time for the visitation. 

  • Provide information to the Teacher Center about the class you will visit and the reason for this visit using the application form below.

  • Follow district procedures to make sure a substitute has been scheduled for your class.

  • Send this completed form to the Teacher Center 15 working days prior to your scheduled visit.

  • Notify the Teacher Center after your visitation day, so that the Center can send your district a check for your substitute that day.

  • Complete an evaluation form about the day of your visit.  These forms will be sent to you after your scheduled day.

 

Application and Other Information: